How do you guys look for RV Parks?
Hello all, just seeing how much people go on about looking for an RV Park? I'm not advertising my park or anything, just seeing the best way to market. I'm assuming most people just google it? ...
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Much of the time I stay in state (or provincial) parks, so the state's own web pages and guide books are probably my most used resources.
I've also used Woodalls, Google maps, and some plain old word-of-mouth.
In Alaska and northern Canada, I relied quite heavily on Church's excellent guidebook. One good thing about it is that it's quite thorough and seemed to include every campground in the area it covers. I'm assuming that's not applicable to the original poster's campground since they don't seem to be anywhere near Alaska.
I would pay very little attention to billboards, and probably even less to Google ad-words ads, when looking for a campground. I do pay some attention to the campground web sites, and in particular like to see the rates listed there...as well as some good information on how to actually get to the campground. It's getting better, but I'm still amazed how some businesses or organizations put together a web site and don't have basic information such as what state they're in, what their street address is, what hours they're open...the sorts of things that people looking them up online might want to know.
In a private campground, I like having some separation between sites, having a price that's not outrageous (partly depending on the amenities offered, of course), and generally having a decently neat appearance. Approximately level sites are very nice. A decent showerhouse is a big plus, and a good laundry room is very nice on as well. I very much appreciate it when the dump station doesn't slope away to the right when one is positioned to dump, which seems to be oddly common. If there are sewer hookups in the sites, a dump station is of course less necessary. If firewood is for sale, I prefer it to be not too expensive and especially to be dry enough to actually catch fire and burn.
I've also used Woodalls, Google maps, and some plain old word-of-mouth.
In Alaska and northern Canada, I relied quite heavily on Church's excellent guidebook. One good thing about it is that it's quite thorough and seemed to include every campground in the area it covers. I'm assuming that's not applicable to the original poster's campground since they don't seem to be anywhere near Alaska.
I would pay very little attention to billboards, and probably even less to Google ad-words ads, when looking for a campground. I do pay some attention to the campground web sites, and in particular like to see the rates listed there...as well as some good information on how to actually get to the campground. It's getting better, but I'm still amazed how some businesses or organizations put together a web site and don't have basic information such as what state they're in, what their street address is, what hours they're open...the sorts of things that people looking them up online might want to know.
In a private campground, I like having some separation between sites, having a price that's not outrageous (partly depending on the amenities offered, of course), and generally having a decently neat appearance. Approximately level sites are very nice. A decent showerhouse is a big plus, and a good laundry room is very nice on as well. I very much appreciate it when the dump station doesn't slope away to the right when one is positioned to dump, which seems to be oddly common. If there are sewer hookups in the sites, a dump station is of course less necessary. If firewood is for sale, I prefer it to be not too expensive and especially to be dry enough to actually catch fire and burn.
