Age restrictions

We've run across trouble makers in high class RVs, too.

The age of an RV doesn't even suggest to me of a potential trouble maker. It suggests that the RVer is happy with what he can afford or with what suits him.

rgatijnet1 wrote:
The age, price, or the condition of an RV has nothing to do with the personalities of the people that come with them.

Not talking about "personalities" here. Talking about trouble makers and potential for criminal activity. Will an age rule weed all that out? No, but it sure helps.

The older I get the more restricted I become! Hey keep it cleaned and shined up and maintained, most will not care. If they are snobs about it, you probably do not want to camp there anyway! I only encountered one park that was worried about the 10 year thing. So we stayed at another place. Went to visit friends at the 10 year park , and there were rigs that may or may not have been over ten years old. But they looked like **** and were not clean and maintained and looked way worse than my over ten year old rig! I would have classed up the joint !!

DSDP Don wrote:
There are some very high end resorts that cater to million dollar rigs. If I had a rig like that and the money to stay there, I would want like coaches only to be allowed. For us, we stay at County Parks, National Parks and all sorts of campgrounds in between. The one thing that will deter us from ever going back to a particular campground are the types of people that are staying there. If there are a bunch of permanent residents with junk strewn across their site, we're not interested in camping there.

This doesn't make us snobs, just makes us intolerant of dirt bags! I'm done with worrying about being told what I must say or think. Political correctness has become a joke. Don't criticize a rolling meth lab, it may offend the addicts inside! The condition of a coach generally reflects on the occupants. I understand as people get older, it gets more difficult to maintain a rig, especially if you're on a budget, but keeping it clean and preventing it from looking like a rolling lab isn't that expensive or difficult.

If you make blanket statements about never staying at a park with a 10 year rule, than you really haven't put much thought into why the rule exists.

X2

That's also why I don't live in the country, where slobs can be slobs.

There are some very high end resorts that cater to million dollar rigs. If I had a rig like that and the money to stay there, I would want like coaches only to be allowed. For us, we stay at County Parks, National Parks and all sorts of campgrounds in between. The one thing that will deter us from ever going back to a particular campground are the types of people that are staying there. If there are a bunch of permanent residents with junk strewn across their site, we're not interested in camping there.

This doesn't make us snobs, just makes us intolerant of dirt bags! I'm done with worrying about being told what I must say or think. Political correctness has become a joke. Don't criticize a rolling meth lab, it may offend the addicts inside! The condition of a coach generally reflects on the occupants. I understand as people get older, it gets more difficult to maintain a rig, especially if you're on a budget, but keeping it clean and preventing it from looking like a rolling lab isn't that expensive or difficult.

If you make blanket statements about never staying at a park with a 10 year rule, than you really haven't put much thought into why the rule exists.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
If they have the 10 year rule you should look somewhere else to stay! If they really don't want you there you should just keep your money in your pocket and visit a campground where they remember what camping means.
One campground wanted us to send pictures of the coach, including all sides and the ROOF! Oh, heck no! We went somewhere else and so should you!

Bill, with all due respect, the OP stated "rv parks"...not campgrounds. Two different things.

RV parks are typically privately owned and have the right to make their own rules. As you mentioned, if you don't like their rules...don't go there.

Ron

The age, price, or the condition of an RV has nothing to do with the personalities of the people that come with them.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
You would think that, but it's not true. We have visited some really "common" RV parks that had a 10 year rule. We have also been to some really, really nice RV parks that did not. Some parks simply think too much of themselves and when they do I choose to move on unless it happens to be the only RV park in the area where I NEED to spend a week or so. For a stay of a day or 2 I would rather run my genny at the local WalMart than gives these folks a dime.

My first word was ==G E N E R A L L Y==, most of the upper end parks that we have visited have this '10 yr.' rule. We usually tend to stop at 'resorts' as that's what we like and they usually have plenty of spacious pads.

At 45 ft. plus a toad, I like a spacious site with a good patio area. I have noticed this year that many of the parks are rather full. Good to see that the economy is on the up-swing.

MM.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
If they have the 10 year rule you should look somewhere else to stay! If they really don't want you there you should just keep your money in your pocket and visit a campground where they remember what camping means.
One campground wanted us to send pictures of the coach, including all sides and the ROOF! Oh, heck no! We went somewhere else and so should you!

Understand your decision totally, but to say it should be the OP's decision also is a little presumptive. We go to the Keys every year for our anniversary. Most years we stay at Sunshine Key, but on anniversary's ending in 0 or 5, we splurge and stay at Blue Water Key. It is a beautiful CG with beautiful RV's. It's a great treat for us and we really enjoy it. I think you should to. Just kidding.

You would think that, but it's not true. We have visited some really "common" RV parks that had a 10 year rule. We have also been to some really, really nice RV parks that did not. Some parks simply think too much of themselves and when they do I choose to move on unless it happens to be the only RV park in the area where I NEED to spend a week or so. For a stay of a day or 2 I would rather run my genny at the local WalMart than gives these folks a dime.