willald wrote:
lots2seeinmyrv wrote:
Would like to see more Adult Only RV parks open up across the country, FHU, clean, quiet, nice bath/shower facilities and laundry. Keep it simple without the playgrounds, game rooms, etc.
Would free up space in the Family parks and offer an alternative for retired adults who like to travel in the summer too.
This kind of thinking is just.....Wrong, IMO.
Once you start practicing exclusion and intolerance like this with RV parks...Next thing you know we'll have to have RV parks for all kinds of different people, preferences, styles....the list goes on an on.
If we have parks just for older folks that exclude younger folks, then to be fair, we need to have some just for younger folks with families, too, and exclude the older folks.
Oh, and we better have some where pets are allowed for those that have pets, and some where pets aren't allowed, for those intolerant folks that can't stand to be within 100 yards of anyone else's pets.
Oh, and don't forget, we need parks for those that want campfires allowed, and separate parks where campfires are not allowed, for those intolerant folks that just want to sit inside and play bingo or whatever and pitch a fit if they smell any smoke.
Ohhh, we better also have parks where cooking, eating outside is allowed, and some where that is not allowed, for those that don't want to smell burgers or steaks cooking outside, and just want to cook inside or go out to eat all the time.
Oh, and don't forget exclusion by rig type, for those that don't want to see anything but expensive Class As, and separate parks for those that enjoy camping no matter what kind of rig it is (I know, we already have some of that, there are lots of Class A specific parks).
Guess we also need parks strictly for full-timers, and separate ones for everyone else that actually camps, doesn't live in their RV.
....Continue down this path, and we'll have to have sooo many different RV parks, there won't be enough land for all of them, hahaha.
Anyway, back to the original subject: Yes, I too have noticed that it is getting harder to get campsite reservations. We have always been the 'planning' type that always makes reservations long before we camp, but it seems we have to plan further and further ahead. Like already said, gone are the days of camping 'spur of the moment'.
Case in point: We want to go to a certain very popular park in Florida next April. They allow an 11 month window for reservations. The 'window' opened at 8am Sunday morning several weeks ago, to reserve for the week we wanted. Literally, as the clock struck 8am that morning, 11 months prior to when we are going there, I hit the 'Reserve' button to reserve the site we wanted (yes, we got the site). By noon that day, after we got back from church, I looked again, and campground was already booked solid!
Last time we went to same park back in March 2016, we didn't make the reservation until much later, like July 2016. That would NOT work now for that park.
This kind of thinking is NOT wrong. There are 55+ Adult Only RV parks in Florida, Arizona and Texas. Are they all WRONG? NO, there are more retirees that are camping year round now.
There are PLENTY of FAMILY Campgrounds for folks to enjoy of all ages.
You are making a big deal out of nothing.
