RV "Resorts"

[jplante4]

A little rant 🙂

Let's say you booked a room at a luxury resort somewhere and when you got there you discovered that the place was being used by transient workers who all got up at 5:30 am and started their loud pick-up trucks and let them warm up for 10-20 minutes. How long do you think it would be before no one went to your "resort"?

We got spoiled on our first extended trip. We stayed at a true RV Resort - Hilton Head Island Motor Coach Resort. Pavers instead of concrete pads, wrought iron patio furniture instead of a picnic table, each site privately owned and landscaped. The place had indoor and outdoor pools, tennis, pickle ball and deals at all the golf courses.

[westernrvparkow]

jplante4 wrote:
A little rant 🙂

Let's say you booked a room at a luxury resort somewhere and when you got there you discovered that the place was being used by transient workers who all got up at 5:30 am and started their loud pick-up trucks and let them warm up for 10-20 minutes. How long do you think it would be before no one went to your "resort"?

We got spoiled on our first extended trip. We stayed at a true RV Resort - Hilton Head Island Motor Coach Resort. Pavers instead of concrete pads, wrought iron patio furniture instead of a picnic table, each site privately owned and landscaped. The place had indoor and outdoor pools, tennis, pickle ball and deals at all the golf courses.

I am curious as to how you would solve this "problem"? Should the park quiz every guest as to their reasons for being there? Where would you draw the line? Should people who work out of their RVs be excluded if they didn't actually go to a worksite? What if they were non workers but had a diesel pickup and get up early in the morning to go animal watching, fishing or to watch the sunrise over the ocean? Do people who like to come home late also get excluded?
We actually manage the issue quite well. We do it through pricing. The workers seek out the lower cost providers. Being at higher daily cost and not offering severely discounted long term rates we effectively push the workers to other parks. But no matter how hard people try, you have to remember that an RV park is basically a miniature city and the odds are great that not everyone will move in lockstep. Sometimes you just have to smile and endure your neighbor and they are probably doing the same.

[Roy_Lynne]

Ive always suspected the word "resort" when used to describe an RV park.

[JaxDad]

jplante4 wrote:
A little rant 🙂

Let's say you booked a room at a luxury resort somewhere and when you got there you discovered that the place was being used by transient workers who all got up at 5:30 am and started their loud pick-up trucks and let them warm up for 10-20 minutes. How long do you think it would be before no one went to your "resort"?

Since you don't say where, not even a region, it's hard to make a meaningful comment.

Bear in mind however, especially in popular tourist areas, they try not to do any more construction than is necessary during 'peak tourist times'. If the situation you mention is happening right now, it's between summer season and winter (if in a southern locale) season. Prime construction time.

Also, if the area had suffered some natural catastrophe 'luxury resort' or not it's "Git'R'Done" ASAP to get the region back on its financial feet.

IMHO I see nothing wrong f either of those are the case. They ought to have however at least told you so before you booked your stay.

[rr2254545]

All RV resorts are not created equally - IE Alsatian RV Resort Castroville Texas

[ksg5000]

Yeah - that looks like a real RV resort - thanks for sharing. Too bad it's on the wrong side of the country.

[Community Alumni]

I'm also very skeptical of the term "resort" when I see it. Many run-of-the-mill RV parks that offer a few amenities, such as a pool or a laundry room like to use the term.

We stayed at the Hilton Head Island Motor Coach Resort 10 years ago, and if memory serves me right, the inside roads and the sites themselves weren't very large. Hence perhaps the reason why trucks with trailers are not allowed since they need more room to maneuver?

[westernrvparkow]

In my opinion, choosing anything based on it's name isn't the best vetting process. "Dawn" dish soap works just as well at sunset, I find little "Cheer" when I have to do the laundry and these forums have many threads where people don't think "Good Sam" is all that good. When picking a RV park, the name would be my tool of absolute last Resort (pun intended).

[goducks10]

re·sort
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noun
1.
a place that is a popular destination for vacations or recreation, or which is frequented for a particular purpose.
"a seaside resort"
synonyms: vacation spot, tourist center, vacationland; More

[K_Charles]

Maybe they were workers cleaning up from a disaster, or people that were displaced. Did you talk to any of them? Sometimes you need a not so good. If every park was the same there wouldn't be any nicer ones.

[Busskipper]

jplante4 wrote:
A little rant 🙂

Let's say you booked a room at a luxury resort somewhere and when you got there you discovered that the place was being used by transient workers who all got up at 5:30 am and started their loud pick-up trucks and let them warm up for 10-20 minutes. How long do you think it would be before no one went to your "resort"?

We got spoiled on our first extended trip. We stayed at a true RV Resort - Hilton Head Island Motor Coach Resort. Pavers instead of concrete pads, wrought iron patio furniture instead of a picnic table, each site privately owned and landscaped. The place had indoor and outdoor pools, tennis, pickle ball and deals at all the golf courses.

All the Old Outdoor Resorts of America (ORA) are special - Lake Toxaway - Florida has many as does California - Owner owned lots that are rented out most of the time - It is a great opportunity waiting to Happen again, but doubt it will as the Regs and Opposition to RV parks is just so high.

Guessing you were complaining about the "Resorts" in the Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia - "Oil/Fracking Fields" People need a place to stay - just hard to get the Zoning/Approval if it is not already there - When the Boom is over RV'ers will get them Back. - :S - :B

[Two_Jayhawks]

I'm rarely surprised by what I find when I check in to a new GC, state park, RV resort, etc. I use RV Park Reviews extensively. I also google every new park and give myself an actual visual tour online.

[gbopp]

Or, was it a CG that tacked 'resort' onto their name and raised the prices by $25 or more because of the transient workers?
Are they the only park in the area?

[Dutch_12078]

A good reason to check RVParkReviews.com and other park review sites first before booking a stay...

[azdryheat]

Not sure of the point you're making. Did you stay at a place calling itself a resort and find out it wasn't? If so, did you leave a review at rv park reviews to warn the rest of us? I use rv park reviews and Good Sam to review parks before I go there.

I notice the resort you mention doesn't allow 5th wheels or trailers of any kind. I'd like to find a resort where diesel pushers aren't allowed so we wouldn't have to listen to them idle for what seems like hours on end.

[ReneeG]

I'm assuming that the current or recent luxury RV resort had transient workers. Seems that if I were an RV resort owner, those extended stay customers would be in a separate section, but then again, it's things like this is the reason we don't like RV parks or resorts of any kind and rarely stay at them.