Future Rally Site??

[Loc]

I came across a new rv park that is opening this year that looks like it would be perfect for a POG Rally. It is called Cajun Palms and it is located in Lafeyette, Louisiana just off of I-10. The website says the park will have 300 full hookup sites, three pools, two fishing ponds, 20 cabins, wi-fi, a clubhouse rally hall that can accomodate 300 people has an exercise room and a movie theater, and a partridge and a pear tree. The website is www.cajunpalms.com.

[merle&louise]

Loc,

You have found a diamond in the ruff. This place looks like a great place for a rally. I live about 100 miles away and this is the first that I have heard of it. An April rally would coincide with crawfish season; and the area has great restaurants, golf, cajun swamp tours, and casinos.

Count me in on this one!:D

[Gary & Peggy Stevens]

This does look like a great site, but I don't think they will be open and ready for an early 2008 rally, but maybe?

Gary S.

[dalej]

I thought we are headed to TN in april!

[CAPT MOGUL & Sandy]

Loc, We just recently tried to make reservations Panama City Beach RV Resort and they would not give us a reservation without a pic of our '97 Royale. Their policy is "only RVs under 10 years old except with special consideration for older ones". We have to make sure this place doesn't have that policy. I wouldn't give anyone my $$ with that rule or even bother with them. Come on! I was upset when I talked to them and told them all about our bus. Still in the end. Send a pic and we will consider it. NO Way!
Sandy

[merle&louise]

Loc, We just recently tried to make reservations Panama City Beach RV Resort and they would not give us a reservation without a pic of our '97 Royale. Their policy is "only RVs under 10 years old except with special consideration for older ones". We have to make sure this place doesn't have that policy. I wouldn't give anyone my $$ with that rule or even bother with them. Come on! I was upset when I talked to them and told them all about our bus. Still in the end. Send a pic and we will consider it. NO Way!
Sandy

I'm with you Sandy; that is crapola!:mad:

There is another nice RV resort in Panama City; Emerald Beach RV resort. I don't think that they have that stupid policy. We stayed there a few years ago in a 1993 Newell and they didn't say anything about the 10 year rule.
Whenever I am making a reservation and am told about that 10 year rule, I just tell them to cancel my reservation, I'll stay somewhere else.

[merle&louise]

I thought we are headed to TN in april!

Dale,

I didn't mean this April; just one April in the future. I am up for the Tenn. rally in Sevierville.:D

[dalej]

Ed, we had talked about this some time ago....you and everyone that has a prevost has a 9 year old bus or newer, wink, wink! when making reservations that is.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

I'm right in the middle on this issue and can see both sides.

A campground owner is a private business and he has a right to serve anyone he wants to as long as the rules are not prejudicial. We have been in a lot of campgrounds that impose restrictions on the type of rigs such as motorhomes only, no trailers less than 26 feet, etc. I believe from discussing this with owners they are attempting to cater to a clientelle that is willing to pay more for a site than average, and it is the campground owner's opinion that to maintain a degree of snob appeal the coaches have to be fairly new.

I have no data nor do I know where to get data that shows a RV park owner is better off limiting the age of customer's coaches.

I do know this pisses off a lot of RV owners. They get seriously mad. I drive a bus that is over 10 years old depending on how you measure age. If I know up front I am not welcome I am more accepting of that fact than if I have a reservation and get turned away when I am checking in. I don't care if an RV park owner is so rich he can turn away potential customers. I'll just continue down the road. I believe I can find a site somewhere.

The Prevost Proud used to exclude anyone that did not have a Prevost. That is discrimination also.

[phorner]

I agree with you, Jon. As an independent businessman, a park owner should have the right to operate his business in a manner that he feels is best. If that operation proves to be counter-productive, then perhaps a change would be in order. I can see good arguments on both sides of this coin.

A lot of times, it would be less objectionable if a restrictive policy is known beforehand and the caller is perhaps given the name and number of a very nice campground nearby that would accept them.

Sometimes it's not so much what you say but how you say it that matters.

If the message comes across as demeaning and offensive it creates bad feelings.

It is possible to still be helpful and courteous even when you can't fulfill the request.

As president of our HOA, I've had similar issues to deal with and, if you at least treat people with fairness and respect, it goes a long way when you have to tell someone "I'm sorry, but we can't do that"....

[Jerry Winchester]

I've been on the receiving end of this, but have never been denied a space. Most generally when I tell them it is a Prevost they say it is okay, but I have also had to tell them you can't really tell a '92 from a '99, so that would work for a few more years.

I can certainly side with park owners on this one as I have stayed at parks that got hung with some group showing up in a beater POS RV with a bunch of folks crammed in it looking to park cheap and hang out at the pool all weekend. It turns into a loud, obnoxious, free-for-all party that drives everyone crazy. I tend to stay away from parks like this, not because I feel like being a snob, but because if I were into this, I could go to about any public lake in Oklahoma or Texas that has camping spots and live thru the same hell.

And then some towns have laws that cause the RV park owners to deny older coaches. I have also run into this, but have always found a way around it. It's kinda like the security at the airport; I don't like the hassle, but the alternative is scary.

[MangoMike]

10 to 1 Sandy was talking to an hourly employee.

The campground owner usually sees the bigger picture, especially when you mention Prevost.

Trukman has a set of magnetic year numbers on the side of his plasticcraft so he's always accepted.

mm

[MangoMike]

I can certainly side with park owners on this one as I have stayed at parks that got hung with some group showing up in a beater POS RV with a bunch of folks crammed in it looking to park cheap and hang out at the pool all weekend. It turns into a loud, obnoxious, free-for-all party that drives everyone crazy.

Sounds like a description of the annual 4th of July hanger party at JDUB's.

[truk4u]

So, the Plastic Trukster POS is accepted with open arms at the campground and a 17 year old Prevost is not!:eek: I would bet money most campgrounds couldn't tell Dales pristine late 80's bus from a 2000.

Besides, the place in PC was probably visited by Jdub and Mango in their previous 10+ year old buses and have not fully recovered.:p Once they saw the feeding frenzy and the chicken jerking, they had to make a new rule.

Sandy, tell them yours is a 2000 and then tell them to stick it!;)

[garyde]

Everyone tends to look at RV Parks with the same Prism. However, they can be quite different and have very different capitol investments and buisness plans. You can not compare a Luxury RV resort to a small Mom and Pop RV Park on the side of the freeway. They all have different requirements, some not so obvious. There is some which do not accept children, others who do not accept Pets. Fortunately there are plenty to choose from.

[Ray Davis]

I came across a new rv park that is opening this year that looks like it would be perfect for a POG Rally

Is it going to open this year? Their website says opening spring 2006, which to me looks like they are 18 months behind schedule. Virtual tour shows they got a lot of work ahead of them?


Ray

[CAPT MOGUL & Sandy]

Mike, I did talk to the employee and the statement was, she had asked the manager 2 times and still a picture needed to be sent. Final analysis: We stayed right next door at the Venture Out Resort (recommended by the employee of PCB Resort in a quite voice). And by the way, I always am courteous to people when talking to them and not snobby. That is what makes this world go around! Only one oops--letting my mouth open and making a bad comment while men are trying to explain how to install a windshield. I'll never forget that. Sandy :o

[Loc]

We have run into the 10 year rule several times. It has never been a big deal. I ask the campground manager if they are willing to inspect the bus when I arrive with the understanding that I am happy to leave if they decide it doesn't meet their standards. They always have agreed and we have never been turned away. I don't have a problem with this policy. It is the owner's right to put whatever restrictions on their investment that they deem appropriate. I truely believe it is a convenient way for the owner to turn away undesirable rigs. Kind of like a "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone", but in a more politically correct manner.

[MangoMike]

Loc,

How do you avoid the WonderDog is overlimit rule? (Height vs weight formula)

mm

[Jerry Winchester]

Ouch, that hurts. Score one for MM in the giant Beagle smackdown.