Expectations at RV Parks - Do you adapt?
I was reading the bad reviews on rvparkreviews.com today and was struck by how some people apparently are unwilling or unable to adjust their expectations based on special circumstances. On person ...
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Tvov wrote:
You bet I adjust my expectations depending on the campground / park / resort! One of my favorite campgrounds is a state park with no hookups, water "access" is a well with a working hand pump (very, very cool!), outhouses, tight roads where my 21 foot TT is probably the biggest thing you can reasonably get in there, and heavily wooded. I gave this park an 8 out of 10. Didn't give it 10 mostly because the campsites are not clearly marked as to which can take a camper or are tent only.
My other favorite campground? Fort Wilderness at Disney World. That resort is a 10 for me.
I use RVParkreviews all the time. I LOVE that the campground owners are not supposed to post there. I take an average of the reviews, excluding the 1 and 10 reviews if there are obvious issues.
I also LOVE reading the "1" reviews! They are usually a hoot, and I feel bad for the camper -- or the campground owner, if the camper obviously is one of those "I want a different rope for hanging" types!
Most of my reviews are in the 8 range. Two of my reviews that were lower ("6" I think) were because one campground had poor layout of hookups and dumping station, and one campground (which was pretty much a nice resort, but...) had terrible management that deferred to the seasonal / long termers - it was a classic case of long termers making a campground not inviting for weekenders.
Most other campground review sites simply do not have nearly as many campgrounds listed and reviewed as RVParkreviews. It seems to me that the moderators there are doing a pretty darn good job.
It's great to see someone using RVParkReviews the way you do and you have explained it well. Parks need to be judged in the context of the service they are trying to provide. A park can be rated a "10" in the category of "nice places to stop along the highway" without having nearly the amenities of a park that chooses to compete in the much more demanding "family destination parks where you would want to spend a week or more" category.
I particularly resonate with your point that campground in places of natural beauty can get high marks even if they have few amenities. Quite a few users give very high marks to national and state CGs with practically no services, but others will criticize a national park for "being in a location at which there is no OTA TV!" :h
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