KOA

[olfarmer]

Wow, one night at a KOA in Sioux Falls, South Dakota was $60, guess this is the last KOA I will stay at! Stayed in a nice campground near Mt. Rushmore for $40.
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[Edd505]

KOA = KIDS The KOA's are geared toward families with kids, lots to keep them busy.

[RinconVTR]

olfarmer wrote:
Wow, one night at a KOA in Sioux Falls, South Dakota was $60, guess this is the last KOA I will stay at! Stayed in a nice campground near Mt. Rushmore for $40.
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You've been in the know since at least 2006 and come here to drop this complaint in 2017?.

I think you should be labeled a troll...this is ridiculous.

[hotpepperkid]

mileshuff wrote:
I'd sure like to find nice RV parks under $75 in popular areas of California!!
RV parks such as Chula Vista in San Diego, Pechenga in Temecula, Vines in Paso Robles are all $75 to over $100 during peak periods. The parks that are under $50 are almost all VERY low end dirty dumps.

When I hear people complain about rates over $50 I realize the area I RV in is EXPENSIVE! But, I can RV 365 days a year and never put my rig away for the winter.

Yea I hear you I never liked vacationing in CA even when I lived there for several reasons two of which are high price for fuel and the 55 speed limit

[vjstangelo]

We are in the middle of a 2 week trek out west. We stayed at KOA in Huntington, St. Louis, St. Mary's, Sheridan. Except for St. Mary which is at the doorstep of Glacier NP, we never paid more than $50 a night.

As a business traveler when not camping, I want quality consistency and similarly when rving I want the same and am willing to pay extra for it. Every one of the above KOA gave me available pull through sites, 50A service, easy on and off of an interstate, well manicured, clean facilities. That's what I want an am willing to pay for. Just my 2 cents.

[Us_out_West]

newtondak wrote:
Not at all impressed with the KOAs we've stayed in. They try to cram way too many sites together and charge way too much.

That can be said of many RV Parks/Resorts not just KOA's.

[newtondak]

Not at all impressed with the KOAs we've stayed in. They try to cram way too many sites together and charge way too much.

[mileshuff]

I'd sure like to find nice RV parks under $75 in popular areas of California!!
RV parks such as Chula Vista in San Diego, Pechenga in Temecula, Vines in Paso Robles are all $75 to over $100 during peak periods. The parks that are under $50 are almost all VERY low end dirty dumps.

When I hear people complain about rates over $50 I realize the area I RV in is EXPENSIVE! But, I can RV 365 days a year and never put my rig away for the winter.

[Us_out_West]

hotpepperkid wrote:

Us out West wrote:

hotpepperkid wrote:
I normally avoid KOA like the plague, but this year I stayed on one so bought their discount card. A couple of them were OK, but the one Im in now In Kent WA is a dump. The reason I stayed here is because it is near where a high school class mate lives. Next year I will go back to avoiding them like the plague again

Maybe with good pre-planning you may have chose a different place to stay...just saying.

Kent KOA.

Safe travels....

I did a lot of pre planning FYI it was the closest to my high schools class mates home. Believe me it wasn't my first choice but I didn't want to drive 10 or 12 miles in Seattle traffic

Your profile says you are from AZ and you are concerned about a 10-12 mile drive? Please!!

We stayed in Gig Harbor a couple years ago and it would have been about a 35 min. drive to the Kent area which is nothing.

Again sorry you made a bad choice...maybe next time.

We use KOA's on occasion when nothing better available but we know ahead of time what we are getting.

Carry on and safe travels.

[Ron3rd]

olfarmer wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Didn't you check pricing BEFORE arriving?

And if it was too high why complete check in -----just go elsewhere.

No I didn't but I was tired and I can afford it for 1 night, I just don't like to get ripped off. That is the highest price I have ever paid in 50 years of camping! To each his own but I think it is too high when you can stay in a beautiful area like the Black hills for less with just as many amenities as this! I just want people to know what to expect here. The park is nice although the interstate is near and the noise is noticeable, the people are nice but it just seems unreasonable to me (but I am old!) :W

I hear ya brother! But it's a sign of the times. Come to California; lots of campgrounds over 60-70 bucks a night. Heck, we just booked a site up by the Grand Tetons and it's over $70 a night!! Private campgrounds can get very pricey.

[hotpepperkid]

rr2254545 wrote:

Us out West wrote:

hotpepperkid wrote:
I normally avoid KOA like the plague, but this year I stayed on one so bought their discount card. A couple of them were OK, but the one Im in now In Kent WA is a dump. The reason I stayed here is because it is near where a high school class mate lives. Next year I will go back to avoiding them like the plague again

Maybe with good pre-planning you may have chose a different place to stay...just saying.

Kent KOA.

Safe travels....

I have stayed there for months at a time while visiting my son in Kent
Not a dump but sites are tight, nice people it LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION - not many choices in the Seattle area

Me calling it dump is nice compared what my wife said. Cigarette butt every where and chunks of Styrofoam and pieces of paper town or clean x on our site. Tight is an under statement

[rr2254545]

Us out West wrote:

hotpepperkid wrote:
I normally avoid KOA like the plague, but this year I stayed on one so bought their discount card. A couple of them were OK, but the one Im in now In Kent WA is a dump. The reason I stayed here is because it is near where a high school class mate lives. Next year I will go back to avoiding them like the plague again

Maybe with good pre-planning you may have chose a different place to stay...just saying.

Kent KOA.

Safe travels....

I have stayed there for months at a time while visiting my son in Kent
Not a dump but sites are tight, nice people it LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION - not many choices in the Seattle area

[JupiterRT]

I have stayed at many KOAs, never regretted it,,

[jplante4]

We never stay at any campground that has an RV Park Reviews rating lower than 7.5. Just make sure there are more than 2 reviews. One would be the owner and the other would be the nearest competitor.

[mileshuff]

Like any other RV park, some KOA's are great, others are horrible. I really don't see any reason to make any type of blanket statement about as a whole.

San Diego KOA is a well run, very nice maintained RV park. Lost Hills, CA KOA is a big dirt lot with hookups. Ones great, ones not!

[hotpepperkid]

Us out West wrote:

hotpepperkid wrote:
I normally avoid KOA like the plague, but this year I stayed on one so bought their discount card. A couple of them were OK, but the one Im in now In Kent WA is a dump. The reason I stayed here is because it is near where a high school class mate lives. Next year I will go back to avoiding them like the plague again

Maybe with good pre-planning you may have chose a different place to stay...just saying.

Kent KOA.

Safe travels....

I did a lot of pre planning FYI it was the closest to my high schools class mates home. Believe me it wasn't my first choice but I didn't want to drive 10 or 12 miles in Seattle traffic