Thousand Trails – goal to be trailer parks?

Thanks for the responses everyone. We all have heard TT corporate “stuff” though years; was thinking maybe someone had the inside scoop.

The maps they give out at my home park don’t have annual sites marked; maybe for a reason.

Seems like they would make sure to have a good balance to make everyone happy; if they want to continue to sell memberships.

I also feel that TT is letting the parks occupy to many sites with the seasonals, that is not what it was set up as, plus all the extra money does not even stay in that park once again it all goes corporate. If maybe they would go maybe only 50% of the sites and get to keep 50% for park improvements it might not be as bad.

This is no longer the same Thousand Trails it used to be. Depending on when you purchased your membership it has been sold numerous times. The present owners are nothing more than property managers whose expertise is in something akin to mobile home parks. The previous owners basically took our money and did very little upkeep on the parks. In some instances the latest owners have actually improved the parks but in basically opening them up to the general public they are bordering on breach of contract to those of us who have binding contracts with specific promises. Unfortunately they have the high priced lawyers on retainer and we have nothing. My biggest gripe is the parks that have large amounts of what I can only describe as homeless transients ( no I am not referring to full time RV'rs). Many of these people are living in what can only be described as units that most probably cannot make it more than a few miles down the road if they can be moved at all. I have great empathy for the people that have to live like that and I understand that this is the cheapest option available to them but, I did not invest a large amount of money in a membership in what was supposed to be an exclusive membership club to camp next to this.

I find that many sites in the TT system have been designated as "leased" lots but even still, within the Calif Parks, I have yet to have a problem finding a site. Even my so called "Home" Park, actually has cleaned up their unsightly live-ins and are always improving the Parks. I've only been a member for approx. 4 years now and each year I spend more and more time within the system....close to 4 months this year. Its funny, but from what I hear, Oregon and Washington have some of the nicest Parks around? It all comes down to this, if you use it, its well worth it. TT has both a Company Facebook page as well as a consumer Facebook page where many of these concerns are addressed on a regular basis.

I don't know if it's their "goal", but I was seeing that trend before I sold mine. My late husband bought in during the early 80s. I saw such a change over the years, it was no longer enjoyable to go to the home one. They made promises like ONLY members can use the park, except members can bring another camper in for at most 3 nites (I believe). We drove 2 1/2 hours to camp one weekend and discovered the Good Sam Club had taken over most of the park. Nope, was not a happy camper. We traveled a few years ago and didn't enjoy the camps, so we sold out.