Unattended RV question

I belong to membership parks, they have rules You must occupy your RV (Baring medical issues preventing.. But that is another story (When I checked into Hospital for a week I notified the park manager).

Likewise Government (Public) parks may have rules, including "you can only stay so long" I might add.

Private parks (Which is what you want for long-long term parking) generally are only concerned with your being there one day a month... (The day the rent is due).

Old-Biscuit wrote:

CharlesandKate wrote:
Oh that's good to know. If you tell the office that you are leaving, is this usually a benefit rather than a hindrance? Meaning that if someone knows you're gone, you're more likely to have break in? I know this sounds callous, and "big-city" mentality, I guess I'm just trying to calm some nerves.

I would rather inform the office staff upfront.

Then they know that at times your rv will not be occupied and then if some emergency should arise they have a better clue as to who is/isn't on site.

I would also leave office staff with a good 24 hr. contact number in case something should happen and they need to contact you.

We FT'd for 7 yrs. and the first thing I always did after setting up was to go and introduce ourselves to neighbors.

'Neighbors' feel invested and will look out for each other better than strangers next door.

IMO this is all EXCELLENT ADVICE and any CG that has a problem with that is one that I would definitely PASS ON and find one more to my liking. We used to stay at a KOA about 60 miles outside of Chicago when visiting DW's MOM and were normally gone ALL DAY and we always let the management know this and left a good number to contact us is the need every arose. Some days we left before the office opened and got back after they closed.

Larry

Owners of private campgrounds have a vested interest in knowing what's going on. Imagine that you park the RV and take off in the toad for several days. Is this an "RV Dump", meaning that they don't plan on returning? An RV that you can't sell is really hard to throw away.
OR, are the people in the RV ill from a gas leak or some other reason for being unconscious?
OR, are they parked there but visiting relatives for several days?
The simple solution is to tell the folks in the office if you intend to be gone more than one day and give them your cell phone number.
The CG owners may not notice or care, or you could be pulled over by the state police.

Oh that's such a good point. It does seem strange, but we've been afraid to get to know "neighbors" just in case they would know when we would be gone and put our rig at risk. After your comment, though, maybe we're looking at this all wrong? Perhaps we need an attitude shift! Perhaps we'll enjoy the experience much better if we knew there were people helping look out for our site while we were gone. Great perspective!

CharlesandKate wrote:
Oh that's good to know. If you tell the office that you are leaving, is this usually a benefit rather than a hindrance? Meaning that if someone knows you're gone, you're more likely to have break in? I know this sounds callous, and "big-city" mentality, I guess I'm just trying to calm some nerves.

I would rather inform the office staff upfront.

Then they know that at times your rv will not be occupied and then if some emergency should arise they have a better clue as to who is/isn't on site.

I would also leave office staff with a good 24 hr. contact number in case something should happen and they need to contact you.

We FT'd for 7 yrs. and the first thing I always did after setting up was to go and introduce ourselves to neighbors.

'Neighbors' feel invested and will look out for each other better than strangers next door.

Awesome, thanks! It doesn't seem to be as much of a dilemma as I initially thought. That's a relief!

COE parks, Forestry service parks and probably state and county parks are more apt to have the rule of being away no more than 24 hours. Most private parks don't care as long as you have paid for your site. Most people just go about their business and unless you were gone for an extended time (more than 2-3 days) probably don't notify the office of their absence. I would if I was going to be gone for longer unless I had a seasonal site, then no need.

Oh that's good to know. If you tell the office that you are leaving, is this usually a benefit rather than a hindrance? Meaning that if someone knows you're gone, you're more likely to have break in? I know this sounds callous, and "big-city" mentality, I guess I'm just trying to calm some nerves.

Many campgrounds I have stayed in have seasonal sites. The owners come to the campground Friday evening and leave Sunday evening. Those units are empty all week with no problems. I think if the campground management knows you will be away they will keep an eye out for any problems, at least that has been my experience from the seasonals I have talked to.

Oh, thanks! so there are some parks out there where this is normal. And no one seems to bother with the unattended RVs? It seems pretty safe? I know this would depend on location, obviously, but as a general rule for the "safer" parks?