How do you feel about people walking through your campsite?

We've had people (mostly kids) cut through our sites over the years without permission ... it is very much annoying.

We had a little advantage when we started out camping - we tent camped for a few years with a family that had been RV'ing for years. From them we learned all the "unspoken rules" about camping, including not cutting through sites and --- don't ask to use someone else's camper's bathroom! lol

Anyways, I think a lot of the site cutting is from people who simply don't know any better, are usually newish campers, and have never had anyone say anything.

THIS is one of the reasons that some campgrounds have that multiple page list of rules and regulations that everyone complains about - the campgrounds wouldn't have to do that if people had more common courtesy.

We've learned to place chairs / bicycles / vehicles to block our site if necessary. Usually isn't necessary, except at campgrounds where our site happens to be near a bathroom / beach / rec room (as other posters have commented). We also have learned to pick sites not near those things - I also usually prefer back in sites partly due to this reason.

We've been to well designed campgrounds where there are very obvious, marked paths for people to get to bathrooms and other common areas.

I make it a point to say hello to neighboring campers when we setup. Besides just being friendly, we watch each other's site when people are out doing stuff, and a few times camping neighbor's have told us our kids can cut through their site.

A lot of good comes from being polite!