GoRV - Digital Magazine Issue #109 | Page 34

RV FEATURE
Also consider that the caravans of today are vastly different to those our parents had. Air-conditioners( sometimes more than one), water heaters, electric kettles, toasters, microwaves, coffee machines and a myriad of other conveniences all mean we are consuming electricity at levels never seen before. Who should be paying for all this?
Twenty years ago, paying $ 50 per night for a caravan park site was rare. Today, it is almost the standard rate, especially in major cities, and it’ s not hard to see why. If you think about it, for the vast majority of caravan parks, I think we get good value for money.
It was obviously a constant problem.
WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE
Yes, there are occasions where value for money is lacking or the rules are too restrictive, but we all have the freedom to choose whether we stay at a caravan park or not. We’ ve all got mobile phones and mobile internet. You can look at the website of a park and see what they charge and what their rules are before you get there and hand over your hardearned cash. If you don’ t and you pay before finding out you’ re not happy, well … that’ s your own fault.
There are lots of constants in this world, and one of them is that the minority will always spoil it for the majority. You might think the rules are unreasonable or that you’ re being treated like an idiot. But I’ ll bet if you look around, you’ ll see some pretty ordinary fellow travellers, or the results of their bad behaviour, and realise the vast majority of the rules are there for good reason.
Some rules need to be made, unfortunately.
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