Good Sam campground guide

4X4Dodger wrote:
I also find this book too big, too bulky and overpriced considering the amount of advertising it contains. I find the listings to be skewed too far in the favor of Good Sam Parks (Yes I know that it is a good sam book and parks have to pay for advertising to get a real informative listing) But it is skewed too heavily in favor of the GS parks. There needs to be more balance.

It's very much like the rest of the GSE conglomerate; a good idea executed poorly.

I also agree with those that would like to get rid of the superflous pages on "Area Attractions" and the endless Chamber of Commerce Hype that takes up way too much space that could be used to make the listings more readable.

Perhaps the Good Sam book should skew away from Good Sam parks. Put them at the bottom of the barrel. Maybe Good Sam parks should have tougher grades. That way no one would ever think Good Sam favored their member parks. I mean isn't that what all businesses do? If you called McDonalds, surely they would tell you that a better meal could be found at Wendys or Burger King. And all the automobile manufacturers highlight the features of their vehicles that are inferior to the competition. GM surely would emphasize their inferior gas mileage to a Ford in their brochures.
If you don't like what Good Sam puts out, go elsewhere. Trouble is, there is no elsewhere because no one has figured out how it would be viable to publish a book that doesn't rely on advertising.
So, like a posted earlier, go start this wonderful alternative with no advertising, no fluff, just facts. Just remember, your dream publication has no bias whatsoever, so your reviewers can't be people like 2gypsies, since they have expressed a preference for state and federal parks over commercial parks and that preference would lead to those types of parks having a favorable bias in their ratings.