We are members of Thousand Trails, NACO, and Leisure Time Resorts. We've been members in this outfit since 1978 when we joined NACO which was then ACI. We have enjoyed camping at many campgrounds in the west, but there are also many in the east - Florida, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, etc. Now that we're retired we hope to go places back there. Our home campground is Little Diamond Lake, WA which is beautiful and not too remote, but still off the beaten track. (30 miles from Spokane, WA.) We've thoroughly enjoyed all the campgrounds we've visited from California to Canada. The Platinum membership which we have, is useable by our kids (as associate members, they get cards) and they can will it to their kids, so it's not limited to just us. We do not have to pay any extra for using the campgrounds as that is covered in dues and maintenance. I have no idea what the membership costs now, or what the dues are since ours are frozen. Our kids' dues are also frozen but their kids' will have to pay dues if they want to keep the membership. The thing we particularly like about this membership is that there are rules on the campground and they are enforced - no big biker parties as in one KOA we stayed at. There's always a nice lodge, swimming pool, and other activities. Membership also makes you eligible for other memberships such as RPI and Preferred Access. There are dues for these, but not much. I think we pay $100 a year for three other memberships ($100 for all, not each). Preferred Access is nice, because you can rent condos (read Time Shares) for $199 - $299 a week all over the world if you can go on short notice! If you have to plan ahead, you can get two bedrooms for $599 - we have one scheduled in October in Maui - it would have cost us $1200 without the membership. We bought a time-share, and would like to sell it since Preferred Access is a lot more versatile and costs less than the dues on the time-share. It all boils down to whatever floats your boat - we like TT-NACO-LTR, you may not. I’m not trying to sell you on this – You can go and camp for a couple of days for free and check it out yourself. Get on the
http://www.thousandtrails.com website and then go to “Select a Getaway” and pick “3 day 2 night offer”. Hope this helps.