Sea Dog
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In the park where we lease a space year around so that we will have it for our three month stay, there have been several park models placed on site recently.
I am sure the owners would be suprised to learn that after spending eighty or ninety thousand dollars, they are trashing up the place.
There is one for sale now at seventy five grand that is around five years old.
I guess it also is "trashy"!
The OP must be further up the social scale than I if he considers such units part of a "ghetto"
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lv2rom
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Your frustration is directly the result of your inability to plan ahead and make the necessary reservations. That is not the fault of the park, park models, mobile homes, part time/full time RVers, real camping or not camping. You seem to suggest others should adjust their life styles or manner of living due to your inablility to find a site..Good luck with that!!!!   Brian
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utmtman
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I can see I did irritate some of you. Normal for this forum. And I again say I am sorry but I also did try to call and reserve but I did not do that until oct when our house sold. I called ever site I could find via internet and travel books and brochures for the state of arizona. And was told all were full. So we tried florida and got the same response. So than we tried louisiana and got a place. Only one we could find and it was way back in the mud and rock of a rv park. I lived with it. Texas would have been the next stop.
This year I have called a couple of places in arizona and I have been told to call back in august to sept. So come august I will start calling again and see where it goes.
If and when I decide to give up rving I will sell my rv and buy a brick and stick. I feel an rv park is for rvers. That does not include rv resorts and mobile home parks that sell their rv sites as one put here that buying one and living there was considered rving. I consider it the same as buying property anywhere and living in your rv on that property. Once it is permanently parked its the same as a mobile home in my book. And yes that will irritate more of you but its my opinion. And Im sticking to it.
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PRT
Liverpool, NY/Ruskin, FL
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I have one additional comment to the original post: the best sites may well be taken by permanent "homes" but they also generally pay more rent than others. I know we do, since we are waterfront, and there are absolutely no RV sites directly on the river. You can see the river from some of the sites, but they also cost less.
To each his own. Good luck in finding a place you like.
Pat
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big ben
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I do not own a park model and probably never will. But lets be realistic about the stuation, particually now with the cost of fuel what it is. Snow birds tend to go back to the same park year after year. Why not buy a park model and save all the cost of fuel back and forth.
The parrk we stay at most years in Florida had a bunch trade MH and 5th wheeler in on park models the last 2 years. Is it camping,? NO, but than many don't think a 40" MH is camping and I'm one of them.
My guess is you better get used to it, because it is here to stay as long as fuel costs keep going up.
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Harvard
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You should try Arizona, there is always a place to park, and lots of park models, and you even the choice to park with no fees.
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BillB800si
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Guess we'll never be a "snowbird". We like to "roost" at different places.
Last winter it was S.E. Texas. Talked with tons of people who have stayed at a particular campground for over 10 years. Nothing could bore me to death more than to keep going back to the same place.
Between Canada and the U.S. there's a zillion places to see and things to do.
Happy trails,
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ryoung
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Since it is so frustrating for you to find a spot, have you considered buying an RV lot?
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kakampers
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With rising fuel prices we saw this situation coming...bought an RV lot with coach house in Mission, TX. They don't allow park models and all RV's must stay mobile and in good repair, i.e, no skirting, tiedowns, etc. Won't have to deal with the "mobile home park" look. And, yes, all types of RVs are allowed, not just class A's. Don't plan to park it permanently...just guarantees we have a spot to sit for awhile if we choose to.
We have it as a place to roost whenever we want. Luckily the weather in the RGV is not as humid as other parts of the country in the summer, making it a good location all year...however, we will use it mostly in the winter and travel north in the summer, if the cost of fuel allows.
Didn't get upset about the situation...decided to do something about it instead.
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Matt & Carol
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kakampers, and the reason it was developed that way? The developer listened to what RVers told him they wanted and he gave it to them, what a concept!
It may not be for everyone but we liked what we saw and it's not everyday that a developer delivers on their promise.
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