captron33
Sep 24, 2014Explorer
Rv park reviews
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!!
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)
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.
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".
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