So You Want to Quit How to Fight Back for Campground Members

We at NAM believe that every campground member is entitled to the following rights. We believe that these rights can be enforced, in court if necessary, by any reasonably competent attorney. We are in the process of coordinating complaints against several camping clubs for violating laws and federal rules upon which these rights are based.

We believe that campground members:

• Are entitled to the use of campground facilities in accordance with the terms of their membership contract as long as their dues/maintenance fees are current.

• Should expect the campground owner and the operator to live up to all the terms of the membership contract.

• May terminate the membership agreement and dues obligation at will by notifying the owner or operator of their intentions to do so.

  • This assumes that you do not intend to use the campground facilities in the future.

    • Note: The contract may specify the method to be used to cancel the membership.

• NO ONE has the right to force you to pay annual dues “for the rest of your life” for a campground membership! Such a notion is absurd!

• The only reasonable penalty for non-payment of dues is denial of use of the camping facilities.

• Are NOT required to sell the membership to someone else in order to escape annual dues payments.

• We will be happy to provide information and work with you and your attorney if you find yourself in court defending yourself against a company that tries to abuse these rights.

Anyone who tells you that you must pay dues or maintenance fees 'until you die' or else sell your membership to someone who will, is in our opinion, a liar and a criminal. We think they should be put in jail. So should any employer who allows such statements to be made.

Be Fair !

As long as the campground operator has reason to believe you will be using the facilities - they must maintain the facilities for your use. They have a right to expect you will pay your dues.

1. If your dues are current, and you notify them (preferably in writing) that you will no longer use their facilities and you will not be paying future dues - they have no valid reason to maintain the facilities for YOUR use nor to expect future dues payments from you.

2. If you do not pay your dues when due - it might reasonably be expected that you are simply late. They might feel an obligation to maintain the facilities for your use for no more than one additional dues cycle UNLESS your contract stipulates that non-payment of dues will result in cancellation of your membership or right to use the facilities.

Be Smart !

If you intend to quit using the facilities and stop paying dues - Read Item #1 above. Read it again...