Self Storage- Cargo Container Camping or Hostel

Responding to a post, someone moving into a new area and gave them the following concept. Looks like a lot of National Forest out there. Check on going low tech with Cargo container rental units. No permanent water, electricity, sewer.

Water- replaceable 5 gallon tanks as part of the rental. Extra tank there, break the cap additional $20.

Trash pickup, take it with you, or $20 fee.

Electricity- Solar panels. To power night light and everyone's electric gizmos.

Sewer- Compost toilets above ground.

Propane tank open grills, put breakable seals. Seal is broken, then $20 fee.

Firewood stack- $20 for each seal broken.  5 bundles on site.  Get a local to refill.

Go gnarly with the paint jobs. Camo Joe, Sunflower Suzy, Big Bear, etc.

20 ft container runs about $2,000 then delivery and setting cost.

Rent out $50 per night with a 3 day minimum. Get someone local depending on where you live to refurbish after each guest. Holidays and hunting season, $70 per night 3 day minimum.

Centralized Key box at each park with individual combinations. With drop box for used keys. This way you can do Self Service and not have to meet customers. Do a youtube on the park, surroundings, container usage, cleanup, etc on your web page. See ours at our web.

Recommend you do Cots (4), and they bring their sleeping bags. That way you don't have to deal with mattress and bedsheet damage. They can sleep how ever many they want.

Put some fire rings out side. Go to old tractor shops and buy used tractor rims.  That way you control where all the burn sites are.

Get wifi.

Either find a central location or next to an attraction- lake, hiking path, bike path, etc.

You know how people have RV parks. You will have a Cargo Container park. " Your Last Name's Home Away" park 1. What I like about this model where you will be at, if the first is successful, it has a cookie cutter business plan. Park 2, Park 3, etc. Your downside risk. Your $2,000 container sells to locals for $1,500.

Since these are moveable, don't make your park rigid and in line. Go with the flow of the existing trees, rocks, geography. Fit the containers to the land.

Sounds like chump change right? Low risk, scale able, easy exit, cookie cutter business plan, no property tax on containers. I do self storage for $65 per month, your getting $50 per night on lower cost units, with no property tax, mowing, snow removal, scale able, etc.  As always check on zoning.

Looked at the map again. Even better than I thought. These parks are a perfect distance from ???????, ????????, ????????, ??????? and ??????? markets. Tons of small towns around the parks to base out of.

Would recommend doing a lot of small locations versus large locations, to keep the "feel". Go with the flow, use what's in your local area.

Hook up with a local for rates on Enduro Bike, ATV rentals, Canoe, Horse rides, etc. with breaks for your customers. Put 2 coupons in each key boxes.

When you have this business plan knocked out and going; GO to the BEACH (other way) with the same model. Check out Euro hostel models for more ideas, this isn't my area.