How to Start, Run, and Grow an RV Park, RV Resort, or Campground Business: Step-by-Step Guide from Idea to Business Plan to Growth

I have to disagree with the title of this book. Calling it a step by step guide is much to simple for all of the things that this book encompasses and teaches. There are steps, sure, but each step can probably have its own book with the amount of details this guidebook goes into.This book is great in the EBook format, so that you can use the table of contents to go to where you need to go and find what you need to learn each step of the way. There are so many details that this could honestly be a full semester textbook taught at a University.Jack Wendling starts the book by explaining the benefits and rising popularity of RV Park businesses. He talks about his own success and expresses his joy in doing so. Then he proceeds to tell you the different types of parks to possibly run and their budgets and costs. He gives suggestions and advice ranging from simple things like types of foods to offer all the way to more complex things such as legalities and full on employee command structures!This book is definitely worth taking a look at if you're interested in running an RV park or if you're interested in running your own business (especially if you experience in the hospitality industry). Honestly, you'll also get good advice from this book if you're looking to start ANY type of business.Definitely a five star. Jack Wendling should be offering lecture and teaching courses, if he isn't already.

This book offers readers a straightforward guide to building and managing your own RV park--an enterprise which has taken on more relevance as people search for ways to keep up with the cost of living. The author breaks down this seemingly arcane subject matter into easily digestible, coherent sections. If you've ever considered living in an RV, or considered starting an RV park as a business enterprise, this book is an excellent place to begin.

Who knew that owning an RV park was a lucrative business. Camping industry trends are showing steady increase in recent years with no signs of slowing down. Most notably, Millennials make up over half of the people who go camping, and half of all campers have children. RV parks provide an enjoyable vacation experience with a myriad of activities for all ages.This business model includes campgrounds, RV parks, RV resorts, and luxury camping resorts. As a real estate asset, it is one of the highest yielding. You can expect to earn 10 to 20 percent or more return on your investment. Plus, you can benefit from favorable and low-risk loans.This book outlines everything you need to know to make your decision and get started in operating your own RV park. It is described as a fun business that will afford you the opportunity to earn daily cash flow, enjoy retirement, and build an asset to benefit future generations. So if you're a hands-on person, like the outdoors, and enjoy the freedom of being your own boss, this may be the business for you.You'll find this book to be extremely comprehensive. Topics covered are financing, location and land, utilities, insurance and legal, employees and maintenance, as well as, marketing and advertising. Everything you need to know about starting an RV park business is in this book.

I ordered as many books as I could on this topic. Problem is, these four are nearly verbatim copies, down to the same poor graphics. Only one has an author listed, or page numbers. Either Mr. Wendling is double dipping, or some one is ripping off his work. Either way, super frustrating.As for the content, assuming this is the original, I would have liked some more detailed information. Concepts and ideas are written out, but there is honestly not too much I didn’t already think of, and the information I really need- estimating costs, is not that detailed. In fairness, there may be regional and local differences in price, but a little more detail on construction costs, grading costs, supply costs (or even usage estimates- how much will I spend on toilet paper a month per 10 sites?) etc would have been nice. I guess if you don’t have much experience with business plans this is probably a good place to start. Once you’re a little more sophisticated it is not that helpful.

“How to Start, Run, and Grow an RV Park, RV Resort, or Campground Business” by author Jack Wendling, is a wonderful book of ‘how-to’ advice for anyone even vaguely considering such a venture.Building any business from scratch, or purchasing one that is already running, is a complicated and expensive undertaking. Having a guidebook like this one is invaluable when making such a huge, life-changing business decision.The book ventures into all aspects of park purchase, set up, and ownership, from asking yourself why you want to do it in the first place, discussing financing and financial benefits, the types of parks, getting started, location, employees, advertising, marketing, and even special event planning. RV parks are complicated but worthwhile businesses in the right place and if they’re designed and promoted properly.I enjoyed this informative book and would recommend it to anyone interested in RV park ownership. I’m glad I have this book and will read it several times in the future.

This is a good book for someone looking to be an owner operator. This shows you how you can buy and operate an RV park. This is not necessarily and investors guide and tailored to someone who would live on the park and manage it. If that is you then this is the book to read.

It is a good read that let's you look into running a camping or RV business. I genuinely enjoyed reading it because it offered insights into certain parts of the business that I wouldnt have thought about. The reason I'm leaving it four stars instead of five though is the number of grammatical errors in the book. They sometimes make certain sentences difficult to understand.

This was a very very important book to learn more in life how to save money travel safe start up your own business and save you a lot of time and headaches. I appreciate picking up a book that was worth every penny and this one is a top seller in my eyes.

On one hand, what should I have expected? Under 200 pages with plenty of 3 star reviews suggests this is a lightweight read.And it is. I read the whole thing in well under 2 hours.However, and this is the best thing about this book, it's written from the POV of an actual RV owner-operator. I felt privileged in that I was in the presence of someone who had been through it all, suffered maybe some governmental or regulatory setbacks, and lived to tell the tale and still recommended it.The author would dip into interesting topics that keep me up at night light utilities, security, financing, ROI... and then immediately back out of it.There is no substantial information in this book (partially due to the fact that there are different laws and expectations of an RV park owner) but where it shines is peace of mind. This book came at exactly the right time for me very early in the zoning and planning stages of a glamping dome resort.I still recommend this book to some readers, as in my case it will allow me to sleep at night and give me hope that I'm on the right path.