Hey Ben, it's me Ben again, revisiting this thread a year late. I am still thinking of doing this travel trailer RV business but I know that I really need to have a lot of money in the bank to do such a thing. Currently I am about to launch a private lable product business to sell on Amazon. Once I can get a good stream of income from that, then I will decide to buy a used travel trailer. Travel trailers are pretty cheap and you can get a thrity ft one used for way under 20K with slides and everything. If I were to do this, I would make sure the trailer has 2 rooms in order to accomodate a whole family to charge the most amount of money. I would not bother with anything that has a motor. Just way too much maintenance to deal with. The only places that allow full time spots are usually down south and for retired people. A lot in Florida. Many campgrounds let you store the trailer during offseason. Luckilly, most campsite seasons are long from April - November. I want to try doing this business model in Las Vegas area because those campsites are usually all year round and always lots of tourists. Let's say you rent out a spot at a campsite that charges approximately $40/day. For Airbnb, because your trailer is so unique and you won't have much competition, you can charge a little more than the market rate. You are selling an experience not just a place to stay. I think it's fair to charge $200 and up for a family of 4-6 people. They can even travel with their dogs for all I care. It is very hard to do a business model like this without proper infrastructure like a campsite with hookups. And God forbid, something goes wrong with the toilet or shower, most campsites have that on site. In order to scale such a thing, all you need to do is get more trailers on site.
The question comes down to, will the campground let me rent out my unit to somebody else if I'm not the one staying in it, while my name is registered for that hookup site? Most campgrounds allow for guests which some charge up to $15 per guest per night. Have you learned anything new going about this business arrangement with the campsites yet?
