camping site

I was on the east coast for a month and can honestly say that some of the camp sites are only big enough for trailers without slides. That does not bother me because I pull a trailer without slides. However, we have had times where the neighbor thinks that because we pull a smaller trailer, he gets to use our space.

Funny thread!
If this is an issue, find bigger campsites. Yours sounds like a parking space.

A lot of people can't even park a little car between the lines in a parking lot. Some people just don't care or pay attention. If sites are clearly marked just let the people know if they use more then one spot they have to pay for more then one spot.

There are some issues I've noticed. First. not everyone is all that good at backing into a site. I have years of experience backing both trailers and "Single Vehicles" (Like a motor home) and some places I have to take 2 or 3 stabs before I'm happy (Centered)

Some sites you need to be "off center" to be level

And at one park.. I was dead center in a very "Flat" and level site, So was the campter next to me. But our slides both extended over onto the other site. We agreed it was not a problem and enjoied the stay.

But you had to walk a Zig Zag path past the two units.

And we were both perfectly centered

(Sites not wide enough)

Could be worse though. He pulled out and a Class C backed in. Brand new. I had to help 'em figure out which tri-mark key fit which door lock (there are two). Well they went to dinner nearby and tried to park in the structure. Which had the clearance per the numbers on the pipe.. but the pipe hangs LOWER than teh ceiling and it ripped to Roadstar TV antenna off then flew up and came down on the bathroom vent lid.. Sticker still in window.

Why should you expect the other person to give what they have paid for because you believe it is not a big deal. If you require extra space, rent two spaces or just park in the space you paid for. I have a large FW and have never parked in a manner where my slides extent into our neighbors' space.

toedtoes wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
Why don't you print off a bunch of informational fliers that is given to each camper at time of check-in with a picture drawing of a camper with slides out inside the lines. This is non intrusive. Later, walk around the campground and tell offenders they need to move inside the lines. It's your campground. If they don't follow the guidelines, it's on you. You are the manager. Insist they move their camper when you see that.

Making people move their rigs after they have set up is definitely in the top ten things a park can do to upset their guests. Apparently the park in question does not have well defined parking pads. A handout isn't the answer, the answer is to either take steps to define those pads or escort the guests and show them the parking area. Otherwise, live with it because wishing people will somehow park where you want them to park is a fool's errand.

There's a difference between providing instructions and then requiring people to correct themselves when they don't follow those instructions and just going around and making people move because you don't like how they are parked.

If you hand someone a photocopied sheet showing how far they should park away from the power pedestal that serves their site and then you go and tell them they have to move because their rig is 2 feet, not 3 feet away from said pedestal the likely response will be a 4 letter "f" word followed by the 2nd person pronoun "you".
We have not heard back from the OP, but if my speculation that the sites are either totally grass or totally gravel with no defined parking pad, people are going to park however they please because they are not going to get out tape measures and yardsticks to try and determine where the imaginary parking pad begins and ends. As we have seen, there are people who get upset should they be escorted to their sites, can you imagine the their reaction should you challenge them after they have parked?

ppine wrote:
When people are fighting over a few square feet, it sounds like your sites are too small.

Exactly what I was thinking. I would not want to stay in a place that was so crowded. At a very minimum I would want several yards of space and maybe a fence or some shrubbery separating the campsites.

If you cheap out and it's just an ill defined grassy area, they will park where they like and that usually means keeping as much space on the passenger side as possible.
- Best bet is a clearly defined LEVEL pad of gravel or concrete. If it's there people will typically at least keep the RV wheels on it.
- Unless it's such a large park that it's difficult to find the site, an "escort" will annoy me more than anything. Especially if they try to help guide me into the site as that only messes up our process but if there is damage they won't be paying for it.

Really if everyone is offset 4' to the left...who cares? If that really limits the neighbor, it likely means your sites are too small.

I think the campground should clarify the boundaries of the sites AND explain to people coming in that due to the configurations of the sites, offsetting their vehicle to one side can encroach into another campsite. Then add, "please make sure you are completely within your own site before setting up, so you do not have to adjust it later."

westernrvparkowner wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
Why don't you print off a bunch of informational fliers that is given to each camper at time of check-in with a picture drawing of a camper with slides out inside the lines. This is non intrusive. Later, walk around the campground and tell offenders they need to move inside the lines. It's your campground. If they don't follow the guidelines, it's on you. You are the manager. Insist they move their camper when you see that.

Making people move their rigs after they have set up is definitely in the top ten things a park can do to upset their guests. Apparently the park in question does not have well defined parking pads. A handout isn't the answer, the answer is to either take steps to define those pads or escort the guests and show them the parking area. Otherwise, live with it because wishing people will somehow park where you want them to park is a fool's errand.

There's a difference between providing instructions and then requiring people to correct themselves when they don't follow those instructions and just going around and making people move because you don't like how they are parked.