Short RV Park/Campground Website Poll

[moreroad]

I am doing a study to determine the benefits RVers receive from RV Park websites.

We are starting with a very simple poll and would really appreciate as many results as follows. Results will be published in this Forum

Please pick one answer:

Question 1
Does the quality of a Park Website (old, not maintained, dated look, lack of photos, etc.) affect your decision when booking a reservation?

It does not affect our decision

It affects our decision somewhat

It affects our decision a lot of the time

It affects our decision significantly


Thanks to all who respond.

Scott Charters

[Bob___Ann]

It affects our decision significantly


We make our decision by using RV Park Reviews and the actual campground web site

[moreroad]

answerswillvary wrote:
Enough information has been obtained now. Time to close this down.

Yes I asked for that to happen in an earlier post

[answerswillvary]

Enough information has been obtained now. Time to close this down.

[doc_brown]

Significantly

[moreroad]

First I would like to thank all of you who took the time to respond to the Poll we ran. The results are in from 3 different RVers Forums and I wanted to post the results. After counting the number of posts that actually provided one of the four answers we had 126 entries.



Again thanks for your time as it is appreciated.

Scott Charters

[Golfcart]

I do prefer general campground/site photos to thumb through. But its not a deciding factor if im going to book there

Some of my favorite camping trips have been at dated/old campgrounds that i went to on a whim. Its a fun way to explore new areas that usually end up being very friendly places

[Bears_Den]

Significantly, I look for a couple pictures of the various campsites but I also look for pictures of the campground itself. If it's in the mountains or on a body of water, I want to see the views also. Pictures are an important part of my decision but just like anything else, a picture can be of the very best site at the campground and the rest of the campground is in need of attention.

[FunnyCamper]

significant for us 🙂

[tandk]

It affects our decision a lot of the time

If we have other reviews from friends or campground review sites, then that would help us piece together what the park is really like.

[wannavolunteerF]

It affects my decision a lot of the time.

If it is somewhere I have never been, pictures of sites and a site map are extremely important. I don't need to see pictures of people sitting around campfire, kids playing in field or similar pictures that really aren't helpful. Pricing being available is also important.

Ease of making a reservation is extremely important. I have attended a couple of group campouts in a nearby park and I absolutely HATE trying to deal with their reservations procedure and absolute lack of system. They don't have any kind of system other than a notebook that doesn't get updated appropriately.. and the people making the reservations don't have a clue of what camper will fit in what site.. and will change your paid for reservation from one site to another without asking.

[Lantley]

'en Plain Air' wrote:
Does not affect our decision. We are almost entirely location driven on our campground decision for our 'hopscotch' trips, typically staying 1-3 nights near sights we want to tour. For us, it's not about the quality of the campground, but more about having easy touring days. That said, we have landed in some pretty strange places, as well as wonderful campgrounds. It's all part of the adventure.

This is me as well. Often location is the most important factor.
I am self contained. All I really need is a working pedestal. Everything else is a bonus.

[Beer_Belly]

Without a doubt. If I look at the website / borchure, and it looks nice, but the cars / trucks/ Rv's look old, then I imagine if they can't update photos, they can't update their CG, hence the old photos and tend to shy away

[_en_Plain_Air_]

Does not affect our decision. We are almost entirely location driven on our campground decision for our 'hopscotch' trips, typically staying 1-3 nights near sights we want to tour. For us, it's not about the quality of the campground, but more about having easy touring days. That said, we have landed in some pretty strange places, as well as wonderful campgrounds. It's all part of the adventure.

[SDcampowneroper]

I thank the OP and all of you for this well thought out discussion. We wll consider all the points made by responders
I would like point out a few issues we camps have that in many cases cannot achieve the wishes of the OP or respondents to his thread..
In my experience, a camp with a poor, or ouddated website is not in need of attracting new business, they are doing fine.
Campsite photos are only of value when in the view finder of the user, or in a third party view like campsitephotos.com Thanks, Eric. campsitephotos.com

online reservations leave many sites empty due to arrival/ departure dates. No online system can match your unit/wishes to a site for days wished. Sorry, there is not an online res. systemthat can equate to ours or their varied sites. Give the camp a phone call.