Would appreciate some help. Our plans have changed. DH and I need an RV park (full hook ups) for our 35' Class A w/2 slides for Jan. 12 - 17th in Tampa/St Pete area. So many I have checked out are for snowbirds and are all full. Even Lazy Days is full! Any suggestions? Checked RV Park Reviews.com and every place I checked there is also full or is described as a "dump". Know it's the 'busy season' but come on!!! LOL Doesn't have to be by the water and could be up or down the coastal area, but would like paved site if possible, but right now not too fussy at all! Thanks in advance.

You can try this. My parents were RVers and tried the Keys one year. Didn't like it (too busy), so they cut over to I-75 on the west coast. They found several RV parks in the Brooksville area, about 50 miles north of Tampa and 60 miles west of Orlando. Streets and trips shows 10 CGs within 15 miles of Brooksville. I don't remember which one they chose, but they liked the area because it was kind of rural and laid back.

I stayed in Roberts MH & RV park (St Pete) a few winters ago. They are mostly MH, but have a section for RVs. It probably doesn't get great reviews from RVers, but it wasn't bad. They had plenty of room around the holidays when I was there.

Check out Windward Knoll Mobile Home Park in Thonotosassa (just east of Tampa). They have RV sites in the back. My MIL lives there and when we visited for Christmas there were sites open in the back. Don't know the rates, but know there are some snowbirds staying there now. Hope this helps.BC

Not sure if this will help you, but the RV Super Show is going on at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa January 14-18. They have camping available during the show. I don't think you'll be able to get FHUs though. Check the site out below. Along the lower left side there is some info about camping.http://events.frvta.org/florida-rv-supershow/

Try this its a little south of SP Pete we got stuck in the area and got in there on short noticeFrog Creek http://www.frogcreek.us.com/about.html Palmetto Florida

Need RV park in Tampa/St Pete area for only a week

jax1911
Explorer
Jan 01, 2015
Tampa South RV Park in Ruskin is full hook up and close to St Pete and Tampa, its a nice little park on the river.
Lou_Pat
Explorer
Dec 31, 2014
We've been able to get into Bay Bayou on short notice a few times. Real nice CG about 8 miles west of George Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Don't see how you' ever get into Ft DeSoto unless you got lucky on a cancellation.
Goon_F250
Explorer
Dec 31, 2014
We also needed a spot the same time as Tampa Rv show , we opted for Sanland in Lakeland. Its appox 35 mins to Tampa. Park looks nice and has good reviews. Hope this helps.
http://www.sanlan.com/
trsky
Explorer
Dec 30, 2014
If it's possible to get into Fort DeSoto go for it. You won't be disappointed.
johnhicks
Explorer
Dec 29, 2014
Here's a suggestion: http://www.happytravelerrvpark.com/index.html

We stayed there a couple of weeks last winter; it's clean, decent and quiet. I don't think any of the sites are paved. It's very handy to I-75 and US 301.
JoeH
Explorer III
Dec 29, 2014
Check into E.G. Simmons County Park in Ruskin. Electric and water with dump station, on tampa Bay ( canals). with the RV show in town, many places are going to be full. Interior roads in te park are paved, but the sites are grass/sand
bucky
Explorer II
Dec 29, 2014
You are running right into a holiday weekend and the RV show.
Boyz312
Explorer
Dec 28, 2014
FT Desoto - right on the water. nice place
C-Bears
Explorer
Dec 28, 2014
You probably wouldn't want Lazy Days anyway. We are here now due to having warranty work scheduled tomorrow. They are pretty full, but I still noticed probably 7 or 8 empty sites.

They stuck us in a site that is barely big enough (full service). The sewer run is about 30' which I have enough stinky-slinky for, but I can't run it uphill!

Lazy Days is overpriced and IMHO not a very good CG. The site we are in is worth about $20 per night.
Parrothead_Mike
Explorer
Dec 28, 2014
Here's another long shot, Hillsborough State Park. There aren't any sites available the dates you're looking for, but there are individual sites available most of those dates. The problem is that you'd have to move from site to site within the park. Below is the calendar for the time period you're looking for. You can see which sites are open on specific dates. It's not convenient, but it could work for a few days.

http://floridastateparks.reserveamerica.com/campsiteCalendar.do?page=matrix&calarvdate=01/10/2015&contractCode=FL&parkId=281037

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