![]() ![]() If you know small farmers and winery owners, we tend to be an evangelical bunch. It might have been a fluke, but my campers were largely an older set who I doubt had any social media presence. Again, in my experience, none of this happened. At the least, we might get some favorable mentions on YouTube or Instagram, campers might suggest our wines to their friends (we only sell online), or perhaps we’d build up lots of likes on our winery Facebook and Instagram pages. But I suspect, like me, most hosts do NOT go into this thinking we will get rich. Although Harvest Hosts suggests that the campers purchase at least $20 worth of product from their host, in my short experience, this seldom happened. I’m sure we hosts and potential hosts have a variety of reasons for approaching the program. The hosts provide their facilities for free. From what I can see, there will be little support or effort from the Harvest Host company.įirst of all, it’s important to understand that Harvest Hosts makes all its money from the campers who are charged a yearly fee. But much of creating the success of the program is going to have to come down to those two groups. Some of the issues just boiled down to “mean people suck.” In summary, I wouldn’t say there couldn’t be good and enjoyable things about the program for both hosts and campers. Some could be laid at the feet of the company that runs Harvest Hosts, some could be chalked up to misaligned expectations between me as a host and campers. It was not a good experience for any number of reasons. ![]() Here at the Rancho, we served as a host for about a month. ![]() If you are an RVer, you may be aware of this online service that lists participating wineries and small farms willing to act as hosts for one night, off the grid camping. ![]()
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