park level designations

Ralph Cramden wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

Ralph Cramden wrote:

slay wrote:
While making a trip across the country from New Jersey we utilized the coast to coast network. We reserved and stayed at several resorts classified as DELUXE resorts. They were, to say the least, as far from deluxe as you could get. One was in Virginia, one in Tennessee, and one in New Mexico. The one in Virginia had horrible interior roads, sites were dirt or gravel, and the club house was dirty and unkempt. Tennessee's was gravel and grass sites with no amenities, no table, no nothing. In New Mexico, our deluxe campsite had no amenities. There was no room to put out our awning, nor was there a picnic table. There was hardly enough room to get in and out of the motor home.

Thats the rule more than the exception with commercial campgrounds, especially when labeled "resort" and even more so if seasonals are accomodated which is most.

If you want room for your awning, a picnic table, and the neighbors window more than 3' from yours look for State Parks or ACOE places. Some have tight sites too, but most don't. Just don't be afraid to go without FHUs. If thats an absolute requirement then your'e pretty much up sheet creek.

What a crock of %%$$. There are thousands of privately owned parks that are fantastic. The owner's of these parks have spent millions of dollars creating their businesses designed to meet the needs of RVers. A large percentage of RVers do want the amenities offered by private parks. Bathrooms and showers, full hookup sites, wifi, cable television, swimming pools, playgrounds, activities, meeting rooms and so much more is available should an RVer want or need those services. Seldom are you more than an hour's drive away from a private park should you be in a remote corner of the country or the middle of an urban area. But you have to do a bit of research, just like you do with any product or service, big or small. And you should expect to pay for quality, again just like you do with anything else.

What a crock of %%$$ ????????????

Nowhere did I claim there are not thousands of privately owned parks that are fantastic, implied the owners have not spent millions of dollars creating their businesses, or that a large percentage of RVers don't want the amenities offered? Perhaps you're taking that post too personal?

The OP stated they were not satisfied with the amount of space alloted, and lack of some basic amenities, such as a picnic table. I offered a viable alternative.

If you want to be packed in like a sardine and absolutely need to have concrete paved level pads, FHU's, WIFI, have at it. Lots of people don't mind being crammed together and more power to them, and I more than most probably understand the economics of it from a maximum use of the real estate perspective that a park owner has to consider. Post a Goole earth shot up of your establishment, how much room do you have between your sites?

All of that poopage aside, I have yet to see or visit a private park that was not set up as in the pictures below, and most have less room between the pads than they allow for the pad itself.

Every one of these google earth shots were taken in the fall, which is the off season here and most of the RVs seen in the private parks are seasonal or left there year round, even at the KOA affiliated ones. I know where I want to camp and its not where the next guy is 12' away so I can hear him snore and get a good whiff of his flatulence LOL. If you like being crammed in good for you, maybe it keeps you away from the public parks that have a little bit of room, although I have been to some that pack em in just the same as private. Frankly I like it when I have the whole place to myself.


All are in PA except an ACOE park in VT, less the last 4 doosies.

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State / ACOE.












Some more doosies for your viewing enjoyment.