In their case the web should pay for itself, and I think most campgrounds have wireless net. Good point otherwise, sitting down with a calculator and adding all the costs up is a good idea.
Depends on the campground. Wi-fi doesn't travel too far, through woods and over hills... and some campgrounds are pretty big. Some campgrounds are, all in all, pretty bare-bones. They may offer wi-fi, but you'd probably have to be sitting right outside the campground office.
Not hard to check, my phone shows connections. They'd know pretty easily. They'd be better off assuming its not provided and be prepared to have their phone act as a hotspot. And if it's free, terrific. Assuming they'd travel around occasionally, each campground is different.
And of course, it must be privately owned. State parks would be a huge violation of the principles of Free Staters. Rangers and shit, hells no.
I'd be more concerned with the bigger issues, like heat, water, electricity. Propane. Pumpout.
You'd have electricity in campgrounds, but maybe not in friends farmland. Therefore, a genny is necessary. Like the kind you have in boats, with batteries to catch the juice so the genny can cycle.
I wouldn't want a "campground-queen" camper that's dependent on utilities provided. I'd want one that's self-sufficient, that you can haul out to no-mans land if you want. Campgrounds are just a luxury where you do pumpouts and wash clothes.
But that's just my preferences. Maybe they'd prefer being in a camper permanently stationed five miles outside of Keene, but I think that defeats the purpose of portability.
If thats the concept, might as well just get an apartment like everyone else for 450 a month. Way cheaper than a camper.
Spending $10,000 to save 450 a month is idiotic. You have to work the whole thing out, mathematically. If they spend $10,000, it'll take over two years to recoup - without factoring in the campground at all. Part of the expense is the price of the experience, freedom of the road stuff.
Lookit--
10000, they survive one month.. that month cost them 10000
if they make it three months, it cost them about 3600 a month (because of the extra 300ish expenses)
if they make it ten
years, it cost them about 90 a month, plus the additional 300ish rolling monthly expense.
So its never really "free", but it does get cheaper, the deeper you get into it.
I won't make jokes about them making it ten years. Thats none of my business.