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NurseBetty
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Jul 04, 2013

Will camprgounds ever fit hospitality standards?

I was thinking about this as we traveled on our annual vacation...so many times you pull into a campground and are confronted with a multitude of signs telling you what you Can't Do...as opposed to a warm, welcoming feeling. You feel as if you are imposing on a distant relative, and paying them to boot.
We have been spending a little more time in hotel rooms the past year and the hospitality shown there far outweighs what you get at a campground (customer service, etc). I know you pay more for a room. But I think it's about time the campground industry thought of itself as the hospitality industry and treated its customers appropriately.
Granted, there have been some that have done just that. But they are rare. Just my two cents.

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  • I think many of the private owned campgrounds are being managed by hired help who really don't care all that much if you're happy so long as you pay your fee and follow the rules and don't complain.
    but most seem to be kind of in-between indifferent and over the top.
    the state and national campgrounds are better because most (not all) the camp hosts are friendly; some are too friendly for my taste.

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