Things I'm starting to notice / hate about camping In a TT

[yillb]

I'm relatively new to camping In a travel trailer , we go about twice a month, and I'm starting to notice things that just drive me insane, and why the companies keep doing it because idiots keeping buying / accepting it.

Travel trailers are made poorly, when you go to service them , dealers are idiots, and just break more than they fix?!?

Extended warranties / service plans don't exist , one exists from multiple companies , but they are the exact same things , all of them. They all exclude the same things., and all include the same things, like literally identical. They wouldn't be this way if so many people purchased them, they don't cover anything really, other than **** that's sub 1k, what's the point ?

Rv campgrounds are almost ALWAYS , geared towards perminat living. Their are some exceptions, but its hit or miss. We've booked 6 stats at various non state ran parks , and each of them were flooded with 10 year old campers that have decks perminately attached, its tacky, they are basically just trailer parks, any way to weed these out ? We found one that had a pool, fishing, beautiful location, we arrived and it is 90% full of year rounders. People had stuff like basketball goals in the street , cars parked on the side of the road, getting into our spot was **** near impossible. Once you get in they have rules like no camp fires , no swimming on mondays and wed and thurs , etc. every one and their mom just drives around on a golf cart , they really don't go anywhere , they just drive around aimlessly, is this where the old go to die ?

I've also noticed parks don't really give much attention to three or four night stayers , they are all too worried about the full timers. We were told to stop cooking diner after dark if we're going to grill because it made to much noise for the neighbor, one of which that had a perminately attached building , multiple golf carts and likely lived here, we were cooking at 8 😕

I'm just getting unlucky right ? The camping world isn't filled with people that just park an ugly trailer at a trailer park and live to die? Right ?

[dodge_guy]

We camp in all sorts of parks. The best for us is Private campgrounds that are more like a state park atmosphere. The seasonals are on one side and the weekenders are on the other. The campground map is usually pretty good to check out the layout.
I only like RV's close but not on top of each other. And I like to socialize so friendly people around is nice to have.

[Walaby]

X2

What Lantley said.

Sums it up nicely

Mike

[NYCgrrl]

Lantley wrote:

Lwiddis wrote:
"To me, a private park is the same as staying at a motel"

Gordon, me too!

Correct but it can be a motel 6 or Four Seasons there is a difference.

You guys are funny. It's really not that difficult to find a decent CG.
There are lots of decent private parks. Idiots/trouble makers can also be found in state or public parks.
It is not as clear cut as ALL private parks are bad and public parks are ALL good/utopia:S
There are lots of good public parks and there are lots of good private parks.
In the end it's the people you encounter that make the difference.....In case you have not figured it out there are both good and bad people to be found everywhere including CG's.
With a little research finding a worthwhile place to camp private or public is not as hard as you guys are making it!
Yes I have been in a fish camp or 2 but that is only because I needed to be in that area. I have no problems at all finding a good CG if I'm just looking for aplace to go.

Good to know someone else thinks like this..almost was beginning to wonder about myself w/ the keyword being "almost":D.

As little time as many of us get for vacation time I don't understand the lack of research some put into personal time:h.

I also don't get the 6 figure salary the OP is tossing about (No reallyyyy you are not alone and money gives you nothing if you don't know what to do with it) but yeah that just be me.

[GordonThree]

Government parks aren't profit driven, and they have occupancy limits. They have their share of jerks but they get cycled out rather than building another deck for their park model.

[Lantley]

Lwiddis wrote:
"To me, a private park is the same as staying at a motel"

Gordon, me too!

Correct but it can be a motel 6 or Four Seasons there is a difference.

You guys are funny. It's really not that difficult to find a decent CG.
There are lots of decent private parks. Idiots/trouble makers can also be found in state or public parks.
It is not as clear cut as ALL private parks are bad and public parks are ALL good/utopia:S
There are lots of good public parks and there are lots of good private parks.
In the end it's the people you encounter that make the difference.....In case you have not figured it out there are both good and bad people to be found everywhere including CG's.
With a little research finding a worthwhile place to camp private or public is not as hard as you guys are making it!
Yes I have been in a fish camp or 2 but that is only because I needed to be in that area. I have no problems at all finding a good CG if I'm just looking for aplace to go.

[Lwiddis]

"To me, a private park is the same as staying at a motel"

Gordon, me too!

[Hannibal]

1stgenfarmboy wrote:
It's ashamed you live in a country where folks can do what they enjoy, maybe you should try somewhere that tells you how and when to live and enjoy things.


sounds like you have a low tollerance for people and dogs.

PS if you ever camp beside me.....make sure to keep your kids quiet.

Our kids are grown but I love the sound of kids playing. Dogs on the other hand is like listening to roofers work. If I could stay in only one campground, it would be Ginnie Springs. Full of kids, teenagers, music, beer and debouchery.

[qtla9111]

Boondocking is best. Your choice, your place and no trouble with neighbors. Oh, and it´s free!

[yillb]

RamRider wrote:
Here is a suggestion, instead of Galveston Island go to the LCRA campsite on Matagorda, island they have large concrete pads for your rv and truck, and everything is clean. you can even select a site on the Colorado river channel and fish within a few feet of your rv. Next try either Goose Island or Mustang Island State park. You want to rough it a little more go to the Padre Island National Seashore, (no electric hook up so you need a generator but they have a dump station
Enjoy the gulf.

I did, booked a spot there for may 14th I believe

[delwhjr]

RamRider wrote:
Here is a suggestion, instead of Galveston Island go to the LCRA campsite on Matagorda, island they have large concrete pads for your rv and truck, and everything is clean. you can even select a site on the Colorado river channel and fish within a few feet of your rv. Next try either Goose Island or Mustang Island State park. You want to rough it a little more go to the Padre Island National Seashore, (no electric hook up so you need a generator but they have a dump station
Enjoy the gulf.

X2 on Matagorda

[fulltimedaniel]

happycamper002 wrote:

fulltimedaniel wrote:


So let me get this right...you are basically inferring that anyone who buys a sixpack of beer and walks back to their camper and has to run a gauntlet of your kids in the middle of the road is now to be suspect as a child abuser? Get Real.

An extension of your logic would then imply "Don't take your kids to TGI Fridays because they serve beer and there are men at the bar.

This is ludicrous and frankly unwarranted. Spreading this kind of fear and prejudice doesn't help anyone.

Non-sequitor.

No, you are not getting it right. Your are taking my words out of context.

Look at the last portion of my post.

Possibly I missed the intended "tone" of your text? But it reads to me the way I interpreted it. Possibly you can explain it again? If it was meant in jest the humor didnt come through to me.

[happycamper002]

fulltimedaniel wrote:


So let me get this right...you are basically inferring that anyone who buys a sixpack of beer and walks back to their camper and has to run a gauntlet of your kids in the middle of the road is now to be suspect as a child abuser? Get Real.

An extension of your logic would then imply "Don't take your kids to TGI Fridays because they serve beer and there are men at the bar.

This is ludicrous and frankly unwarranted. Spreading this kind of fear and prejudice doesn't help anyone.

Non-sequitor.

No, you are not getting it right. Your are taking my words out of context.

Look at the last portion of my post.

[RamRider]

Here is a suggestion, instead of Galveston Island go to the LCRA campsite on Matagorda, island they have large concrete pads for your rv and truck, and everything is clean. you can even select a site on the Colorado river channel and fish within a few feet of your rv. Next try either Goose Island or Mustang Island State park. You want to rough it a little more go to the Padre Island National Seashore, (no electric hook up so you need a generator but they have a dump station
Enjoy the gulf.

[fulltimedaniel]

Many have suggested "Research" and RV Park Reviews as the sure fire way to avoid problems... Don't get me wrong research can be a good idea and may help. But the trouble with that advice is that ALL review sites are gamed by owners and their competition and are primarily used as axe grinding exercises by others.

RV Park web sites are for the most part articles of fiction. Some are very good mind you and are relatively honest in their photographic representations, others are bordering on fraud.

Really the only way to know is to GO there and look for yourself. I rarely make reservations but when I do it's usually only for one night. If I plan a longer stay I tell them I will stay one night and see how I like it. I never commit to a full stay by reserach or the web alone.

And I have never been without a place to stay and if I have had to leave a place because it was unsuitable I have always found a better one nearby many times for less money. (and usually not in the Good Sam book)

My point simply is that claiming "Research" and RV Park Reviews as the end all and be all of campground selection is misleading and certainly not foolproof.