I'm new to RVing and was wondering why one should attend a rally. What should one consider in attending a rally. Also, the costs seem to be more expensive than regular camping. Why????
Oh, Why would I ever want to go to a Rally. Because I have met some of the finest people in this USA. I have eaten some of the best pot luck food ever.
People from all over this great contry and what they are made of. You have got to go at least once,if you find what I found you will be back.
I really wish I knew all the words how I feel about my fellow RV'ers most of them (99%) are the cream of this great nation.
Hobo
We have attended 8 rallies since May of 2007. Depending on what is offered the price varies. RV.Net Rallies generally only cost the campsite at a discount.
Rallies run by FMCA, Escapees, Good Sam and manufactures cost more. But usually include some meals, entrainment, and other activities.
Best part is meeting people and visiting new places.
Oh yes rallies are fun. Meet good people, good food, great sites.
If you figure the cost to what you get, it is cheap.
We belong to Bounder of America, and there chapter Mid America Bounders. Great folks.
We also belong to FMCA, Hoosier cruisers. Just attended there rally in Dayton, Ohio, Again great people, the Dayton rally cost 94.00 for 4 days, 3 meals included. So the cost is not bad.
So far we have attended 2 rallies this year, have 3 more we have signed up for.
We are going to a Cardinal rally the last of Aug, in New Mexico .We have met some wonderful people and now consider them not only our best friends but our special best friends. Go to one and see. And to think, to get there, we only have to cross one state.
Virg
Rallies don't impress me. A few hundred RV's parked in fair grounds or some other location, most of the time without hook ups. During the summer very little air moving and usually hot and muggy. Food served out of bucket that was cooked in who knows what or where with health codes given little or no consideration. I mean think about it cooking over thousand meals in one location at a make shift campground with little or no water. Then we get into the day time entertainment. Raffles, demonstrations, arts and crafts, a pep rallies about the group that is sponsoring it. Yep first on line for that one.
Then we move into the night entertainment. I'm half deaf so those bands and all that noise come thru as on big over powered woffer going boom, boom, Can't understand a word of it and tired of asking my hearing aid what did they say. Yep top on my list of what not do. So back to the hot stick RV. Run the genset for a bit to cool the rv off and dry it out some before the night and quiet hours kick in. Then the next day you get to enjoy the same thing all over again.
Yuppers I can take them or I can leave but I'd prefer to leave them. My wife loves them. So to keep peace we go to one or two a year. But that's what makes the world go around. Different strokes for different folks. Bill
Polishnurse wrote: Rallies don't impress me. A few hundred RV's parked in fair grounds or some other location, most of the time without hook ups. During the summer very little air moving and usually hot and muggy. Food served out of bucket that was cooked in who knows what or where with health codes given little or no consideration. I mean think about it cooking over thousand meals in one location at a make shift campground with little or no water. Then we get into the day time entertainment. Raffles, demonstrations, arts and crafts, a pep rallies about the group that is sponsoring it. Yep first on line for that one.
Then we move into the night entertainment. I'm half deaf so those bands and all that noise come thru as on big over powered woffer going boom, boom, Can't understand a word of it and tired of asking my hearing aid what did they say. Yep top on my list of what not do. So back to the hot stick RV. Run the genset for a bit to cool the rv off and dry it out some before the night and quiet hours kick in. Then the next day you get to enjoy the same thing all over again.
Yuppers I can take them or I can leave but I'd prefer to leave them. My wife loves them. So to keep peace we go to one or two a year. But that's what makes the world go around. Different strokes for different folks. Bill
Try a RV.NET rally. Most are around 20 to 30 RV's. Good mix of people.
SunnyBrook has a yearly rally and I see two reasons to go:
1. the factory has technicians there that will fix coach problems on the spot at no charge (if humanly possible), and,
2. You may gain some knowledge of the RVing world from the vendors and/or seminars that take place.
BTW, my wife doesn't like rally so we have just returned from our second one since we bought the rig in 2003; but that's us. It's like a lot of things that should be tried at least once to see if it's worthwhile repeating.
Dick_B
2003 SunnyBrook 27FKS
2003 3/4 T Chevrolet Suburban
Equal-i-zer Hitch
One wife, two bikes (both Electric Schwinn's with motor assist)
I would avoid the big rallies, like Bill said, thousands of people crammed into small spaces with no hook-ups. But having said that, we belong to the Cedar Creek RV Club and Cedar Creek RV Owners Club and have been to several of their rallies. Lots of fun, good food and meeting new people. We just returned from two rallies in June. One in Shipshewana, IN and one in Niagara Falls, Canada. Had a great time!
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