I have to wonder when did RV Resorts and Campgrounds become trailer parks. It seems more and more places are allowing people to live permanently in there resort and thus making it harder and harder for the full timer to find a location for staying.

I do understand that down in the snowbird country of Florida and Arizona allowing things such as park models but it seems in our travels more and more places even up north allow them. I have even seen campgrounds where the people have installed swing sets and carports next to their RV. Many also will have 3 or 4 people living in a small 5th wheel or trailer and thus have everything just laying outside due to lack of space.

Don’t get me wrong. As a business owner I understand that you want a full time income if at all possible but then you shouldn’t advertise that you are a RV Resort or Campground. Last time I checked Campgrounds stood for camping not living year round at.

I believe that RV Travelers and Snowbirds have different wants from a place than someone just living there. Such as activities to keep you busy and a pool during the winter or even an exercise room or club house to have pot lucks to meet new people. Travelers like to get out and meet new people and interact where People living there are not in that mind set.

If a Campground or RV Resort needs to allow people living their full time to stay in business they should at least either separate them from the full timers or at least not allow them to set up home with sheds and swing sets. Usually the dog noises and dirtiness of a campground is related to the rigs that are living there and not the traveler. The traveler usually is washing there rig and making things look nice due to pride and the rigs living in a campground don’t care and will be dirty and have mold on them.

As I have stated in a previous article. I classify RVer’s in 3 categories. Full timers (People that travel mostly) Snowbirds (People that go north in summer and south in winter but always to the same two places) and Trailer Trash (People that live in a campground and never go anywhere). I use the last one due to in most cases it’s how they keep their site looking in the campground.