Interestingly enough, we are staying at the Hilton Head Harbor RV Resort & Marine in South Carolina, a park that has 200 RV sites and 16 of them are for sale! This is the first time we have seen this and it aroused our curiosity as to why you would buy a lot in an RV park and how much you would pay for it.

Walking around today, we looked at a good number of the sites for sale, what they offer and why the prices are so dramatically different. For example, the park has a number of sites that directly overlook the marina and several them are up for sale at a cost of $250,000. Sites in the centre of the park, without a view, and varying in size, privacy and accessibility, range from $52,000 to $85,000.

As to the question of why you would buy one, I don’t think that we are yet qualified to answer that one. But, we have some ideas! If you really like an area or are from there and will visit each year or want to have an extended stay, then I guess you buy a site, use it when you need to and with 2.5 million visitors to Hilton Head Island each year, you rent it out when not using it. Likely in summer months, in a place like this, that’s an easy task and in winter, which are usually pretty mild, you might get some takers. Otherwise the lot sits empty! As we travel more, I am sure that this answer will get refined!

An iconic Airstream in the RV park. This kind of lot goes for around $65,000 – it has space for your tow-vehicle, a picnic table and a fire pit.

 

This lot overlooks the marina and has a price tag of $250,000. The RV is what’s known as a fifth wheel and needs to towed by a heavy-duty truck (non commercial). The inside of this RV is much larger than our motor home.