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how do you find a decent site to stay in?
Dick Simonis:
I have to agree with Joel on RV review.com I use it all the time and find that, for the most part, it's pretty reliable. Still, there are times when we use Woodalls also. If we're just overnighting, then we have a fairly high tolerance for pain but Pat does keep a pretty good log book and we make note on the parks as well as spaces that we like. If we see and interesting park enroute, Pat make an entry and we look into later.
On the other hand, if we're staying put for awhile than we might "park shop" in the vacintiy and see if we like anything better...after all we are mobile.
Richard And Babs Ames:
http://www.rvparkreviews.com/ works for us
Peter and Connie Bradish:
We use RV park reviews. Then we use Google maps and find the RV park. Then use satellite view. You can see what's around the CG, how the CG is laid out, how big the spaces are, where the trees are, etc. Occasionally there is the little man you can move to the street and see a ground view of the CG from the main road. We also call the CG the day before or the day of our arrival to make sure there are spaces.
Usually all of the above works to keep us out of not so nice parks. But sometimes it happens you just get a poor park. You can always just leave and not stay at the CG but then you have to find some where else to stay. Even in some run down parks we have never been hassled or bothered by the management or other campers/seasonals/permanents.
One of our problems is we do genealogy. Some places we want to do research are not destination recreation areas so CGs are limited. We have stayed in some unusual places like local mobile home parks, fairgrounds, Elks/Moose lodges. Again we have never had a problem.
Also for local attractions, etc. I google the city name with the word attraction or restaurants, etc. Many of these towns now have websites as do many restaurants. You can even see the menu of the restaurants which is a great help in deciding where to eat. I also use www.tripadvisor.com. They have attractions, restaurants, etc and have users evaluate those things. I find trip advisor a very useful tool.
Connie B.
LEAH DRAPER:
I would be very suspect of the reviews in RV Parks/review. If it has any negative comments they won"t post the review. This happened to me when trying to submit a review on a KOA campground in the Santa Cruz/Watsonville area of CA. They refused to accept my review, because I mentioned their outrageous rates, the damage done to my paint on both the coach and toad from the drip off from trees/bushes and the kids running around thru others sites and playing in the streets making almost impossible to hitch and unhitch.
JimCasazze:
I have used RVparkreviews and had very good experience so far. I also contribute my posts to the site, with accurate information (positive OR negative). Most of the places we have stayed were very accurately described by others (after removing the obvious flames).
I have not any problems posting a negative rating. In particular, I recall posting a negative rating for the KOA in Pine Island, FL - which was published without question. Again, the post provided accuratly supported, non-emotional information that I belive would be valuable to others in making their decision to stay there.
From what I understand, all the reviews are read by the website moderators rather than auto-posted. Sometimes it takes a few days for the review to appear. For those that had any problems posting there review, perhaps you could email RVparkreviews and ask what issues they had with the review.
All in all, for a free service, I think they do a very good job.
Jim
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