How old is too old for an RV?

Once again, the CG owners aren't being snobs(they happily accept wrinkled money), but RVers on this forum and others are, and the CG owners don't need that kind of publicity on RV Park Reviews. But I've seen a couple of RV Resorts (on Hilton Head) that thrive on RV owners that are snobs. Class A only, and it better be new or look like it. Of course, the whole island is like that.
There's an airport there too, but you probably can't land there unless you're flying a twin turboprop or better. :)

Interesting that an old car is a collectable, classic or antique,
while a RV over ten years old is junk!

I've not encountered many RV parks with age limits, and you will not find them at public campgrounds. Age limits, and enforcement, appear most often in two circumstances, particularly where the two intersect: new arrivals for long term stays (people move into seasonal and residential parks for 10-20 years or more, they don't want something decrepit to start with) and luxury RV resorts.

From your other questions, I think you have been talking about a full timing, moving around lifestyle. Rules about long stay trailer park sitiuations won't apply. From your questions about budget, it is unlikely that you will be trying to stay at luxury motorcoach resorts. Many of these won't let you stay in a travel trailer in any case, even if the TT is brand new and cost $200,000.

For what you want to do, age of your TT should not be an issue. You go to the places that are not trying to restrict clientele to people enjoying lifestyle you cannot afford. You pass by the few that are screening for bluebloods.

If really worried about the 10 year rule, you would have to be buying new, every ten years, something that was built to last 30-40-50 years. Most of us aren't in that group.

My Foretravel turns 20 years old next month. If anyone wants to turn me away, she will easily go down the highway to the next RV park, without any hesitation. I think that is mainly a RV Resort thing, and have not encountered any park with that rule.

Don't worry, there are some parks that don't allow trailers either. ;)

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My motorhome is a 1992 American Eagle. I went into a KOA campground in Florida.
This guy kept looking at it and said how old is that motorhome, I'm thinking, well better plan on moving on. I told him, he said it sure looks good, a really nice looking coach. That was the only time anyone said anything.

Normally its all clean and waxed, its kept indoors. But we moved to Indiana and
I had to take it to the shop and now its filthy and to cold to clean it.

Hope I don't get refused along the line somewhere.

Altern wrote:
Think of it like keeping a wife.
Some men like to refresh once in awhile while others are perfectly content to remain with the same one acquired originally.
Normally there isn't much trade-in value on used wives unless she came with unusually large assets or dowry so it takes a bit of shopping to find a good new one.

nice to trade a 48 for a pair of 24s however.
bumpy

Think of it like keeping a wife.
Some men like to refresh once in awhile while others are perfectly content to remain with the same one acquired originally.
Normally there isn't much trade-in value on used wives unless she came with unusually large assets or dowry so it takes a bit of shopping to find a good new one.

I have no problem with the 10 year rule. The campground people get plenty of complaints from those staying there once they feel the park is not to the standards they want. Old beat up RVs are normally reflective of there owners and not desirable to many.
There is no problem in their world as the number of RVs goes up every year and parks are being limited by communities.