Terrible Experience
We have been full-timing for over seven years and up until now, we have never had a terrible experience with an RV park. This month, we are staying at the Willits KOA in California. We made reservat...
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johnanann2013 wrote:
I did not intend to bash KOA's. We use them all over the country and are generally happy with them. There are other CG's available in this area, and we will certainly use one of those on our next visit to this area. We can't move because they will not refund the price we have already paid for three plus weeks of camping here. We were not told of the $20 charge and there is nothing posted in their brochure or on the property that such a charge will be incurred or we would have decided not to stay here. There is literally NO ONE else in this park right now. I understand they will be packed full over the coming weekend and can appreciate the need - albeit still at a high cost - to monitor who comes and goes. But I thought since we are long term guests (we paid for a month) who are in the area to visit friends, there might be a waiver of the fee if I explained the situation. You would think they would be happy to have someone staying at their park when it is empty and would treat us with some appreciation. But we have been treated like we are the enemy and they are doing us a favor by allowing us on the property. By the way, I told the manager I could have just given our friends the pass code and she threatened me by saying they would be checking our site to make sure no unauthorized vehicles were parked there!!! Sometimes, a little power goes to peoples' heads. Any way, thanks for all the comments.
Yes I stayed there during the summer about 10 years ago. Very busy with kids, and that would be my recommendation..good place for kids. Otherwise you have lot of amenities you don't use. Much of infrastructure set up for kid's activities.
One tip: get your dumping done before the throngs during the big holiday. They had quite a line at the dump station when I was there.
Personally if I was there during off season and chatted in office about other older guests to spend a few hours at dinner at my site, I would think there would be a good chance the fee would be waived. If at the end of my off season visit, I didn't feel they especially valued my business I would write to the owners and let them know how I felt about it.
