A little rant :)Let's say you booked a room at a luxury resort somewhere and when you got there you discovered that the place was being used by transient workers who all got up at 5:30 am and started their loud pick-up trucks and let them warm up for 10-20 minutes. How long do you think it would be before no one went to your "resort"?We got spoiled on our first extended trip. We stayed at a true RV Resort - Hilton Head Island Motor Coach Resort. Pavers instead of concrete pads, wrought iron patio furniture instead of a picnic table, each site privately owned and landscaped. The place had indoor and outdoor pools, tennis, pickle ball and deals at all the golf courses.

I'm assuming that the current or recent luxury RV resort had transient workers. Seems that if I were an RV resort owner, those extended stay customers would be in a separate section, but then again, it's things like this is the reason we don't like RV parks or resorts of any kind and rarely stay at them.

Not sure of the point you're making. Did you stay at a place calling itself a resort and find out it wasn't? If so, did you leave a review at rv park reviews to warn the rest of us? I use rv park reviews and Good Sam to review parks before I go there.I notice the resort you mention doesn't allow 5th wheels or trailers of any kind. I'd like to find a resort where diesel pushers aren't allowed so we wouldn't have to listen to them idle for what seems like hours on end.

A good reason to check RVParkReviews.com and other park review sites first before booking a stay...

Or, was it a CG that tacked 'resort' onto their name and raised the prices by $25 or more because of the transient workers?Are they the only park in the area?

I'm rarely surprised by what I find when I check in to a new GC, state park, RV resort, etc. I use RV Park Reviews extensively. I also google every new park and give myself an actual visual tour online.

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westernrvparkow
Explorer
Oct 11, 2018
In my opinion, choosing anything based on it's name isn't the best vetting process. "Dawn" dish soap works just as well at sunset, I find little "Cheer" when I have to do the laundry and these forums have many threads where people don't think "Good Sam" is all that good. When picking a RV park, the name would be my tool of absolute last Resort (pun intended).
goducks10
Explorer
Oct 11, 2018
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noun
1.
a place that is a popular destination for vacations or recreation, or which is frequented for a particular purpose.
"a seaside resort"
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K_Charles
Explorer
Oct 11, 2018
Maybe they were workers cleaning up from a disaster, or people that were displaced. Did you talk to any of them? Sometimes you need a not so good. If every park was the same there wouldn't be any nicer ones.
Busskipper
Explorer
Oct 11, 2018
jplante4 wrote:
A little rant :)

Let's say you booked a room at a luxury resort somewhere and when you got there you discovered that the place was being used by transient workers who all got up at 5:30 am and started their loud pick-up trucks and let them warm up for 10-20 minutes. How long do you think it would be before no one went to your "resort"?

We got spoiled on our first extended trip. We stayed at a true RV Resort - Hilton Head Island Motor Coach Resort. Pavers instead of concrete pads, wrought iron patio furniture instead of a picnic table, each site privately owned and landscaped. The place had indoor and outdoor pools, tennis, pickle ball and deals at all the golf courses.

All the Old Outdoor Resorts of America (ORA) are special - Lake Toxaway - Florida has many as does California - Owner owned lots that are rented out most of the time - It is a great opportunity waiting to Happen again, but doubt it will as the Regs and Opposition to RV parks is just so high.

Guessing you were complaining about the "Resorts" in the Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia - "Oil/Fracking Fields" People need a place to stay - just hard to get the Zoning/Approval if it is not already there - When the Boom is over RV'ers will get them Back. - :S - :B
Two_Jayhawks
Explorer
Oct 11, 2018
I'm rarely surprised by what I find when I check in to a new GC, state park, RV resort, etc. I use RV Park Reviews extensively. I also google every new park and give myself an actual visual tour online.
gbopp
Explorer
Oct 11, 2018
Or, was it a CG that tacked 'resort' onto their name and raised the prices by $25 or more because of the transient workers?
Are they the only park in the area?
Dutch_12078
Explorer II
Oct 11, 2018
A good reason to check RVParkReviews.com and other park review sites first before booking a stay...
azdryheat
Explorer
Oct 11, 2018
Not sure of the point you're making. Did you stay at a place calling itself a resort and find out it wasn't? If so, did you leave a review at rv park reviews to warn the rest of us? I use rv park reviews and Good Sam to review parks before I go there.

I notice the resort you mention doesn't allow 5th wheels or trailers of any kind. I'd like to find a resort where diesel pushers aren't allowed so we wouldn't have to listen to them idle for what seems like hours on end.
ReneeG
Explorer
Oct 11, 2018
I'm assuming that the current or recent luxury RV resort had transient workers. Seems that if I were an RV resort owner, those extended stay customers would be in a separate section, but then again, it's things like this is the reason we don't like RV parks or resorts of any kind and rarely stay at them.

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