Best RV Resort or Campground

profdant139 wrote:
Are there really motorhome-only resorts that exclude trailers? To twist Groucho Marx's old saying, I wouldn't want to belong to an outfit that excludes folks like me!! ;)

Unfortunately, yes. Just like there are gated communities with multi-million dollar over-inflated houses, there are a number of Class-A or "Motorcoach" only resorts. I believe their thinking is that if you only allow luxury class A coaches, you will have a "better" class of clientele. I also believe their logic is flawed in many ways. I've seen some million dollar coaches driven by some rather sketchy "rednecks" and I've seen a lot of really nice people driving much less expensive trailers, camper vans, class C's and less expensive class As. Not to mention that some fifth wheel / tow vehicle combinations easily out cost even most of the luxury class As.

I agree though, even if I owned a luxury coach, I don't think these are the places for me...

travelnutz wrote:
How much per day are you willing to pay for your site? How much will you pay? A couple days, a week, a month stay??? Fancy resorts charge a lot more than for these ammenities that so very few campers even use. Have to remember that all ammenities expensives have to be covered every day whether they or you ever use them or maybe just one out of the many offered.

Agreed, resorts will cost more. Fort Wilderness is a case in point. I wouldn't stay there every week, but if you're going to RV and visit Disney World, I believe it's worth it for a week.

So I'd be willing to pay more, within reason (maybe even far above what some would consider reasonable), for a "destination" campground if I'm able to partake in and enjoy the benefits being funded. How much more? I think that depends on lots of factors. In the next few years between now and retirement where I'm using vacation days from work, I'd be willing to pay a lot more than if it was a "routine" week in retirement.

I also realize everyone has their own idea of what's important. To some, kid friendly activities are import. To others, they would prefer adults only. Tennis? Golf? Beach? Mountains? I'm interested to see what's out there, even if much of it may not appeal to me. Most of the campgrounds we've stayed at were more than adequate and we will continue to stay at "regular" campgrounds and state parks and hopefully even expand our experiences as referenced above regarding harvest host and the like. I've been around RVs my entire life and have owned some type of RV most of my adult life. The idea of this thread was to gather other's experience on what they consider "special" campgrounds or resorts and why they consider them special.