In recent weeks, RVparkreviews.com has started posting all the one and done reviews from the past few months. This is a change from their previous policy of requiring 3 reviews before a review is posted. Many of these one off reviews are easy to find, just look for the one and two star reviews in the most recently posted section. Some of them are unbelievable. One of my favorites posted today. A park in Nashville was bashed because it had changed ownership. The poster claimed they had been visiting for years. Now the new owners have the audacity to not know every returning guest by name. As a matter of fact, they don't even know what sites those returning guests prefer. Apparently they new owners have a green thumb, however. In the span of one year the trees have grown to the point they block the roads, block satellite service etc. Overnight, the sites have gotten completely out of level, developed deep ruts and otherwise become virtually unusable. Bad new owners to say the least.The reviewer is going to change their go to park in Nashville because of the ownership change. Sure hope their new park has psychic owners who know the names of everyone, even before they meet them. This is a serious situation that needs to be addressed. Some people cannot accept change. Maybe there should be a law that parks cannot be sold without the permission of the previous guests.

I agree with the negative review. All RV park owners, managers, hosts and maintenance personal should know MY name and preferences...ALL of them....:S

We had a local campground we went to for a few years. It was close and great for weekend get aways. We became friends with the manager and both camp hosts. We even volunteered our time and personal money to help improve extra activities and events. We really loved the people there. Then the first camp host left. Then the second. Then the manager had some dramatic life changes and he left too. Then new people came 9n board. This was a county run park, and the powers to be incorporated changes that were just never the same again. For us, the charm that attracted us there was now gone. Since 5he the campground has made some wonderful improvements, it is a great campground. But for us, it's no longer,the same. When the manager left, we never went back again. Although physically the entire thing is improved, emotionally it is 100 percent different now. We have no desire to go back.

My favorite was a parent who was complaining that her kids were stopped by the RV Resort security and told to stop riding their bikes on the sidewalks and through the central courtyard/pool area near the office. There are signs posted everywhere indicating no bike, skateboard or scooter riding on the sidewalks. The parent indicated kids should be able to do whatever they want when on vacation....

Well, reviews from any website can be suspect, it's really irritating when someone bashes something that has nothing or very little to do with what they are reviewing. As for RvParkReviews.com, which I just spent the last 20 minutes reading reviews for our neck of the woods prior to coming here to the forum, was no worse or better than the last time I checked in. We have personally been to most of the these RV parks and we found the vast majority of reviews to be pretty spot on. Sure there a couple here or there that are too harsh, and some are over gracious as well. No biggie as it just comes with the territory when reading reviews, RvParkReviews.com will always play a part in our research for info on unknown RV campsites. We also use RvParky.com or phone app which has a plethora of info.

Since we are talking about irrational items, I found rvpark reviews poor once the new owners "revamped" the interface. I very rarely surf there now.

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languiduck
Explorer
Jun 07, 2017
Since bikes keep getting brought up, why is not ok for bicycles to be ridden but it's ok for people to drive around in golf carts? I get it, it's a free country meaning the owner can make whatever rule he wants. So I just go elsewhere and ask the question before I reserve. Just wondering why that is accepted but bicycles aren't.
mdcamping
Explorer
Jun 07, 2017
One of my all time favorite rant reviews is from a campground that we routinely visit.

Reviewer complains he was to drunk when he got thrown out! LOL

Mike
bucky
Explorer II
Jun 08, 2017
I'm betting that WRVPO runs a tight ship.
I'll go visit and post it but not on RVPR. After he or she tells me where it is :).
On another note, I bet we all watch people in CGs. It's like being at a boat ramp on July 4th. Sometimes you are the entertainment, sometimes you are the spectator.
Tvov
Explorer II
Jun 08, 2017
languiduck wrote:
Since bikes keep getting brought up, why is not ok for bicycles to be ridden but it's ok for people to drive around in golf carts? I get it, it's a free country meaning the owner can make whatever rule he wants. So I just go elsewhere and ask the question before I reserve. Just wondering why that is accepted but bicycles aren't.

I think in most places it is just where the bikes are being ridden... for instance not on the walkways, or around the pool, etc. Bikes are fine, just don't ride them into the camp store!
spoon059
Explorer II
Jun 08, 2017
bucky wrote:
On another note, I bet we all watch people in CGs. It's like being at a boat ramp on July 4th. Sometimes you are the entertainment, sometimes you are the spectator.

Great point... but I sure hope that I'm not the entertainment! I've seen people over the years that are in violation of the rules... drunk and disorderly, throwing trash around, violating quiet hours, too many vehicles, vehicles not parked within their site, etc etc. All these are people that are doing whatever they want, with no regard for those around them. I am sure some of those people have been asked to leave, and some of them probably complained that they were held to task, and some of them probably left negative reviews because they were kicked out.

You have to READ the reviews, not just look at the star rating. I've seen plenty of bad reviews because the pool was closed in the winter... I don't care about that. I've seen a LOT of reviews that the dog park was muddy... I don't care about that either. I've seen countless reviews about dirty bathrooms... I don't care about that either. You have to read them and find issues that are relevant to you, then make an educated decision.
pnichols
Explorer II
Jun 08, 2017
Reviews from the RV world are no different than reviews I see on all products and services: Many of the reveiws are from just plain hyper picky, whining, folks who like to complain about trivia ... like a (poorly disciplined?) young child would do.

Reviews with real informative and substantive content on anything are often difficult to find.

Is this a spoiled American thing ... or is it going on all over the world?
mdcamping
Explorer
Jun 08, 2017
valhalla360 wrote:
RedRollingRoadblock wrote:
Well I am one of the "one and done" reviewers on that site. I gave an honest review of a site that was, I hope, well thought out. Then I get there we will post it after you review X number of parks then only if you bite the head off a chicken off at midnight during the full moon ****.

They sent me a canned reply about their reason which never addressed my question. Why don't you tell you policy up front before I waste my time filling out your form?

I find it rather humorous that just recently I happened to see link to my review from an ad on another site.

I doubt that they are broke hearted that I never returned.

I find their rules pretty stupid. I'm smart enough to ignore silly reviews. I'd rather have all the reviews and let me sort the wheat from the chafe.

We had a reservation at a park (in writing in an email) and the park was full when we got there. The owners response was rude. So we tried to post to RV Park Reviews and got a message back: They don't accept reviews from people who haven't stayed at the park.

Seriously?

To the best of my understanding you don't need to stay in the park to post a review. As long as you post a relatively balanced review with a few observations about the park that will help your fellow Rvers and along with that bring up you reservation concerns and the review should go through.

Mike
Walaby
Explorer II
Jun 09, 2017
minnow wrote:
Is it possible the OP who owns an RV park had a few bad reviews on the rvparksreview website and is trying to even the score ?

This is about the stupidest post I've seen in a long time.

I agree with the fact that you have to read the actual comments, not just look at the ratings. Make an informed decision, using reviews in context, from multiple sources as much as possible.

I also believe the review that was the subject of this post is ridiculous and to me reads like an spoiled customer who's not getting treated like they believe they should by the new owner. Likely got perks that the new owner didn't honor, and now he's not happy.

Mike
paulbeauchemin
Explorer
Jun 09, 2017
was planning on going to one park in DE and noticed it had a lot of one star reviews

turned out all these folks were triggered by the site of a confederate flag at the CG
Earl_E
Explorer
Jun 09, 2017
Two years ago we were looking for a park in a town and drove in and out of a couple parks that, to my liking, were unbelievably scary and run down. We didn't stay in either one and I posted my reviews of both on RVPR and they were published...with my 1 star for each.

I know what I like in a park and I can almost always read between the lines of several reviews and figure out if the park is what I'm looking for. I find the reviews very helpful.

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