Oaxaca trailer park !

[RonYVickie]

I'm looking for rapid info on this park. We are in Zipolite and planned to go to Oaxaca tomorrow to arrive on Sunday when the office building on the corner is closed and it's possible to make the left turn into the park. We heard today that the park is closed and we know it's a crappy park, but the location is good for our purposes. We're meeting friends who are flying in and hoteling in Centro. If anyone has up-to-the-minute info on whether it's open or not, please post it asap. Our fall-back will be to leave the rig here and just drive up and hotel it ourselves, but would rather have the rig. We know there is a park at San Felipe and another at Mitla, but these don't fit the agenda. Thanks for any assistance ! RYV

[Talleyho69]

OK, we are old timers, too. We remember when this park was the whole city block, and it was once SO full that when a final caravan arrived, rigs were parked outside on the street. The second time this happened, we were still in a tent, and were offered serious money to leave. Didnt.
Could add a number of parks of the same era including Hermanos Graham in Veracruz, Puerto Vallarta Trailer Park, Rainbow in Merida, and several on the Baja.

[moisheh]

Brian: Once you enter the park you will make a right turn and se the parking spaces to your left. Not many of them left. The owner ( if he is still alive) is a very wealthy man. He has a big ranch where some caravans have stayed. The son is an architect and has built the office building which by some miracle are occupied by many Government agencies. Oaxaca is the world capitol of double ( or triple) parking. On may streets the cars are parked 2 deep. Or illegaly parked on the wring side. The old parks you wrote about were mostly built in the 60's. They would include: Oaxaca,the Hacienda in Guad ( closed about 12 years ago), the park just outside Puebla. the other park in Guad. The Oaxaca park was gorgeous with mature trees and real grass. Like staying in a city park. Some of these parks had their own private CCTV system supplied by satellite, libraries, restaurants, swimming pools, meeting rooms and more. Even Acapulco had a similar park. But there were lots of large caravans and many RV'rs. I have been in the Oaxaca park when they had about 75 spaces and it was almost full. Those days are long gone and will never return. One more office building will kill the Oaxaca Park for good. The cost of building these types of parks is prohibitive and there would be no return on the investment.

Moisheh

[briansue]

Further study of the Google Earth satellite shot says it was taken on 12/01/2012 and there does not appear to be very many cars parked anywhere on the streets in this area. We looked on our old calendar and see that 12/01/2012 was a Saturday. Google Earth does not show time of day - but maybe no one parks in this area on Saturday either? Or the shot was before or after working hours. The street view shots do not show day of week but do show month and year. The lane closest to the park wall was taken 6/2012 and the far lane was taken 10/2010. So there are a few different ways to look the area over before venturing in.

[briansue]

I have found the Oaxaca Trailer Park on Google Earth ( 17.07861 -96.71083)and used the "Street View" to see the street and the entrance. I appears you can come up the street, which is divided by an island with large trees, and make a left turn into the park through an opening in the island. In the Google Earth photo there is a car parked at the end of the island sort of halfway blocking the island opening which prevents a large vehicle from turning into the park. I am assuming the idea is to arrive when fewer cars are parked and the island opening may not be blocked. Seems doable if all the pieces fall into place. Then there is the question of getting a large vehicle out of there if the cars are again blocking exit. I am also hoping someone can show what it is like inside the park so we know what we have to do once in there. The Google Earth view from above does give some idea but it is always difficult to imagine from that view - trees block a clear view. Hoping we can get a clearer picture so anyone interested will have a better idea. The more people who visit these parks the less chance they will decide to build an office building on the property.

[Talleyho69]

That's great news. Hopefully it will stay open for years to come.
We found, since they are renting parking space at Oaxaca Trailer Park, that during the day, during the week, was the easiest day to get in and out. However, if you can get as far as Oaxaca, you have already learned to fit yourselves into and out of anything!
There are quite a few of these old parks around, and as much as we have talked to original owners, we have had minimal luck discussing the original agreements with them. All of them have so much in common: great locations, a patio, drain, electricity and water. There MUST have been some serious tax consideration, renumeration, old boy network (although we personally knew a female owning one) a network of tourist oriented people with payment to them, who set them up. Would love to know!

[gwbaines]

Sorry I didn't get back to you but have only had limited internet. Glad to hear that you made it to the Oaxaca Trailer park and that it is working for you. It is in all of our best interest to keep these old parks in fabulous locations open. As a side note, the Rainbow Trailer Park in Merida is open and being upgraded and made user friendly.

[RockyRoadCamper]

Great news to hear this classic rv park is still open. We stayed there in the winter of 1974. What a time!

[johnc_marilyn]

I'm glad you reported that the park is open as we will be heading there in March after we finish the Yucatan.

[Talleyho69]

Glad it was open, bet Eucario is still the man. It is what it is, and a perfect location for the city. Enjoy your stay!

[RonYVickie]

Well, we're here in the Oaxaca trailer park and it's open. We just heard the rumor as we were getting ready to go and since it was too tight to get replies, we decided that maybe these reports were from someone who just passed by and looked in the driveway - it DOES look closed by that view. We arrived today (Sun)and turning in was as easy as it's supposed to be. The real problem with parkers is that they park around the ends of the medians, reducing the turn gap to about 5 feet, so best to arrive early, late, or Sunday. I'm going to suggest to the man here that he should paint the ends of the medians red and maybe it might help a little. Weather is nice - mid-80's and apparently going down to about 10 tonight - perfect for sleeping. Have fun ! RYV

[briansue]

RyV speak of arriving on a Sunday so business parking is minimal - or perhaps arriving after business hours. Would this possibly eliminate the parked car problem? Hopefully RyV will post after they arrive.

[moisheh]

Brian: You will have no problem with the spaces @ the Trailer Park. There are only a few but most will take a larger unit. The only problem is the parked cars. They rent out parking spaces and some of the parkers take a lot of room. IIRC turning into the park is tricky. But doable.

Moisheh

[briansue]

gwbaines

What size rigs can fit in Oaxaca Park? Any room for large rigs? How hard to turn into the streets and park? Thanks for any info.

[gwbaines]

We spent 2 weeks at Christmas time at the Oaxaca Trailer Park. It is definitely open and working reasonably well. We had power, hot water showers, and flushing toilets. Nothing is fancy, but the fellow who is taking care of it works very hard to make your stay a positive experience. It is so conveniently located to downtown bus routes that we wouldn't stay anywhere else.