Occasionally, I present the idea to possible hosts and other RVers. This is an easy win-win for both the traveler and the host. Here the marketing cost nothing and the RV travelers probably wouldn’t stop to make purchases, and now they do. All businesses know that the most difficult part of marketing is that much money spent, creates almost zero returns. Why would a host want to participate? Well, the answer is that RVers who are traveling are a customer group, which is very easy to attract, at no cost. Where the exchange is that we are guests of the museum, and then spend the Less obvious would be things like museums, The most obvious hosts are selling something that we wantĪnd would usually purchase anyway. Boondocking at a Winery Museums and other attractions Here is one of our blog entries from when we stayed at a Harvest Host winery. We discussed with friends who don’t use Harvest Host because they don’t like wine, that although members are expected to make a purchase while at the stop, it doesn’t have to be wine, or they could purchase wine to be later given to a friend as a gift. At the tasting at the Measow Estate Winery. After the tasting, we return to the RV, cook dinner, and settle in for the night. We stop, set up camp in a location that they have set aside for us, and after we set up, we participate in the wine tasting, usually purchasing our favorite to be consumed later. Breweries also participate in the same way. Many of the hosts have wine tasting and wine for sale. I don’t count myself as being above an overnight stop at Walmart, but in the last two years, we haven’t done that and don’t plan to in the future. Harvest Host replaces the need for overnight stops at locations like Walmart or a truck stop. In exchange for camping at the host location, we agree to patronize the location and typically buy something that they are offering to sell. The host members provide the things in the previous sentence so that I can camp there overnight. Our campsite at the Meadow Estate Winery, a Harvest Host location. The only thing we need is enough maneuvering room, enough space that is flat enough and permission. We have a self-contained RV that doesn’t require any outside assistance to spend the night, or two, or ten. I joined Harvest Host so that we could stay at locations Harvest Host does not pay us (nor do we get paid for any of our reviews). This is a membership we are proud to support and have nothing but good things to say about them. I want everyone to know that we have paid for our membership to Harvest Hosts. (That would be our perspective.) An equally valid view would be to look at the program from the Host’s point of perspective. There are two different ways to view the program and we view it from the perspective of a paying member. To understand how we use Harvest Host in the first paragraph then need to understand the program, which is a little like an insider’s club. We do this so we can look around and get a feel for the location before committing to a specific campground. Sometimes we have used Harvest Host locations as the first night at a longer-stay destination. This article is updated from the February 2020 article with the same title (The above picture is our RV parked at a Harvest Host location.) When we are in travel mode an overnight stop at a Harvest Host location is a welcome overnight break. Harvest Host membership for us gives us low-price options when we are moving larger distances. We love staying at Harvest Host locations. Harvest Host One of the questions we often get asked is how do we like Harvest Host? Yes, we have a Harvest Host membership.
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