Anyone been turned away from campground for older rig?

[drsolo]

I am a snowbird working my way north from Orlando each day. I called Add-more Campground in Clarksville, IN to make sure they were open and had a spot for one night. She started asking me a lot of questions and when I told her my "B" was a 17' 1992 GMC conversion van she they dont allow anything older than year 2000. When I asked why that information wasnt on their website she said "Well we got a lot of rules and they arent all on the website."

Has anyone else run into this kind of discrimination? Does it matter if a travel trailer is vintage?

And one more question. Is there some sort of "black list" for campers that campgrounds refer too?

[drsolo]

colliehauler wrote:
Actually that is a problem for storage operators of people paying money for a month and abandoning the unit. The storage operators have to go through a process to get rid of them.

Then they need to do what I have to before I rent our property to someone... I check their FICO score and I require a drivers license with picture so I know who they are. Once I had a mother co-sign for her daughter and it was fine. The only time we had minor hiccups was when there was a problem with accessing the FICO scores or had a hard luck story. My bad, my DH now has rights to overrule me if looks like I am giving in to sob story. OR, dont rent to anyone who does have a verified credit card which is what our storage places for art work does, or, pay a year in advance like the indoor storage for our teardrop. Sorry, but there are a lot of crappy or lazy business people out there.

[pasusan]

colliehauler wrote:

FrankShore wrote:
I wish they had this rule at the RV Storage where I keep my TT. Some of those units that people are paying good money to rent a space for are beat all to hell, faded, old relics! About 65% of the units are not road worthy!

Actually that is a problem for storage operators of people paying money for a month and abandoning the unit. The storage operators have to go through a process to get rid of them.

This speaks to me as our son stores our old '74 Scotty trailer that we used all the kids' growing up years. We got a "new" trailer and he wanted to keep the old one. Tried to talk him out of it as it needs upkeep. And as he is a young guy building his career it has sat there at the storage facility for... 8 years. But, the good news for all the storage folks out there - he pays the bill every month. All these years - all these months...

And back to the OP's question... We ran into the 10 year rule once... My mouth dropped open when I saw that and when they looked outside they grinned and said - not a problem. We are good to go. :B

[colliehauler]

FrankShore wrote:
I wish they had this rule at the RV Storage where I keep my TT. Some of those units that people are paying good money to rent a space for are beat all to hell, faded, old relics! About 65% of the units are not road worthy!

Actually that is a problem for storage operators of people paying money for a month and abandoning the unit. The storage operators have to go through a process to get rid of them.

[RAS43]

drsolo wrote:

FrankShore wrote:
I wish they had this rule at the RV Storage where I keep my TT. Some of those units that people are paying good money to rent a space for are beat all to hell, faded, old relics! About 65% of the units are not road worthy!

Sorry, but why do you care?

X2 After all, it's a storage lot!

[drsolo]

FrankShore wrote:
I wish they had this rule at the RV Storage where I keep my TT. Some of those units that people are paying good money to rent a space for are beat all to hell, faded, old relics! About 65% of the units are not road worthy!

Sorry, but why do you care?

[drsolo]

2oldman wrote:
Snob: (n), someone who has more money than you.

Not really. There is a big difference in how people view money. Old money abhors the flash of the nouveau riche (aka conspicuous consumption). Some who drive their flash are afraid of being robbed and may live in an HOA and want HOA type security while camping.

And many people believe in social castes, that others are above or beneath them based on wealth, education or family and dont want to associate with those below them. In campgrounds the only measure of caste is how big/new is your rig altho $$$$$, $$$, and $$ tends to limit crossover.

So anyone who declines to associate with those they feel are "inferior" are snobs. And it is the campground owner who is making the rules, not necessarily the campers. After seeing many campgrounds I have come up with a "gravity" theory. Campgrounds, thru location, rules and facilities establish a certain ambiance that pulls certain kind of people who gravitate to that campground usually permanent or seasonal campers. Then the rules may tighten and increase in number. Everyone finds their comfort level.

Me, I like variety and I am a snob about that.

[FrankShore]

I wish they had this rule at the RV Storage where I keep my TT. Some of those units that people are paying good money to rent a space for are beat all to hell, faded, old relics! About 65% of the units are not road worthy!

[JaxDad]

toedtoes wrote:

All I could afford wrote:
As a guy who owns and over 10 year old trailer which is in visually perfect condition, i'd like to offer the opinion that I wouldn't be offended if I Campground had a policy such as "all RVs and trailers must be in a reasonably presentable condition, to be determined by the management. But a blanket restriction based only on age seems silly and not in the spirit of camaraderie I come to expect when camping

I want to know if I will be accepted BEFORE I drive up. If "reasonably presentable condition" is determined by an inspection, then I'm not staying there. I don't want to spend $5 in gas only to find out that I'm not good enough for them. Post it on the website, spell it out when I call, etc.

The problem, as has been stated in many threads previously, isn't the age of the RV per se, it's the undesirables who get in then become a problem and / or won't leave.

It's like the "no overnight parking" many cities have imposed on plazas and Wally Worlds, it's a tool to deal with the few bad apples that spoil it for everyone else.

[Naio]

bob_nestor wrote:

PRodacy wrote:
You'll also see places that don't allow truck campers no matter what their age is. No $80,000 truck/ camper combo, but the $5,000 trailer was fine. I don't care - Would t want to stay in a place like that anyway.

Class B's run into the same thing at times. I was once turned away because in the opinion of the campground host I had a conversion van, not an RV. My unit is a 2010 Roadtrek 210.

I have been turned away a couple of times (over the phone) for not having a 'real' RV. If I were using the same van to tow a broken-down, unusable trailer, it would have been no problem. Ironic.

[2oldman]

Sea Dog wrote:
I would not even consider staying in a park
that caters to snobs!

Snob: (n), someone who has more money than you.

[Sea_Dog]

I would not even consider staying in a park
that caters to snobs!

[colliehauler]

Has anyone ever been turned away when they show up at a campground with a well maintained over 10 year RV? I just don't see it being a problem, but I could be wrong. I could see if a person showed up in the Partridge family bus having a problem.

[marspec]

I think I'll name my rig "Jack Benny". It will be ten years old forever. If I keep it looking good they'll probably take my word for it.

[toedtoes]

All I could afford wrote:
As a guy who owns and over 10 year old trailer which is in visually perfect condition, i'd like to offer the opinion that I wouldn't be offended if I Campground had a policy such as "all RVs and trailers must be in a reasonably presentable condition, to be determined by the management. But a blanket restriction based only on age seems silly and not in the spirit of camaraderie I come to expect when camping

I want to know if I will be accepted BEFORE I drive up. If "reasonably presentable condition" is determined by an inspection, then I'm not staying there. I don't want to spend $5 in gas only to find out that I'm not good enough for them. Post it on the website, spell it out when I call, etc.

If they don't post the specifics that defines an RV as not in reasonably presentable condition, then how can I even guess as to whether my RV meets their definition of "reasonably presentable condition" and if there are no specifics, how do they uniformly apply the rule?

The 10 years old or newer may not account for appearance, but it can be consistently applied. Reasonably presentable condition is completely subjective and cannot be consistently applied. Someone mentioned the "...but I know it when I see it" argument - unfortunately, that's not a defensible argument.

[addisonl]

All I could afford wrote:
As a guy who owns and over 10 year old trailer which is in visually perfect condition, i'd like to offer the opinion that I wouldn't be offended if I Campground had a policy such as "all RVs and trailers must be in a reasonably presentable condition, to be determined by the management. But a blanket restriction based only on age seems silly and not in the spirit of camaraderie I come to expect when camping

I like this too. A particular age or year just doesn't cut it. A park should just reserve the right to decline service to a piece of junk, just like a place can choose to not serve without a shirt or shoes or whatever.