There are two things that you will need to do before embarking on your fulltime adventure with Thousand Trails; 1) finding the right RV to live in and 2) deciding which Thousand Contract is right for you. I put together this article to help you navigate your way through the many Thousand Trails contracts and succeed at the contract game.
Lazydays: Please email https://snap-fitness.pissedconsumer.com/snap-fitness-long-beach-washington-201802271199145.html you would like the contact information for the sales professional we worked with at Lazydays.
Thousand Trails: Please email https://snap-fitness.pissedconsumer.com/snap-fitness-long-beach-washington-201802271199145.html if you would like the contact information for the sales professional we worked with at Thousand Trails.
Recently my wife and I purchase an Elite National Membership Upgrade. This took some work and we were quoted many different prices but found the lowest cost way to purchase our upgrade was through a guy that was referred to us who works directly for Thousand Trails.
First we went to a preserve and this was not the best experience. Let me explain. I have been told so many different and conflicting things about the Platinum, Plus and VIP membership that I really did not know what was true. I spoke to members who have a platinum but say they have no high use restriction. However after reading the contract one will find this is simply not true. I spoke to sales people who told me the same. This was very frustrating and this is why I started this site to help potential buyers find a better more informed way to purchase what they need.
I want to provide Thousand Trails members who are interested in upgrades the ability ask me any question they want about the process. It’s simply not right to have hidden and misrepresented memberships.
Here is a little more information about our set up and our experiences…
We purchased from a very well know RV dealer in FL who gave us a free zone membership to thousand trails. This was a great experience because our sale man took great care of us and helped us stay within our price range on a 2007 Forest River Cherokee 5th wheel. Really Brant impressed us.
Then we found Craig a thousand trails sales professional who helped us upgrade our membership to a National Elite membership.
Back to Thousand Trails… well since we had a nice free membership from Lazydays we wanted to upgrade to a national membership. This can be a strange process because some sales people try to charge a lot more for a membership than others. However we found a great guy who is honest and had our best interest at hart. Please email Norwood at norcar303@gmail.com if you would like information.
The Thousand Trails membership we purchased was an Elite (higher than Platinum)and it is one of the best memberships one can buy. It has 21 days in the thousand trails system and no out time which means after our 21 day in we can go to the next preserve. It also comes with some vacation cabins free of charge but this is really not why we purchased. Next RPI preferred Gold was included and ROD which offer a great extended network for traveling. RPI Basically offers 10 dollars a night at nice campgrounds and ROD offers free camping but I have not yet used them so I will update this once I learn more.
Cost
We paid 4000 thousand dollars for the upgrade and feel it was worth every penny. We were going to add Outdoor World for another 2000 but felt we really would not use it with our particular travels. Keep in mind I am talking about a new membership not used. Price a used Platinum Thousand Trails membership you will see its very expensive.
I would be willing to bet that the majority of people will save money and hassle buying new. But this is your choice. Whatever you do, do not take anyone’s word on the contracts used or new for sale. YOU MUST READ THE CONTRACT TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE OR WILL PURCAHSE! All too often if you ask a person about their contract they simply have not read the thing and they will tell you they have privileges that they really do not. Again this can be easily solved but you must read the contract.
Here is a list of all the newer Thousand Trails memberships....
Getaway
National
Zone (west or east)
Region
3-Park
Here is a list of the available Thousand Trails Upgrades:
Platinum
Platinum Plus
Platinum VIP
Elite
Elite Connections
I hope this helps a few of you navigate the Thousand Trails contract game in a more informed manner. Take care and say hello if you see our 2007 Forest River Cherokee Fifth Wheel pulled by our 05 red Nissan Titian truck. Also if you talk to Craig or Brant be sure to tell them hello from Amanda and I.
Happy Travels
Oh and PS here is a list of the Campgrounds that TTNLT members can stay at (certain campgrounds are only available to members with upgrades).
Thousand Trails: (abc order)
Bend/Sunriver- Bend Oregon
Chehalis- Chehalis Washington
Chesapeake Bay- Gloucester Virginia
Colorado River – Columbus Texas
Countryside RV Resort- Apache Junction Arizona (ELS Park Pass)
Cultus Lake – Lindell Beach British Columbia
Forest Lake- Advance North Carolina
Hershey- Lebanon Pennsylvania
Horseshoe Lakes – Clinton Indiana
Idyllwild – Idyllwild California
Kenisee Lake – Jefferson Ohio
La Conner – LaConner Washington
Lake Conroe – Willis Texas
Lake of the Springs – Oregon House California
Lake Tawakoni- Point Texas
Lake Texoma – Gordonwille Texas
Lake Whitney – Bridgeport Texas
Las Vegas – Las Vegas Nevada
Leavenworth – Leavenworth Washington
Lynchburg – Gladys Virginia
Medina Lake – Lakehills Texas
Morgan Hill – Morgan Hill California
Mount Vernon- Bow Washington
Oakzanita – Descanso California
Orlando – Clermont Florida
Pacific City – Cloverdale Oregon
Palm Springs- Palm Desert California
Pio Pico – Jamul California
San Benito - Paicines, California
Soledad Canyon - Acton, California
St. Clair - St. Clair, Michigan
Naco:
Bay Landing – Bridgeport Texas
Birch Bay- Blaine Washington
Carolina Landing – Fair Play South Carolina
Cherokee Landing – Middleton Tennessee
Chestnut Lake – Port Republic New Jersey
Indian Lakes- Batesville Indiana
Lake Minden – Nicolaus California
Little Diamond- Newport Washington
Long Beach – Seaview Washington
Natchez Trace - Hohenwald Tennessee
Peace River- Wauchula Florida
Ponderosa Resort- Lotus California
Rancho Oso – Santa Barbara California
Russian River – Cloverdale California
Snowflower – Emigrant Gap California
South Jetty - Florence, Oregon
Tropic Winds Resort – Harlingen Texas (ELS, Thousand Trails, Naco, Leisure Time)
Turtle Beach Fish Camp- Manteca, California
Virginia Landing – Quniby Virginia
Wilderness Lakes – Menifee California
Yosemite Lakes- Groveland California
Leisure Time:
Crescent Bar- Qunicy Washington
Grandy Creek – Concrete Washington
Oceana – Ocean City Washington
Paradise – Silver Creek Washington
Seaside – Seaside Oregon
Thunderbird- Monroe Washington
Tropic Winds RV Resort – Harlingen Texas
Whalers Rest – South Beach Oregon
Mid-Atlantic:
Bear Cave - Buchanan, Michigan
Diamond Caverns – Park City Kentucky
Green Mountain – Lenoir North Carolina
Hidden Cove – Arley Alabama
Rondout Valley – Accord New York
The Oaks at Point South - Yemassee South Carolina
Three Flags- Wildwood Florida
Outdoor World:
Circle M – Lancaster Pennsylvania
Gateway to Cape Cod - Rochester Maine
Gettysburg Farm – Dover Pennsylvania
Harbor View – Colonial Beach Virginia
Lake and Shore – Ocean View New Jersey
Lake Gaston – Littleton North Carolina
Moody Beach – Moody ME
Orlando Encore – Clermont Florida
PA Dutch Country – Manheim Pennsylvania
Pine Country – Belvidere Illinois
Scotrun – Scotrun Pennsylvania
Sea Pines – Swainton New Jersey
Sturbridge - Sturbridge MA
Timothy Lake North & South - East Stroudsburg PA
Williamsburg – Williamsburg Virginia
“Amanda's Weekly Zen” is not associated with Thousand Trails or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. All the text, images, graphics are copyrighted by A.M. Perez. You must contact A.M. Perez and include a link back to www.amandasweeklyzen.com to use any of the text, images or graphics at “Amanda's Weekly Zen.” All Rights are Reserved.
Lazydays: Please email https://snap-fitness.pissedconsumer.com/snap-fitness-long-beach-washington-201802271199145.html you would like the contact information for the sales professional we worked with at Lazydays.
Thousand Trails: Please email https://snap-fitness.pissedconsumer.com/snap-fitness-long-beach-washington-201802271199145.html if you would like the contact information for the sales professional we worked with at Thousand Trails.
Recently my wife and I purchase an Elite National Membership Upgrade. This took some work and we were quoted many different prices but found the lowest cost way to purchase our upgrade was through a guy that was referred to us who works directly for Thousand Trails.
First we went to a preserve and this was not the best experience. Let me explain. I have been told so many different and conflicting things about the Platinum, Plus and VIP membership that I really did not know what was true. I spoke to members who have a platinum but say they have no high use restriction. However after reading the contract one will find this is simply not true. I spoke to sales people who told me the same. This was very frustrating and this is why I started this site to help potential buyers find a better more informed way to purchase what they need.
I want to provide Thousand Trails members who are interested in upgrades the ability ask me any question they want about the process. It’s simply not right to have hidden and misrepresented memberships.
Here is a little more information about our set up and our experiences…
We purchased from a very well know RV dealer in FL who gave us a free zone membership to thousand trails. This was a great experience because our sale man took great care of us and helped us stay within our price range on a 2007 Forest River Cherokee 5th wheel. Really Brant impressed us.
Then we found Craig a thousand trails sales professional who helped us upgrade our membership to a National Elite membership.
Back to Thousand Trails… well since we had a nice free membership from Lazydays we wanted to upgrade to a national membership. This can be a strange process because some sales people try to charge a lot more for a membership than others. However we found a great guy who is honest and had our best interest at hart. Please email Norwood at norcar303@gmail.com if you would like information.
The Thousand Trails membership we purchased was an Elite (higher than Platinum)and it is one of the best memberships one can buy. It has 21 days in the thousand trails system and no out time which means after our 21 day in we can go to the next preserve. It also comes with some vacation cabins free of charge but this is really not why we purchased. Next RPI preferred Gold was included and ROD which offer a great extended network for traveling. RPI Basically offers 10 dollars a night at nice campgrounds and ROD offers free camping but I have not yet used them so I will update this once I learn more.
Cost
We paid 4000 thousand dollars for the upgrade and feel it was worth every penny. We were going to add Outdoor World for another 2000 but felt we really would not use it with our particular travels. Keep in mind I am talking about a new membership not used. Price a used Platinum Thousand Trails membership you will see its very expensive.
I would be willing to bet that the majority of people will save money and hassle buying new. But this is your choice. Whatever you do, do not take anyone’s word on the contracts used or new for sale. YOU MUST READ THE CONTRACT TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE OR WILL PURCAHSE! All too often if you ask a person about their contract they simply have not read the thing and they will tell you they have privileges that they really do not. Again this can be easily solved but you must read the contract.
Here is a list of all the newer Thousand Trails memberships....
Getaway
National
Zone (west or east)
Region
3-Park
Here is a list of the available Thousand Trails Upgrades:
Platinum
Platinum Plus
Platinum VIP
Elite
Elite Connections
I hope this helps a few of you navigate the Thousand Trails contract game in a more informed manner. Take care and say hello if you see our 2007 Forest River Cherokee Fifth Wheel pulled by our 05 red Nissan Titian truck. Also if you talk to Craig or Brant be sure to tell them hello from Amanda and I.
Happy Travels
Oh and PS here is a list of the Campgrounds that TTNLT members can stay at (certain campgrounds are only available to members with upgrades).
Thousand Trails: (abc order)
Bend/Sunriver- Bend Oregon
Chehalis- Chehalis Washington
Chesapeake Bay- Gloucester Virginia
Colorado River – Columbus Texas
Countryside RV Resort- Apache Junction Arizona (ELS Park Pass)
Cultus Lake – Lindell Beach British Columbia
Forest Lake- Advance North Carolina
Hershey- Lebanon Pennsylvania
Horseshoe Lakes – Clinton Indiana
Idyllwild – Idyllwild California
Kenisee Lake – Jefferson Ohio
La Conner – LaConner Washington
Lake Conroe – Willis Texas
Lake of the Springs – Oregon House California
Lake Tawakoni- Point Texas
Lake Texoma – Gordonwille Texas
Lake Whitney – Bridgeport Texas
Las Vegas – Las Vegas Nevada
Leavenworth – Leavenworth Washington
Lynchburg – Gladys Virginia
Medina Lake – Lakehills Texas
Morgan Hill – Morgan Hill California
Mount Vernon- Bow Washington
Oakzanita – Descanso California
Orlando – Clermont Florida
Pacific City – Cloverdale Oregon
Palm Springs- Palm Desert California
Pio Pico – Jamul California
San Benito - Paicines, California
Soledad Canyon - Acton, California
St. Clair - St. Clair, Michigan
Naco:
Bay Landing – Bridgeport Texas
Birch Bay- Blaine Washington
Carolina Landing – Fair Play South Carolina
Cherokee Landing – Middleton Tennessee
Chestnut Lake – Port Republic New Jersey
Indian Lakes- Batesville Indiana
Lake Minden – Nicolaus California
Little Diamond- Newport Washington
Long Beach – Seaview Washington
Natchez Trace - Hohenwald Tennessee
Peace River- Wauchula Florida
Ponderosa Resort- Lotus California
Rancho Oso – Santa Barbara California
Russian River – Cloverdale California
Snowflower – Emigrant Gap California
South Jetty - Florence, Oregon
Tropic Winds Resort – Harlingen Texas (ELS, Thousand Trails, Naco, Leisure Time)
Turtle Beach Fish Camp- Manteca, California
Virginia Landing – Quniby Virginia
Wilderness Lakes – Menifee California
Yosemite Lakes- Groveland California
Leisure Time:
Crescent Bar- Qunicy Washington
Grandy Creek – Concrete Washington
Oceana – Ocean City Washington
Paradise – Silver Creek Washington
Seaside – Seaside Oregon
Thunderbird- Monroe Washington
Tropic Winds RV Resort – Harlingen Texas
Whalers Rest – South Beach Oregon
Mid-Atlantic:
Bear Cave - Buchanan, Michigan
Diamond Caverns – Park City Kentucky
Green Mountain – Lenoir North Carolina
Hidden Cove – Arley Alabama
Rondout Valley – Accord New York
The Oaks at Point South - Yemassee South Carolina
Three Flags- Wildwood Florida
Outdoor World:
Circle M – Lancaster Pennsylvania
Gateway to Cape Cod - Rochester Maine
Gettysburg Farm – Dover Pennsylvania
Harbor View – Colonial Beach Virginia
Lake and Shore – Ocean View New Jersey
Lake Gaston – Littleton North Carolina
Moody Beach – Moody ME
Orlando Encore – Clermont Florida
PA Dutch Country – Manheim Pennsylvania
Pine Country – Belvidere Illinois
Scotrun – Scotrun Pennsylvania
Sea Pines – Swainton New Jersey
Sturbridge - Sturbridge MA
Timothy Lake North & South - East Stroudsburg PA
Williamsburg – Williamsburg Virginia
“Amanda's Weekly Zen” is not associated with Thousand Trails or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. All the text, images, graphics are copyrighted by A.M. Perez. You must contact A.M. Perez and include a link back to www.amandasweeklyzen.com to use any of the text, images or graphics at “Amanda's Weekly Zen.” All Rights are Reserved.
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