Parking at Walmart

GordonThree wrote:

hypoxia wrote:

GordonThree wrote:
Why not park overnight at a local campground?

One thing that surprises us is how often we find ourselves in an area with no camping facilities nearby or availability. None of the campground apps are complete which leaves many camping facilities empty, no one knows about them for some reason.

Try to find the downtown Lynchburg, TN camp in Allstays, Good Sam or RV Parkey. Five 50 Amp with water and one of those has sewer in downtown Lynchburg at Wiseman Park. That is just one example of many.

I guess, for overnight, are hookups really needed? Walmart does not provide hookups.

I agree, a complete directory of campgrounds would be nice, this is the information age after all. I guess it's also the age of greed, those who compile these lists want compensation from both ends.

The Good Sam guidebook sets the criteria at 10 sites available to the public (I am not 100% certain on that amount, but it is close). They also require it to be an actual campground not just parking lots, truck stops, internet rest stops etc. Finally, they don't list campgrounds that only seasonal (no short stay allowed) or are not available to the public (member only, fraternal only etc.). That seems like a reasonable set of criteria to me. Contrary to your implication, the most complete directories I know of such as Good Sam and the online resources such as Trip Advisor, RVParkreviews, RVParky, Allstays, Google etc. do not charge any fees whatsoever to be listed. Greed just isn't a factor.