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.

[mt1729]

I guess I'm kind of prejudiced. I worked road construction for 30 years. Asphalt division. (truck driver) Always tried to be respectful of my neighbors whatever park I was in. With that said, we may have been blue collar workers but we too kind of enjoyed a little luxury once in a while, such as a nice club house,laundry,swimming pool and other such amenities. It was far & few between to find a place like that back then. However I can understand you irritation.

[mdcamping]

jplante4 wrote:

azdryheat wrote:
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.

Ok, so instead you can listen to impact drill-drivers retracting jacks at oh-dark-thirty.

I go with the %'s, if 99% of the time my camping neighbors are
relatively quiet, I'm usually good! :C

Mike

[mdcamping]

mbrooking wrote:
Our inside joke is when a RV park calls itself a "resort" that just means there is a pool onsite...

LOL I went to one "resort" that didn't have a pool.... didn't even have a dump station! :E

Mike

[Gonzo42]

Out here on the left coast, we have two resorts we use once a year each, at least.

First there is Flying Flags in Buellton, CA (close to Solvang and the wine country).

Second is the Pachanga (CASINO) RV resort in Temecula, CA, also close to the wine country.

Last year stayed at the Wine Country RV park in Paso Robles, CA.

These are the best we ever used.

[jplante4]

azdryheat wrote:
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.

Ok, so instead you can listen to impact drill-drivers retracting jacks at oh-dark-thirty.

[2112]

rr2254545 wrote:
All RV resorts are not created equally - IE Alsatian RV Resort Castroville Texas

WOW I had no idea this place existed. We will have to check it out next time we pass through Castroville

[doxiemom11]

I use rv park reviews all the time, but never look at the rating number. I read people's reviews. I don't care what the rating number is. I look for comments regarding size of sites, cleanliness, attitude of the management, noise levels, nearby services, amenities. When I read that there are sand burrs everywhere - we won't subject our dog to that -- when I read about the train that is so close to the back of the campground it will shake your rv, I won't be staying there. I have seen many places rated ok, but then the actual reviews fill in the blanks for you.

[MarkTwain]

azdryheat wrote:
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.

Looks like you want to limit your RV experiences to boon docking in isolated desert areas.

[the_bear_II]

Most of the RV Resorts we have stayed at have similar amenities as resort hotels. Lusciously landscaped grounds, larger pool and spa, gym, conference rooms, store, nice restrooms and showers, campsites are paved and level with landscaping between sites, security, planned activities...etc. One we stayed at even offered room service from the adjacent restaurant.

An RV Park will have some of the above but tends to be more like what you would get at Motel 6 or Holiday Inn Express. Fewer Amenities... Somewhat landscaped, unpaved sites with little separation between units, so-so restrooms and showers, smaller pool and maybe a spa...etc

[jplante4]

mbrooking wrote:
Our inside joke is when a RV park calls itself a "resort" that just means there is a pool onsite...

I think this is it. Although I was prompted to post this by a specific place (Tomorrow's Stars RV Resort in Springfield OH), we're just finishing up a 10 week trip from New England through the upper mid-west and the prairies and have stayed at several "resorts".

The workers at this "resort" were pavers, which I found especially ironic after driving on I-70 to get there.

We stayed there on the way out because I wanted to hit the Air Force Museum. It's not a bad place; it just doesn't measure up to the level of "resort". We use RVParkReviews almost exclusively to pick stops. We never stay at a place less than 7.5. This place got a 7.6.

[bobsallyh]

Who is the "daddy" of the phrase "RV Resort"? It means anything a park owner wants to call a resort. RV Resort is the most verbally abused phrase in the RV Park industry1

[westernrvparkow]

2gypsies wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:
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.

So in order to discourage workers you up the price for travelers? Nice.

We get higher prices which increases profits and don't have to deal with the issues that workers inevitably bring. It truly is nice.

[2gypsies1]

westernrvparkowner wrote:
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.

So in order to discourage workers you up the price for travelers? Nice.

[mbrooking]

Our inside joke is when a RV park calls itself a "resort" that just means there is a pool onsite...