RV Park Boss

RV Park Boss is a podcast for RV park owners who want to increase occupancy, boost revenue, and learn from other operators in the space. Host Jason Lafferty sits down with fellow park owners to uncover their stories, the strategies behind their success, and the surprises they’ve encountered along the way. Whether you’re running your first park or your fifth, this show is packed with real-world insights you can use.

RV Park Boss is a business podcast hosted by Jason Lafferty, with 34 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jason Lafferty hosts RV Park Boss, a business show with 34 episodes published.

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  $3 a Day to Upgrade Your Best Sites

  Aug 18, 20267 min

  A conversation with Trenton Hinsley at the OHCI conference. Trenton started as a general contractor doing bathroom and kitchen remodels, got tired of the variety, and narrowed his focus entirely to decking for campgrounds. The product is modular, levels up to 4 feet to handle uneven pads, and comes pre-manufactured so a 400 square foot deck installs in about an hour and a half. The rental model is where it gets interesting for park owners: $100 a month for a 10 by 10 deck, no maintenance responsibility on the park side, free repairs if something gets damaged, annual cleaning and restaining included, and full replacement every three years. Parks that upcharge for premium sites with decks are getting anywhere from $10 to $20 extra per night, which makes the $3 a day cost easy to absorb or pass along entirely. It is also a 100% tax write-off since it is a rental rather than a capital improvement. Worth a look if you have pull-throughs or back-in sites you want to monetize a little harder. Chapters (00:00:00) - OHCI Conference 2017: A Taste of Business (00:00:16) - Park Owners Need a Deck System (00:03:05) - Do You Need Outdoor Decking? Here! (00:06:41) - Jimmy Kimmel on Meeting Guests

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  No Upfront Cost, No Excuses for Bad Wi-Fi

  Aug 12, 20267 min

  A conversation with Alex from a campground Wi-Fi provider at the OHCI conference. Alex's model is straightforward: no upfront cost, no maintenance fees, no service call charges. Instead, parks pay a daily rate tied to active reservations, somewhere between $1 and $3 per day per site. Guests effectively cover the cost through their stay, and the park never writes a check for the infrastructure. We talk about why most Wi-Fi installs fail at the access point count, how his team puts units inside individual cabins instead of cutting corners with fewer nodes, and why having a 24/7 call center that handles guest troubleshooting directly takes a real operational headache off the park owner's plate. If Wi-Fi complaints are showing up in your reviews or your staff is spending time resetting routers, this one is worth a listen. Chapters (00:00:00) - OHCI Conference 2017 (00:00:11) - RV Camping: Wi-Fi (00:02:14) - RV Wi Fi: How to Install and manage it (00:05:01) - RV Camp Wi-Fi: Basic Need, Cost (00:06:48) - Park Owners talk to the media

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  AI Phone Agents, Missed Calls, and 15 Years in Campground Marketing

  Aug 4, 20269 min

  A conversation with Brian from InsiderPerks.com at the OHCI conference. Brian started in the industry by cold calling KOA's VP of PR back in 2011, talked his way into filming 90 corporate parks up and down the East Coast, and ended up building a marketing agency that now works with 400 to 500 campgrounds. These days he is hard pivoting into AI, specifically phone agents and chatbots that integrate directly with reservation software like CampSpot. The pitch is simple: most parks miss a huge volume of calls after hours or during busy check-in windows, and an AI agent that can answer questions, check availability, and take reservations is better than sending guests to the park next door. We also talk about why the real moat is not the AI itself but the reservation software integrations, which take real time and relationships to build. Brian also runs two podcasts, MC Fireside Chats and Outwired, if you want more of his take on where the industry is headed. Chapters (00:00:00) - RV Park Podcast Hosting (00:00:12) - How AI Went From RV Parks to Travel Videos (00:04:13) - Camp Spot on AI for RVers (00:06:51) - Facebook, Oculus demo at E3 (00:07:19) - Covid: Talking Tech, Fireside Chats

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  What Happens When You Actually Care About Your Guests

  Jul 28, 202613 min

  A conversation with Britt Ralph, co-owner of a 28-site campground in southern Utah, right in the middle of the Mighty 5 national parks. Britt and her husband started their RV journey after he lost his college teaching job and they decided they were done working for anyone else. They sold the stability, bought a fifth wheel, rented out their house, and hit the road with two kids under three. That year on the road taught them what was missing in most parks they stayed at, and they eventually built their own. Their park sits on 40 acres with sites 75 to 100 feet apart, spa-quality bathhouses with heated floors and indoor-outdoor showers, fiber optic Wi-Fi, goat hikes, sound baths, e-bike rentals, and fresh baked goods. No pool, no hot tubs, no massive amenity budget. Just an unusually high return guest rate and reviews comparing their bathrooms to the Ritz-Carlton. Worth a listen if you are thinking about what actually drives loyalty in this business and why how guests feel matters more than what your amenity list looks like. Chapters (00:00:00) - RV Camping: A True Story (00:04:00) - Traveling the Country With a 5-Runner (00:05:42) - Enjoying a campground in the high desert? (00:09:05) - RV Campground: A High-End Amenities (00:12:32) - The Mighty Five: A trip to All of Them

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  Turn Your Worst Site Into Your Best Revenue

  Jul 15, 202610 min

  A conversation with Colin Miller, Director of Sales at Pacific Yurts, at the OHCI conference. Colin's pitch is straightforward: almost every RV park has a few underperforming sites, the ones by the dumpster, the entrance, or wherever nobody wants to park. Instead of leaving those sites dragging your occupancy numbers down, you drop a yurt on the existing pad, tie into the utilities already there, and suddenly you are charging anywhere from $100 to $600 a night for a glamping unit that opens your park up to a whole new audience. We talk about sizing, all-in costs, the shift toward turnkey installations with bathrooms and kitchenettes included, and some creative use cases like giving long-term residents a place to host visiting family. We also get into hot tubs inside yurts, which apparently is more common than you would think. Chapters (00:00:00) - RV Park Talk: Yurts (00:03:15) - RV Parks: What to Do About Long Term Rentals (00:04:24) - Renting Yurts: Monthly or Long Term? (00:06:03) - Do Yurts Need Bathrooms? (00:08:02) - RV Camping: Yurts Vacation Page

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