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Post by Nomad95336 on Dec 25, 2013 20:20:22 GMT -8
Looks like if the correct demographic is avail, Glamping can be a real money maker.
This place in Santa Barbara (locations coming soon to SF, LA, and Ventura Beach as well) charges $200/night w/ a 2-night minimum.
Hmmm, if I could get 2 trailers in my driveway rented out and another in my sideyard, while offering wine tasting tours to Lodi or a daytrip to Yosemite...
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Post by Nomad95336 on Dec 25, 2013 20:30:00 GMT -8
Now THIS is more my speed. $90-$150 a night (hey, staying on a yacht in the middle of the AZ desert while watching Castaway and drinking cheap beer would rock!!) www.theshadydell.com/ |
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Post by vikx on Dec 26, 2013 19:41:42 GMT -8
Shady Dell is pretty cool! Er.. warm...
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Post by mobiltec on Dec 26, 2013 20:26:26 GMT -8
Shady Dell is pretty cool! Er.. warm... Not a summer trip for sure. |
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Post by bigbill on Dec 27, 2013 6:24:57 GMT -8
Larry are you trying to tell us that in the summer it doesn't cost much to keep the sauna warm there.  |
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Post by mobiltec on Dec 27, 2013 7:32:31 GMT -8
Larry are you trying to tell us that in the summer it doesn't cost much to keep the sauna warm there. In the summer you can fry eggs on the hood of your car there. |
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Post by SusieQ on Dec 27, 2013 10:51:29 GMT -8
That sounds like heaven to me right now!
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Post by gonekayaking on Dec 28, 2013 8:34:42 GMT -8
That's about the price of a nice hotel room in Santa Barbara that close to the beach. But judging from their booking calendar they don't seem to have too many advance bookings and have dropped their 2 night min through January.
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Post by gonekayaking on Dec 28, 2013 8:36:43 GMT -8
Nomad, you could try it on AirBnB and experiment with what kind of pricing gets bookings. I wouldn't think that Manteca (even at 1.5 away from Yosemite) is quite as attractive as a block from the Beach in Santa Barbara.
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Post by cowcharge on Jan 1, 2014 15:00:13 GMT -8
They should be arrested for stranding a ChrisCraft in the middle of the desert.
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Post by mobiltec on Jan 1, 2014 17:38:13 GMT -8
They should be arrested for stranding a ChrisCraft in the middle of the desert.
I wouldn't say it's stranded. I mean there is a Yacht Club and everything... There are people who sail in the desert.
arizonayachtclub.org/about/
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Post by bigbill on Jan 1, 2014 19:07:13 GMT -8
What is the difference, I know people who buy a 100K boat rent a dock at Lake Erie just to go up every weekend and sit on it but never start the engines. Of course Diana and I were figuring up the other day what we spent for fuel 40 years ago every weekend at Lake Erie, it only came a little over a thousand dollars a weekend in todays money. I think the most fuel we ever used in one day was around 300 gal or so. I think I may have figured out why we quit boating.
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Post by cowcharge on Jan 2, 2014 7:09:18 GMT -8
Oh, I didn't see any sign of water in the pics, I thought it was a fake dock, lol.
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