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Re: Paid for but vacant sites
Interesting discussion. Our campground has been "sold out" several times this season, but there are always five or six empty sites. And when there are, do I hear about it! Always from someone who would have showed up a day or two earlier had they known. I think two policies should be instituted. One, weekend camping should be booked for a minimum of both Friday and Saturday nights. That alleviated the problem of there only being several one night sites left empty. And two, if you don't show up for your first reserved night, and we can't get hold of you, your campsite is considered abandoned, whether you paid for it or not. www.travelwithkevinandruth.com283Views0likes0CommentsRe: Quiet hours
HappyKayakers wrote: Dog Folks wrote: korbe wrote: I believe the general term "quiet hours" has evolved over the years. It used to mean not being load. Now it means, "go to bed". Happened twice in our visits to Oregon State parks. No drinking, no music, just family get togethers and talking around the camp fire - and still told to wrap it up since we could be heard from the access loop road. Sounds draconian in nature to me. They are going too far. IMHO, quiet hours means that the people in the tent nearest to you can sleep without being disturbed. Just because you're not drinking and don't have any music playing doesn't mean you're being quiet. I've seen/heard many family get togethers where there's 15 or 20 people talking around a campfire. When there's that many people, there are usually several different conversations going on at the same time and people talking over somebody else to be heard. And if everyone laughs at a joke at the same time, you can hear that 100 yards away in the middle of the night. It may not seem loud to you but to the tenters trying to sleep next door it sounds like they're in the middle of a bar. Exactly, thank you!416Views0likes0CommentsRe: Quiet hours
Dog Folks wrote: karead7 wrote: Anybody have any suggestions on the best way to enforce "quiet hours"? http://www.travelwithkevinandruth.com/2013/08/quiet-hours-1100pm-to-700am.html I've even suggested to some late nighters that maybe I'll be doing some gas powered weed whacking around their site at 7:00am when quiet hours are over so maybe they want to get some sleep! I read your blog. You let them stay, so in fact you did not "enforce" the rules. I understand your compassion for the family. He knew it was a empty threat. What did the man learn? He can do whatever he wants! Of course you are correct. However, that site was awfully quiet for the rest of the week. He seemed to have known what the consequences of another warning would have been.326Views0likes0CommentsQuiet hours
Anybody have any suggestions on the best way to enforce "quiet hours"? http://www.travelwithkevinandruth.com/2013/08/quiet-hours-1100pm-to-700am.html I've even suggested to some late nighters that maybe I'll be doing some gas powered weed whacking around their site at 7:00am when quiet hours are over so maybe they want to get some sleep!6.8KViews0likes33CommentsRe: Most common campground complaints?
Good points Terryallan. One of the things we have received compliments about is our washrooms. But they do take up a LOT of time because, well to be honest, some people are not the most considerate when they use the facilities. To put it mildly. Yes, they need attention at least twice a day, and actually...a lot more often than that! We have a no generator rule at our park. Surprisingly, we have had very few dog issues. I have not yet had to pick up a dog poop, and have only had to tell 2 or 3 campers about not having their pooch tied up. And these have only been with very small dogs.213Views0likes0CommentsMost common campground complaints?
Running a campground for this season, we're lucky (or maybe hard working enough?) that we don't hear about too many complaints. So we were thinking, what things have you found to complain about at a campground? What's the most common thing you dislike that a campground manager would be able to do something about? Here's our experience with complaints so far... http://www.travelwithkevinandruth.com/2013/07/campground-complaints.html27KViews0likes126CommentsOur campground manager experience
Well, we're about half way through our campground manager contract. For those of you thinking about signing up for something like this, we've detailed our experiences so far. You can read about it here... http://www.travelwithkevinandruth.com/2013/07/whats-it-like-being-campground-manager.html Of course every park and job description will be different, so we can only report on our own personal experience. Overall? Well despite the obvious low points of the job, we're having fun and we'll probably do it again!1.6KViews0likes2CommentsRe: Observations from a week at the beach....
You didn't see anybody trying to burn used diapers in their firepit? Managing a campground for the summer, we can relate to all of you awards. Totally agree with the tattooed girls. We don't get the attraction... www.travelwithkevinandruth.com442Views0likes0Comments
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