Good Sam - what's in it for the campgrounds?

bobsallyh wrote:
westernrvparkowner, it is only an imagination to you, a park owner. Ask the consumers to compare the rating and what is really there. Same with pictures, the pictures very rarely match what you see when you get on site. We were in a western Montana RV park several years ago when the Woodall ratings group pulled in. Had plenty of time to watch them. Next morning I approached one of the folks and asked how the laundry graded out. Couldn't tell me because they never set foot in it. Unfortunately to the consumer but fortunate to the park owner, low power so consumers just kept pouring quarters in it to get clothes semi-dry.

This is exactly my point.. The raters don't judge whether or not they think a laundry is good, bad or indifferent. The criteria is only whether or not one exists.
You may not like or agree with the policies of the guidebook, but they are pretty clearly spelled out if you were to take the time and read them. They are that way to take personal impressions and emotions out of the ratings. There isn't a way for a rater to run up the scores for parks they like and lower the scores on parks they don't. It is also why the idea that parks pay for ratings is mistaken. If the way Goodsam chooses to rate parks doesn't work for you should ignore them and use other resources when looking for a park.