fulltimedaniel wrote:
I can see why you as an RVPark owner might have read what I wrote that way. I don't consider my remarks as BASHING anyone. It is real. It is what I have observed. Am I to ignore reality and never speak of it?
Are sone of my remarks critical? Yes in places. But is there reason to be critical? I think a fair look at the RV Park Business as a whole indicates that there are plenty of owners like I describe out there.
I am NOT an RV park owner, and I also read what you wrote that way. You continue to talk down at anyone who disagrees with your "expert" assessment of the RV park industry, even though you have very limited experience with it (and simply refuse to acknowledge that simple fact). 2 whole years? 138 parks? Wow, I would say that certainly trumps my 33 years of RVing (not counting my years growing up camping with my parents).
All of your business experiences simply tell me that you were a contractor (something that I am well acquainted with) for most of your working life, which means you had "bit" parts in many different companys/projects/industries/etc. Sounds impressive to some, but really isn't, and none of it shows any deeper relationship with actually running those businesses or having any "business expertise" other than your time in Cambodia; which unfortunately doesn't translate even remotely to running a business in the US. But I have no desire to argue your accomplishments or lack thereof.
Your "business acumen" aside, my point is that your original post, whether intended or not, IS mostly negative (as has been pointed out repeatedly), and states that a "great many" (your words, not mine) RV parks are basically ****. I would argue that most RVers do not share that opinion, and I really wonder just what you are searching for in your travels, and/or how you choose which parks to stay at. In my 33 years, I have only stayed at 2 or 3 parks that I would not consider returning to, and none of those were because of rude staff or terrible conditions, or any of the other myriad reasons you list, but rather because they were simply not my cup of tea.
