Rv park reviews

jerseyjim wrote:
AzLADY: Same thing for me with the Good Sam directory. One park i stayed at got a 4.4.4. MY opinion was much much much higher. Another got a 8.8.8. In MY opinion, it should have gotten a 4.4.4.. In that park, the sewer hookup was SIDEWAYS...used quite a bit of duct tape on that one.......in fact, at the end of this cross-country trip I complained to Good Sam about their ratings (with references to these two particular parks)....never got a reply.

Possible, these cg are not reviewed every year...maybe more than one year. How many reviewers can there possibly be vs all the parks out there?

Generally, however, this directory is good. The quality of parks, generally do not change much year to year...but exceptions abound...and the ratings might even depend on who takes who to dinner. (sarcasm)

Jersey Jim,
Sarcasm is always appropriate. :-) Guess I shouldn't have complained about this particular park because it's the only one we have been disappointed in and we've stayed in literally hundreds of them over the years. We checked this particular park out online also... and the lesson we learned is that anyone can make a picture look good. :-) Just didn't want anyone else going to Mt. St. Helens to get the shock we did.

docj wrote:

AzLady wrote:
We have always relied on the rating in the Good Sam Campground Directory to find nice, clean campgrounds. However, we do not understand how Mt.St.Helens RV Resort received the high ratings it did. There was no one in the office when we arrived. We had to walk up a hill to find someone who told us to just park anywhere. The park was not clean, the RV's there were being lived in full time and had a lot of junk surrounding them, and we did not feel safe staying there. We pulled out and drove down the road a few miles to the Silver Cove RV Resort which was everything that we expected the ratings to reflect. What is confusing is that both parks received 8/9*/9's but there was a world of difference between them. How often are these parks checked and rated? We would definitely advise people to NOT plan on staying at the Mt.St.Helen's RV Resort because if was anything but a resort... it put us in mind of the movie "Deliverance".

The Good Sam rating system is described here: Good Sam RV park rating system If you read it you will better understand how the situation you describe can occur. The first number in the rating is based on whether or not certain specific amenities are present at the park. The second number is based on the cleanliness and appearance of the bath and shower facilities. The last number is based on the overall appearance of the park. The things you mentioned would not necessarily affect any of those three criteria.

Thank you for the link to the Park Ratings. What I could not find (and I suppose there isn't any way to re-rate all the parks every year) is how often the parks are revisited for ratings.
To further describe the aforementioned park. The shower (yes, there was only one) was very dirty and I wouldn't have bathed my dog in it. The fact that no one was in the office during office hours and the park hosts site was not identified. The person who told us to "park it anywhere" was someone walking around when we drove up. All in all it was no where near the high ratings this particular park received. However, in all fairness, this is the first park we have been disappointed in, and we have stayed in hundreds over the years. Just didn't want anyone else to have such a disappointing experience.

We have used RVParkReviews for many years and found it to be super. There are always going to be a few nuts out their giving a bad review becasue it rained, but it is our responsibility to look at many reviews and judge by the lot of them rather than just one. They are a volunteer group and they do not change the reviews except for spelling and real obvious mistakes. I was in the lodging business for 10 years and found Trip Adviser to be hugely biased. They have to pay to be on there. In our very competitive town, about 70% of the reviews were bogus. Owners would write great reviews about their own places, We complained, but Trip Advisers was only in it for the money which is driven by page views. RVPR's has a mobile site also that is great and loads right away on my phone. In my book, they are the best spot to go. We never bother with the huge books we carried for years.

rvparkreviews.com is my first resource when planning out stops at new (to me) campgrounds and parks.

Another big "thanks" to the folks at rvparkreviews! I use the site all the time and the reviews have never let me down. I read a lot of reviews so I can get a feel for the park and whether it will work for me. I think the site in invaluable.

AzLady wrote:
We have always relied on the rating in the Good Sam Campground Directory to find nice, clean campgrounds. However, we do not understand how Mt.St.Helens RV Resort received the high ratings it did. There was no one in the office when we arrived. We had to walk up a hill to find someone who told us to just park anywhere. The park was not clean, the RV's there were being lived in full time and had a lot of junk surrounding them, and we did not feel safe staying there. We pulled out and drove down the road a few miles to the Silver Cove RV Resort which was everything that we expected the ratings to reflect. What is confusing is that both parks received 8/9*/9's but there was a world of difference between them. How often are these parks checked and rated? We would definitely advise people to NOT plan on staying at the Mt.St.Helen's RV Resort because if was anything but a resort... it put us in mind of the movie "Deliverance".

The Good Sam rating system is described here: Good Sam RV park rating system If you read it you will better understand how the situation you describe can occur. The first number in the rating is based on whether or not certain specific amenities are present at the park. The second number is based on the cleanliness and appearance of the bath and shower facilities. The last number is based on the overall appearance of the park. The things you mentioned would not necessarily affect any of those three criteria.

AzLADY: Same thing for me with the Good Sam directory. One park i stayed at got a 4.4.4. MY opinion was much much much higher. Another got a 8.8.8. In MY opinion, it should have gotten a 4.4.4.. In that park, the sewer hookup was SIDEWAYS...used quite a bit of duct tape on that one.......in fact, at the end of this cross-country trip I complained to Good Sam about their ratings (with references to these two particular parks)....never got a reply.

Possible, these cg are not reviewed every year...maybe more than one year. How many reviewers can there possibly be vs all the parks out there?

Generally, however, this directory is good. The quality of parks, generally do not change much year to year...but exceptions abound...and the ratings might even depend on who takes who to dinner. (sarcasm)

We have always relied on the rating in the Good Sam Campground Directory to find nice, clean campgrounds. However, we do not understand how Mt.St.Helens RV Resort received the high ratings it did. There was no one in the office when we arrived. We had to walk up a hill to find someone who told us to just park anywhere. The park was not clean, the RV's there were being lived in full time and had a lot of junk surrounding them, and we did not feel safe staying there. We pulled out and drove down the road a few miles to the Silver Cove RV Resort which was everything that we expected the ratings to reflect. What is confusing is that both parks received 8/9*/9's but there was a world of difference between them. How often are these parks checked and rated? We would definitely advise people to NOT plan on staying at the Mt.St.Helen's RV Resort because if was anything but a resort... it put us in mind of the movie "Deliverance".

rvparkreview.com please keep up the great work. It is my number one go to place to find campgrounds.

HHg in Austin wrote:

captron33 wrote:
I have posted on this site since 2007, now none of my reviews get published and on my controls page it says i have posted zero reviews. Very strange!!

Ditto-X2. I've posted many reviews over the years, but it seems like my last 4-5 reviews never did get posted. I have as many "great reviews" as I do "bad reviews. I don't like surprises when I get to an RV Park....so I try to tell it like it is so the next person won't get a big surprise.

Hhg

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