westernrvparkowner wrote:
soren wrote:
Keep in mind that your buddy might be facing more than the issue of trailer age, when searching for a long term site as a construction worker. Some campground owners cater to that crowd, some refuse to even consider renting to them. Some campgrounds with a high percentage of transient workers are really nicely run, and a great place to stay. We just spent a week at a resort grade park on the Texas coast that was at least half full of pipeliners. It was spotless, well run, and quiet. OTOH, we have been in another location when the management didn't care, and the whole place was as wild as a dive bar on free beer night, loud nights, a ring of beer bottles around picnic tables in the morning and trashy rigs. The other issue is that Colorado is far from oversupplied with campgrounds, particularly commercial ones, on the front range.
We do not allow transient workers because we have found they just don't fit with our business model. We cater to the vacationing crowd, period. Some may rightly feel that such a policy is elitist, discriminatory or whatever other word you want to use to describe it, but it is something we feel works best for us and our customers.
It's pretty unusual when I agree with you, but this makes sense. I have discussed this issue with a few CG owners, and some are very successful at it. IMHO, it seemed like it takes a lot more supervision and setting boundaries, and I understand why others simply say no. As for elitist, or whatever, I agree that it's nobody's business if you chose not to engage in any long term tenants. You live in a pretty rational state, from a legal perspective, but I have stayed in others where even an overnight stay generates a contract that makes it clear that the guest in no way has a tenant/landlord relationship and can not, for any reason be a guest for more than x# of days, usually less than 30. I can't imagine the hassles of dealing with a difficult guest who is now a legal tenant and has all the rights that entails, depending on what state we are taking about.
