WALMART RV Parking

"...now there are signs saying 24 hour parking only."

So, parking for 8 or 10 hours to get some rest is LEGAL, it would seem!
So, what point are you arguing about?

mowermech wrote:

hotpepperkid wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

WyoTraveler wrote:
Yes. It isn't Walmart but local RV parks that are getting restrictions because they feel they are losing money. There is an app "rvparky" that lists the Walmarts that allow over night parking. Since we do a lot of traveling in the winter when RV parks are closed I just by pass those towns.

So true. Yet another example of big business (the local RV park) stomping on the rights of the little guys (Walmart). As we all know, these giant corporations have all the politicians in their pockets. Maybe the Federal Trade Commission should be notified and these huge mega RV parks can be broken apart under the fair trade practices act. They are obviously acting in a monopolistic and illegal way. They should be busted up.

Sounds like your bent because you cant camp at Wal-Mart for days on end. City's pass laws because people abuse parking at Wal-Mart. They stay several days at a time. I don't believe the BS about RV parks getting city's to make rules against parking at Wal-Mart. There isn't and RV park with-in 15 mile of my local Wal-Mart. People used to stay weeks at a time until they put up a sign For customer parking only no longer than 24 hrs

"I don't believe the BS about RV parks getting city's to make rules against parking at Wal-Mart."

Then I respectfully advise that you check what happened in Billings, MT (home of KOA, by the way) when the manager of the local KOA (the VERY FIRST KOA!) went to the city council complaining that RVs parking at Walmart were costing her money, and she wanted the council to post signs stating that RVs could not park overnight there. (The law already existed, it just wasn't being enforced. She wanted total enforcement!)
This, of course, rapidly spread over every RV forum on the 'net (including this one), and resulted in the Mayor, the City Manager, and City Council members getting flooded with letters and emails stating that the writer would NOT stop in Billings for ANY reason, and would most certainly not stop at the Billings KOA. In fact, many said they would not stop at ANY KOA, ANYWHERE!
The City Council, being of average intelligence, decided to revise the law to allow up to 8 hours parking for "safety rest" purposes.
Yes, it certainly DID happen here, and I'm sure it has happened in other areas as well.

That's one place. I know of 3 with-in 20 mile of me have city rules of no over night parking because people make a nussens of themselves and over extend their welcome and the one near me I shop at didn't used to have no parking signs and now there are signs saying 24 hour parking only. People used to stay there for weeks on end in junkers, well no more

rockportrocket wrote:
You mean you can really camp, park, shop at a Walmart? Golly gee whiz, think of the MONEY I can save.

You can do whatever you please at Walmart.

rockportrocket wrote:
You mean you can really camp, park, shop at a Walmart? Golly gee whiz, think of the MONEY I can save.

Walmart has been the most expensive campgrounds I have ever been in.

The most "regular campground" I have ever been in was in Branson. Something like 70 bones a night several years ago.

Most of the "Walmart campgrounds" I spend my time in cost around $150 bucks a night average! :E

You mean you can really camp, park, shop at a Walmart? Golly gee whiz, think of the MONEY I can save.

hotpepperkid wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

WyoTraveler wrote:
Yes. It isn't Walmart but local RV parks that are getting restrictions because they feel they are losing money. There is an app "rvparky" that lists the Walmarts that allow over night parking. Since we do a lot of traveling in the winter when RV parks are closed I just by pass those towns.

So true. Yet another example of big business (the local RV park) stomping on the rights of the little guys (Walmart). As we all know, these giant corporations have all the politicians in their pockets. Maybe the Federal Trade Commission should be notified and these huge mega RV parks can be broken apart under the fair trade practices act. They are obviously acting in a monopolistic and illegal way. They should be busted up.

Sounds like your bent because you cant camp at Wal-Mart for days on end. City's pass laws because people abuse parking at Wal-Mart. They stay several days at a time. I don't believe the BS about RV parks getting city's to make rules against parking at Wal-Mart. There isn't and RV park with-in 15 mile of my local Wal-Mart. People used to stay weeks at a time until they put up a sign For customer parking only no longer than 24 hrs

"I don't believe the BS about RV parks getting city's to make rules against parking at Wal-Mart."

Then I respectfully advise that you check what happened in Billings, MT (home of KOA, by the way) when the manager of the local KOA (the VERY FIRST KOA!) went to the city council complaining that RVs parking at Walmart were costing her money, and she wanted the council to post signs stating that RVs could not park overnight there. (The law already existed, it just wasn't being enforced. She wanted total enforcement!)
This, of course, rapidly spread over every RV forum on the 'net (including this one), and resulted in the Mayor, the City Manager, and City Council members getting flooded with letters and emails stating that the writer would NOT stop in Billings for ANY reason, and would most certainly not stop at the Billings KOA. In fact, many said they would not stop at ANY KOA, ANYWHERE!
The City Council, being of average intelligence, decided to revise the law to allow up to 8 hours parking for "safety rest" purposes.
Yes, it certainly DID happen here, and I'm sure it has happened in other areas as well.

beemerphile1 wrote:

paulsang wrote:
...The GM of the store was a regular to my business, and I asked him what that was about. He said they were camping there, and doing their thing....He finally got Lee County Sheriff to give a darn, and asked them to leave. It took him that long....

I find this story hard to believe. Any property owner/manager can ask anyone to leave at any time. After being asked to leave the person is trespassing and the LEO can remove them by force if needed.

Frankly, you can believe whatever you want. Lee county Sheriff has so much more to deal with, and are severely understaffed. I have had to call them for my business and some calls, they took over 45 minutes to respond. Community volunteer officers refuse to come into certain areas.

While I agree that once asked to leave, they are officially trespassing, they didn't leave, and basically ignored the GM. It did take the Sheriff almost 2 weeks to resolve issue. They finally caught them 'at home', and were able resolve without arresting 2 senior citizens, which makes up over 45% of Lee county voting population, BTW.

Lee county - by the time I retired in mid-April- had over 20 murders all within 3 miles of this particular Walmart. They have bigger issues than a couple of old people camping in a Walmart parking lot, and the GM wasn't pushing the issue too hard, because of PR issues that could arise. Our local TV news is as local as it ever is going to get, and arresting two seniors over this would have made the local newscaster froth at the mouth....LOL

Thanks for your thoughts.

First, let me say - I see the point in parking at a Walmart en route. It's not for me, I'm a slave to 110v power and air conditioning but I can understand those that are more self contained than I.

Anyway, I always read that there are folks who are actually camping - grills, awnings, etc. Do people really see that? And if so, is it really a regular thing? Have you? Have pics?

Just curious.

paulsang wrote:
...The GM of the store was a regular to my business, and I asked him what that was about. He said they were camping there, and doing their thing....He finally got Lee County Sheriff to give a darn, and asked them to leave. It took him that long....

I find this story hard to believe. Any property owner/manager can ask anyone to leave at any time. After being asked to leave the person is trespassing and the LEO can remove them by force if needed.

Just like to add that one reason that a CG owner told me when I asked about why they don't have a cheap just overnight rate (I was staying there 2 nights so it wasn't for me), is that too many spoil it by using the water, and electric when no one is looking, staying late in the morning (after stating they would be leaving early), and other uses they weren't supposed to use because of that cheap rate.