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Ralph6648
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Sep 26, 2018

Good Sam Park Designation

I thought for an RV Park to become a "Good Sam" (GS) facility it had to meet some sort of acceptable standards that would lead to a good experience for GS member's like me when staying at a GS listed facility. In that vane I would like you to consider your listing of Pikes Peak RV Park in Manitou Springs, CO. The park has new ownership, they do not respond to guest request (at least mine anyway}, the person at the front desk responded with "I don't have the authority to do that", or I will ask the owner on at least three occasions during my stay. The spaces are the most crowed I have experience in my 2 1/2 years of RV'ing, and we have been on many trips with multiple stays. For your reference my wife and I stayed at Pikes Peak park twice before while visiting my daughter and grand daughter. Under the old ownership the park was nice with sufficient room to park your trailer, and a separate place to park your tow vehicle. Now however, under the new ownership the place has become a camper's nightmare. It's over crowded, staffed with people with NO authority to do anything but take your money, and the management is unresponsive to messages left on their phone system. This should not be a "Good Sam" RV listed camp site. Thank you for your time. Ralph Smith
  • To qualify to be a Good Sam park, the park must meet minimum scores on the scorecard that is published in the Good Sam Directory. You can use the checklist to validate the scores yourself. What you won't find is a score for how fast phone calls are returned or a requirement for the office staff to be able to authorize anything. Each Good Sam park is independently owned and the owner is free to have any policies they wish, as long as they don't violate any law.
    You say you used to stay in the park and it wasn't crowded. Now it is over crowded. Unless in the last year they jammed a site in between each site, that would indicate the new owners have increased business, which is what I am sure they were hoping to do. Occupancy varies at most parks throughout the year. Are you sure the visit when it wasn't crowded wasn't during the slow season and your recent visit was prime season?
  • Ralph6648,

    Thank you for contacting Good Sam. I am sorry to hear about your experience at the Pikes Peak RV Park. I have sent your concerns and contact information to our Parks team for review.

    Thank you,
    Stacy
    Good Sam Care Team
  • Post a review Is what many RVers go to to check the current status of most parks. Sorry you had a bad experience.
  • How large of an advertisement in the camping book does this park have?

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