How long you say

[Grumpa]

Curious, how long would say your RV is (if you had one) if it has the beds that slide out the back or front? Mine is an Outback 18 foot with a six foot pull out. Could be tent type also. Some parks and/or CG ask the length. Courious!

[poppin_fresh]

SDcampowneroperator wrote:
State your set up size, not travel size. There may be a tree at the back or side on shorter sites. That does not mean they are less desirable, au contraire, mon cherie!
The previous poster suggested dishonesty to get a larger site, in the rationale that all sites are equal in price or availability.
While we do not differentiate site size in our rate structure, it is common in the industry to price preffered larger sites differently. For many camps the best, biggest costs more, for many others, the best biggest is reserved by the first come, first served.
Dishonesty serves noone well.

Your CG might have all nice, fairly equal sites, but some are not that way and they will literally stuff a site anywhere they have a free 200sq feet.

I don't feel as I'm the one being dishonest. If the site I get assigned (because I happen to have a smaller trailer) is half the square footage, in an undesirable part of the CG, on a side hill and grass-less, I shouldn't have to pay the exact same as those with the huge, level, grassy sites.

[Sandia_Man]

Best to use the full length as deployed for camping. Some private parks with limited big rig spaces often take advantage of the smaller rigs and squeeze them into some pretty tight spaces, many don't have several different tier levels and charge you the same as those in roomier sites.

[bguy]

24~ for the campground and 18 for the ferry.

[Tiger8r]

Give them the length from the hitch to the back with the slide out ( if yours has the bed that slides out the back). This way your covered wherever you go.

[FunnyCamper]

since you use the pull out, then definitely include the pull out for sure. total would be 24 ft. that way you are safe for sure on your site

[Fizz]

After my first encounter with a short site I included everything in the trailer length. Measured from hitch to the bike handlebar hanging off the back rack.

[2gypsies1]

You need to look for a site or reserve a site that would be deep enough for your trailer with the extensions put out. You can't rely on backing up further so it hangs over the barrier and you need room in front for your vehicle. You need room for all of it fitting on the parking spot.

[Grit_dog]

Depends if you're trying to get the last spot and need to fudge it a little shorter than it is, or if you want a primo spot with some extra Tarmac so you don't have the dumpster as a neighbor!

[SDcampowneroper]

State your set up size, not travel size. There may be a tree at the back or side on shorter sites. That does not mean they are less desirable, au contraire, mon cherie!
The previous poster suggested dishonesty to get a larger site, in the rationale that all sites are equal in price or availability.
While we do not differentiate site size in our rate structure, it is common in the industry to price preffered larger sites differently. For many camps the best, biggest costs more, for many others, the best biggest is reserved by the first come, first served.
Dishonesty serves noone well.

[poppin_fresh]

If it is a campground I have never been to, I lie.

My hybrid is about 18 feet, but far too often I have booked a CG and told them this only to get the worst spot in the park, even though there are other open sites. Nothing much more than about 20 feet would fit on these sites, so you know they were made to squeeze a pop-up or very small TT on. I've had the dumpster as a neighbor on more than one occasion and it's spot was larger than mine.

Now, if they ask, I have a 29 foot trailer as I'm not a fan of paying the same as everyone else and getting less.

[mgirardo]

We had a Hybrid Travel Trailer before our current Class C motorhome. The brochure stated it was 19 feet closed, 23.1 feet with both the front and back bed open. Why not just open it up and get a tape measure?

-Michael

[Johno02]

Depends on the camping site. If you can hang over the end of the site, or if there is a wall or tree at the back of the site. At one recent campsite, the length was listed as 30'. Our 30' class A fit very well, with room for the toad. Just backed in far enough that the jack pads were on the prepared site, and let the tail hang out.