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An explanation of terminology used throughout this page

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The popsnparks site is dedicated to locating affordable motor home and camper van park-over sites around New Zealand

GEM What is a GEM..... The subject I have tried to avoid.. How much ??

 I did not want to print costs on this site as I would for ever be changing or missing an alteration and up set some one. Having said that I have created a rating.. of sorts.. that will hopefully be a guide to you for cost effective stop overs.

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SPECIALS or WINTER RATES and are now being treated as a separate entity but it must be remembered that they can change at anytime and must be comfirmed before travelling to these places.

How does one arrive at a value, that the old time worn statement always applies when land is in the equation and that is "Location, location, location". However just how much is that perceived value eroded when the amenities are tired, worn, malfunctioning and needs a coat of paint. 

Just how much value are you getting for your dollar on the best piece of sand in the country but the shower before dinner always delivers cold water. That time worn excuse "Oh there are just so many here this year" gets very thin when night after night you don't see arrivees being turned away.

Next point, when you have invested a sizable figure in amenities within your motor home, you don't want to pay for facilities you wont be using. One site I located starts from $7.00 per night then plus whatever you use. i.e. $3.00 for power, $1.00 for a shower etc.

One camp ground I have visited charges charges $18.00 per person. Has what I have to call top end amenities and maintained in 'like new' condition all the time. It would begin to rate with some of the camp sites I have stayed at in New South Wales Australia, and they were top stuff but at a lesser price. 

So taking $17.00 as a high starting place, and for a family that can knock a big hole in the holiday budget so I dug a little deeper and found that $12.00 was a good indicator when looking for affordable all round rate. This rate may vary during the summer months but these places I have found will still be good value and as such get my GEM rating. So look for the GEM comment in the site information.

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 W.T.T.T.

 WTTT stands for 'wave to the tourists'.  WHAT ! I can hear you say from here.

The way I see it is that if the vanning tourist increase dramatically then the minister of tourism will put his weight behind anything that will improve those dollars and gain extra leverage for the ideals we all know will benefit all of us.  

Make them feel welcome..not targets

I can still hear you crying out "but it is the tourists who don't follow our clean green practices". Well, take a moment to tell them, the ones I have spoken to have been pleased to get the information.

Don't growl ...explain.

 "O.K." I hear you say "There is a world wide recession on at the moment, who will spend money to make more stop overs for camper vans"? That is just it. Have the government encourage local councils to make existing parking places available over night. I am sure many overseas folk are looking at this country as an affordable holiday destination at this time. You can stop waving your hands in the air; those of you lucky enough to be in summertime popular destinations. Limit those parks to, March to October.

 We all know the local business houses will benefit especially out of peak trading times. And the more those tills keep ringing the more happier those traders are when it comes to paying the rates.

I also ask you all to stop and think for one moment, have you ever had a child or grandchild traveling overseas, or know of some younger ones having their big O/E. Would you not want someone in that far off land recommending safe and clean stop-over sites for them, then lets do the same here in New Zealand.

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