Camping etiquette

captnjack wrote:

Boon Docker wrote:

captnjack wrote:

Boon Docker wrote:

captnjack wrote:

Jack_Diane_Freedom wrote:
Personally I have no problem with KOA's. They are consistently clean and close to the highways we travel We usually seek them out when travelling to Florida. I think people have to lighten up a bit and relax. So what if a few people cut through to the bath house. We just say good morning or hello. When ya gotta go sometimes the long way around just won't work.

I agree. What is the big deal? Are they walking through trailers? I just don't get the big objection to this. It's not your property and trailers are so close anyway that an expectation of privacy outside the trailer is silly.

Just give them a smile and say hello. It doesn't cost anything and maybe you'll make a friend.

It is your property while you are renting that space. The same as renting a house, would you want people walking through your property uninvited.

Who told you that you are renting land? Who told you that you have rights?

I am going to go out on a limb here and say it is absolutely NOT like renting a house. It is not a rental agreement or a lease that is signed. You are not technically renting or leasing a piece of land. You are agreeing to pay a fee to put the RV on their land and receive certain services.
If the electrical hookup fails or burns out, are you responsible for repairing it? Sewer? Water? TV, cable, etc? Because if you were renting the land the same way you rent a house you would be responsible to pay for the repairs.
Do you secure insurance for the land while you are there? If you're renting it you are responsible for everything that happens there during the rental. What if someone trips on a loose piece of concrete and injures themself (maybe you)? Are you responsible or is the campground responsible? After all, it is your land if you rent it. After pulling in do you immediately start making repairs and improvements? Seems smart if it is your land.
How about a hotel room? Are you responsible for repairs that are needed during your stay? Or do you just call the front desk and insist it be done. And soon! How is a campsite different?
Can you have someone arrested for trespassing? Again, it is your land. Call the police and try that. See what they say.
We are not land barons. We are people staying in a campsite for a night or two or whatever. Lighten up already. Your legal rights as a landowner/tenant/leaseholder are almost zero staying in a campsite.

That is the most ludicrous drivel I have read on this forum in a long time.

"Care to be more specific? Which part is ludicrous and why?"

Can you produce a document that shows these extensive "landowner" type rights to someone staying at a KOA for two wees? Can you back up your claim that it is the same as renting a house?

Again I ask, are YOU willing to accept the responsibilities that come with ownership along with the rights of ownership?