All About Harvest Hosts

Have you ever pictured yourself waking up to the sunrise over golden-lit vineyards, parking your RV amongst columns of lavender, or enjoying pizza and brews with your own bed just steps away? All of these experiences and so many more can be shared through Harvest Hosts, a membership club for RVers offering overnight RV camping at over 9,600 wineries, breweries, distilleries, farms, golf courses and other unique attractions.For just $99 per year, Harvest Hosts members can choose from over 5,900 truly unique locations to park their self-contained RVs for the night. These locations include wineries, breweries, museums, farms, and other unique attractions. For an additional $40 per year, members can include over 350 golf courses, taking the total number of locations to 9,600.Most of the Host locations are friendly to leashed pets and offer experiences that the entire family can enjoy. When searching for the perfect Host location, members can see all the restrictions and amenities offered, such as maximum rig length, unique offerings (pumpkin patch, music, restaurant offerings, picnic area, etc.), pet friendliness, and the occasional availability of electrical hookups or water offerings.Harvest Hosts overnight stays come at no additional cost to the member and offer a variety of off-the-beaten path experiences. Members are encouraged to support the business that is hosting them. This is typically not difficult to do when avoiding the cost of an overnight campground stay and, instead, stocking up on delicious wine. And since it is not uncommon for members to befriend and/or learn about their Hosts’ winery or farm, these stays offer the exact type of sought-after experiences that tend to convince RVers to hit the road in the first place.

Wineries

One of the most popular Host types are wineries/vineyards. Here, guests are often invited to park beside the vineyards, which are a lovely sight to wake up to. Most wineries offer a tasting room, where guests can sample wines made on premises. They can also purchase a few bottles of their favorite varieties. Visiting vineyards across the country can give wine lovers valuable insight into the various wine-making methods existent across the different regions of the US and Canada. It’s interesting to sample wines in the place where they grow and even more interesting to spend the night immersed in that place.One such winery location available to Harvest Hosts members is Mountain View Winery in Olathe, Colorado. At Mountain View, guests are invited to park beside rows of grapevines, with a perfect backdrop of green fields and snow-capped peaks. Here, the owners bottle many varieties of Coloradan wines, including cabernet, syrah, and Chipeta. They also grow peaches, asparagus, pears, apples, and cherries in their orchards. The settings is gorgeous, and the owners are friendly. This is but one of hundreds of similar places available across North America.