Problem with Good Sam rating system?
Problem: Three times this past year we've encountered affiliated Good Sam campgrounds with high ratings that will not accept our Aliner (a hard-side popup). There is no mention of this restriction in ...
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This is an interesting topic that goes deeper than it's surface appearance.
Many parks have these "arbitrary" restrictions regarding the type and or age of your vehicle/camper. These restrictions seem arbitrary to most of us who are the customers of these parks,
But the truth is that the restrictions have an Economic underpinning. For example; no rigs older than ten years is certainly discriminatory towards those RV'rs of a lesser income bracket.
I believe a case can be made for the Aliner and it's more humble cousins the Pop-Up Tent Trailer. These are the most affordable RV's you can buy. Again it seems that the real target is the assumed income level of the owners.
Money has always been our Class division in this country.
So you have to ask yourselves this question: Why do parks want to discriminate within the RV community against those people who own low cost or older RV's? Do they then jump to the conclusion that those folks are "not the right sort?"
This is a question that has been going around in my head for awhile since my trailer just turned 10 years old. I have been asked how old it is and I tell them its 9 years, which is technically correct since it wasn't registered in the year of it's manufacture. However because it is an aluminum sided "box" Gulfstream of the kind that are still being made today nobody can really tell how old it is unless they look at the Sticker.
I would urge Good Sam Club to "encourage" their partner parks to have a Non-Discriminatory policy in this regard. I realize they are independent businesses but if they want to be part of the GS system they should give serious thought to being more open and inclusive of ALL RV'rs.
After all we are all part of the same Economic Community and in my view parks should not restrict admittance by age or type of RV. Good Sam is the only entity that is in the position of influence to help parks become more inclusive and rethink these policies.
Many parks have these "arbitrary" restrictions regarding the type and or age of your vehicle/camper. These restrictions seem arbitrary to most of us who are the customers of these parks,
But the truth is that the restrictions have an Economic underpinning. For example; no rigs older than ten years is certainly discriminatory towards those RV'rs of a lesser income bracket.
I believe a case can be made for the Aliner and it's more humble cousins the Pop-Up Tent Trailer. These are the most affordable RV's you can buy. Again it seems that the real target is the assumed income level of the owners.
Money has always been our Class division in this country.
So you have to ask yourselves this question: Why do parks want to discriminate within the RV community against those people who own low cost or older RV's? Do they then jump to the conclusion that those folks are "not the right sort?"
This is a question that has been going around in my head for awhile since my trailer just turned 10 years old. I have been asked how old it is and I tell them its 9 years, which is technically correct since it wasn't registered in the year of it's manufacture. However because it is an aluminum sided "box" Gulfstream of the kind that are still being made today nobody can really tell how old it is unless they look at the Sticker.
I would urge Good Sam Club to "encourage" their partner parks to have a Non-Discriminatory policy in this regard. I realize they are independent businesses but if they want to be part of the GS system they should give serious thought to being more open and inclusive of ALL RV'rs.
After all we are all part of the same Economic Community and in my view parks should not restrict admittance by age or type of RV. Good Sam is the only entity that is in the position of influence to help parks become more inclusive and rethink these policies.
