luck would have it wrote: This is something I would not do. Walmart allows Rvers to stop and spend the night as a courtesy to them (and in hopes that they will spend money while there). Unhitching and "CAMPING" for two nights would be over-staying a welcome. Drop $30 and stay at a campground.
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you can't afford the $30 for a campground for ONE NIGHT, then just STAY HOME.
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Have to agree with the crowd, Wal-Mart is not a campground, spend a few dollars at a passport america park or other campground. unless you are staying at home depot! then it might be okay.
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I totally agree. It doesn't really matter what that particular manager says. Do we need a manager to tell us we are being inappropriate in our actions. Walmart is great for a night of sleep. Don't abuse it for everyone.
Quote: AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you can't afford the $30 for a campground for ONE NIGHT, then just STAY HOME.
Why stay home if you don't have to. I can find a lot of places for $30 namely the gas tank.
Quote: I get disgusted with those who camp there when there are reasonably priced cgs and rv parks next door.
Hmmm, guess you'd have to puke if you seen my record, haven't stayed at a campground yet. Although I don't do the overstay at any spot where it's allowed.
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TenOC wrote: I am looking for a place to boondock for two nights so I can spend a fill day at Carlsbad NP. The Carlsbad Walmart sounds VERY RV friendly. The only time I have stayed at Walmart I have never unhooked the trailer.
Do any of you have experience unhooking a travel trailer at Walmart?
I have never done it but call the store and ask what their policy is. I might want to do it some day myself.
To all the flamers and bashers; relax, not everyone will feel the same way you do in life. You do not have the right or ability to enforce your opinions on the OP. If it is okay with Walmart Inc, the Walmart manager, and doesn't violate any local ordinances, then I would guess it is okay.
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We stayed for a few days. They accept all sorts of discounts including Passport America. The owners are the nicest people you could imagine and if you really feel like you need to get your money's worth go enjoy the indoor heated pool.
We stayed at a Wal-Mart two nights in a small town to attend a swim meet but they asked us if we would be staying three nights and we said only two. They just directed us to the same corner where the semi trucks parked. We did spend $230 dollars in their store and where not in the parking lot until after dark and left the next morning each day. On the next trip we just stayed in the school parking lot but it was not as secure or quite as a running diesel. I do not know about the trailer issue because we were in a 32' Class A which also served as our toad.
RV's where not very common there it seemed but trucks from a local trucking company would park there vs. their yard 2 miles down the road but there was a lot of road construction in that area.
We've dropped the towed at several WM's and taken it to run around the town, but never for long term trips, that does kind hit me as abuse of the privilege.
Don Wright lists three campgrounds in the area all starting at under $10, might be a better way to go. There is also a lot of BLM land in the area, some of it right along highway 62, likely to be boondocking there.
marvmarcy wrote: Don't know. I certainly would not. I've never parked at a Walmart for more than a few hours in my 28 years of rving (last 7 fulltime). I get disgusted with those who camp there when there are reasonably priced cgs and rv parks next door. That is part of why communities have put up "No Overnight Parking" signs. I'm seeing "No Overnight Parking" signs in many Walmart parking lots.
JMHO
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You add JMHO, yet it does not look like your opinion is "humble."
AND we get disgusted with people who say such things. First, we have never seen anyone overnighting at a Walmart, where there were "RV parks next door."
Second, if you _bother_ to read the signs close, you would see that 99% of the signs at Walmart which say "No Overnight Parking"
ALSO say below it. "NO Unauthorized parking overnight parking is allowed." THEN, if you check in customer service, they give you permission to park overnight.
THEN you are of course, AUTHORIZED to park overnight.
You sound like a campground owner or employee, who is afraid of a hit on your income. We have only parked in a Walmart overnight 4 times in the past year. In each instance, it would have meant a 75 mile trip from the Interstate or our Routing, to find a campground at $8 for the night.
IT WAS NOT the "money" we wanted to save so much as the time. BUT, worst of all the time an hour and a half TIME driving each way. In my physical condition, can only drive 150-200 miles a day.
Of course, then gas at 7mpg adds to the gas crunch, a waste of fuel, adding to pollution, etc driving 75 or more unnecessary miles.
NOW we also could probably find something you DO do, we could complain about. But, it probably would also be none of my business, how you choose to travel.
IF people choose to stay at WALMART, more than we do, that is their business and WALMARTS. As long as Walmart liks to have RV'ers spend the night, that is THEIR business. The few times we have stayed, those in customer service where we asked for permission were _very_ enthusiastic about having us use the space.
Why anyone other than Walmart thinks it's their business, puzzles me.
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unless you are staying at home depot! then it might be okay.
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