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A Second Home on Wheels Seasonal camping could be about comfort. It’s nice to hop in

By:Lisa Merman Bender the car and head to your home away from home. You don’t
have to make reservations. You know what the expenses will be.
You know the staff. You’ve selected a particular campground
Let’s face it. RVs have always had their own unique attraction. The because you’re comfortable with what it has to offer—not
idea of traveling the open road with the comforts of home right only the campground, but the surrounding area. You can take
behind you and your selected destination ahead, sounds pretty comfort knowing that you have a favorite pizza place, a favorite
amazing. Whether you’re headed to the mountains you love to tavern, and the best beach, lake, river, or trail within minutes.
hike, your favorite fishing spot, or that place that has the pool
with the fun waterslide, it doesn’t matter. An RV vacation is your “One of the things we think our customers like the most is
getaway, on your terms, with your stuff. Now imagine having a knowing the staff,” explains Randy Pricksett owner with his
“second home” at that dream-vacation destination. If you have wife Lynn of Sleepy Hollow Family Campground in Egg Harbor
an RV already, it can easily happen. It’s called seasonal camping, Township, NJ. “Most of our staff members are here year after year.
and it sounds like a dream come true. They plan and run the many great events like our annual luau,
our sporting events, and our family game nights.” The Pricksetts
Seasonal camping is appealing for so many reasons. And, it may believe that they are, “more in the entertainment business than
be more available than you think. Most New Jersey campgrounds anything.” In addition to the activities they provide, they “have
have a seasonal-camping option, so you can easily find a site in really good wi-fi, good enough to stream,” which is important
your favorite area of this great state. Let’s consider some of the for seasonal campers who stay for long periods of time. Take
many benefits. comfort in knowing you will be entertained every weekend at
your seasonal-campsite second home, all included in the cost.
Seasonal camping could be about convenience. Wouldn’t it
be nice to unpack, set up your patio, and hook up only once Seasonal camping could be about community. We’re talking
per season? And say goodbye to searching for storage as most generational friendships. Some families have had a seasonal
campgrounds have an option to keep your RV on site year round, campsite for decades. Now their grown children have a site, too.
even if the facility is closed in the off season. If you’re dedicated Most people seem to choose seasonal camping for how family-
to seasonal camping, you have the same site each year and in oriented it is. At a seasonal-only site like Sleepy Hollow Family
some cases you can really make the site your own. At Ocean Campground, they know their customers love the family-feel
View Resort in Cape May County, NJ, seasonal campers can put and the fact that the same families come back each year. They
down stone, plant bushes, and erect a small fence with approval make lasting friendships with people who are essentially their
from management. neighbors.

“You have to submit an application for a permit to make changes, Now that you know how amazing seasonal camping can be, you
but there’s no fee,” said Jim Steffen who has had a seasonal site can start searching for your dream destination. Once you find
at Ocean View Resort since 2017. His wife Louise Steffen added, it, get in touch quickly because most people renew year after
“They just want to make sure that whatever you’re planning year. At Sleepy Hollow Family Campground, the average time a
has a nice aesthetic because they really do a lot to keep the customer renews a lot is 12 years. Seasonal sites typically work by
campground looking good.” Also convenient, “I pay extra for contract where each customer that has an existing contract can
them to winterize my RV for me and leave it there all winter. It renew first. Most sites offer standard, premium and waterfront
couldn’t be easier,” explains Jim. lots (if available), so there are a variety of options for every
budget. You can discover New Jersey’s seasonal campgrounds
at GoCampingNJ.com

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