walmart overnight parking

JaxDad wrote:

turtlerb wrote:
Does anyone have a link or knowledge of which Walmart's allow overnight camping?

All Walmarts allow overnight stays. However, the towns / cities in which some Walmarts are located have prohibited overnight parking.

In those municipalities it's also prohibited to park overnight at the Lowe's, Home Depots and other parking lots too generally.

NOT correct!

Two examples:

Pismo Beach, CA
NO overnight parking. Security will politely direct you to either
an office complex or the K-mart about a 1/2 mile away - within the city limits.

City of The Dalles, OR
Manager and another employee will come out to your RV and politely explain why *WalMart* requested the city to enact a NO overnight parking ordinance.
(Folks sleeping on the ground, in tents, etc. Think: "liability"!)

They will tell you how to reach a spot used by truckers and RVers a few miles down the road.

Both of these Wallys are *not* 24 hour stores.
When the store closes, you are expected to leave the parking lot.

Also - at Pismo - the "look for other RVs" doesn't work, as there were others (already there before closing), who were told by store employees, "sure - go right ahead, no problem".
("Managers" are not always available!)

Best bet is don't "bug" the manager - he/she is not a campground host - just look for a 24 hr Wally *with* RVs in pk lot..:W

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