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06-08-2014, 05:08 AM
If you have a van, then have a toilet & shower in your van.

I KNOW my toilet and shower are sanitary, any others are suspect at best.

I live in my van when I'm on the road, and part of living is having your own facilities, where ever you choose to be.
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08-02-2014, 04:22 AM
Planet fitness are manned whenever they are open so u don't just have a key like Anytime Fitness.

I have belonged to both in the past and prefer Planet Fitness because there is no contract. I had to cancel my Anytime Fitness because I had to move for work and it was a nightmare experience. They allow u to cancel if it's 50 miles away from an AF facility...my new residence was literally 49.6 miles from one so they insisted that I could drive over an hour each way to go to the gym...really? So they got me for $175 cancellation fee. Never Again.

Just my own experience, your mileage may vary :-)
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08-02-2014, 08:58 AM
The national plan (black card @ $20 a month) at Planet Fitness does require a 12 month contract, while the local plan ($10 a month) does not.

Yes, one of the problems with any contract is cancelling if you need too. There are so many Anytime Fitness centers that you would have a hard time finding a place that does not have one within 50 miles. Something seriously worth considering.

In your situation, I'd have just changed by credit card number so they could not bill me anymore, but then my credit rating means nothing too me.

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08-02-2014, 09:02 AM
Have been meaning to investigate those rechargeable credit cards. You run out of money and toss it. Not sure if they will work.

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08-02-2014, 10:44 AM
I think they are catching onto that actually. The PF here has stopped accepting credit cards as a form of payment. Checking account info required or no PF memberships... at least here.

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08-02-2014, 11:20 AM
Disposable checking accounts are easy to get. There are too many banks with a zero deposit required to open one.

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08-02-2014, 11:58 AM
Yea, you can do that once or twice before other banks will not give you an account. All banks share info on default clients. Usually, even if you have one bank default, the next bank will not open an account for you. Eventually, you end up having to pay those, so use care there.

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08-02-2014, 02:26 PM
Van tramp, I have the $20 membership at Planet Fitness but I DO NOT have a contract. I am month to month, so is my daughters membership. Maybe they've changed their policy? We just joined in March 2014.
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08-02-2014, 02:36 PM
Interesting. Maybe each franchise is different on this?

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08-02-2014, 06:17 PM
Real banks follow federal banking regulations. You need to ID yourself. Why would you give your money to someone not following regulations?
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