discriminated against pop up users

[slammer]

We live in Florida and we just purchased a brand new pop up camper.  What we are experiencing is that a lot of RV campgrounds do not let pop ups use their facilities.  We would like to know why?  The only answers that we get is "its our policy".  We have air conditioning, refrigerator, stove, sink, and restroom, just like
any other RV.  
                                        slammer

[mowalker]

Welcome to Florida!

 
It seems a lot of the private campgrounds or RV parks cater to the larger rigs.  I have no idea why:( .  The private parks do have the right to refuse service to anyone.  Pop-up as well as van and truck campers, even hybrids are not allowed as well.:mad:
 
However, State Parks are no allowed to do this as we found out a while back here on PUT.  There was a particular State Park that would not allow pop-ups, a group of us brought it to the States attention and we won!
 
On another note I know of a city owned park here that states some rigs are too big.:eyecrazy:
 
Where in Florida are you?

[Papaso]

Our Florida State Parks are amongst the countries finest, and if your a camper you'll enjoy them much more than any RV park. Check out the SP site on the signature line. Happy Florida Camping  

[tlhdoc]

I don't understand why some parks look down on PUs, but I know I would not want to camp at a campground that didn't want my money.  I hope you can find some private campgrounds that you will like.  You might want to give the state park campgrounds a try.  We usually camp in public campgrounds and enjoy them very much.

[Rustyone]

Slammer if I were you I wouldn't want to camp with a bunch of snobs anyway.  Tell em they can keep their %#$@@*& to themselves then you go camping with a better class of people anyway.  Grrrrrr.

Russ

[lushy]

Slammer,

I know how you feel!  :swear:  We have ran into that problem some also. We camp with friends who have PU's, 5th wheeler's, hybrids and TT's and one time we went camping with the group and the campground said the PU's could not go in the travel trailer section?? (Whatever that means??!!) I said we are all camping as a group and we wanted to be together but she wouldn't budge! I told her that was the most ignorant rule I have ever heard! I even got a little "smart" and told her that we DO have a TT......it just folds down!  We ended up using the last 2 sites in the "PU section" and the first 2 sites in the "TT section" --WHICH WERE ALL IN A ROW NEXT TO EACH OTHER!!!   :screwy:   It didn't make any sense?? The sites were the same size, had the same hookups, nothing was different?? Needless to say we would be back there anytime soon.

[TheViking]

As a former pop-up owner I have ran into the same thing myself.  However, having a travel trailer doesn't make you immune to it.  There are alot of CG's that have length restrictions of 22'.  There are a few of these CG's in my area that would be awesome to go to for a quickie weekend getaway but they won't allow me because my TT too long.  So, it happens to everyone at one piont or another.

[maromeo]

I am the planner of the group so when we are taking long vacations I check the Trailer Life Directory and if the park states no tents, I just bypass it. It saves on the frustration. We like National, State and local parks, we don't seem to have much of a problem with them.

Hope this helps.
Mary Romeo

[slammer]

Welcome to Florida!

 
It seems a lot of the private campgrounds or RV parks cater to the larger rigs.  I have no idea why:( .  The private parks do have the right to refuse service to anyone.  Pop-up as well as van and truck campers, even hybrids are not allowed as well.:mad:
 
However, State Parks are no allowed to do this as we found out a while back here on PUT.  There was a particular State Park that would not allow pop-ups, a group of us brought it to the States attention and we won!
 
On another note I know of a city owned park here that states some rigs are too big.:eyecrazy:
 
Where in Florida are you?

thanks again for the comeback we live in port richey fl.
                thanks

[tlhdoc]

There are alot of CG's that have length restrictions of 22'.

Could it be that the sites/roads can not handle bigger trailers?

[kine]

I have ran into that problem down here as well. It used to be called Outdoor resorts, but now who knows what the are called. They told me that p/u's were not allowed, why, who knows. I went across the bridge to South Padre Island and found out that all of the cg's there all took p/u's. I never went back to ODR and I just told all my friends not to go as well.

[TheViking]

Could it be that the sites/roads can not handle bigger trailers?

I'm sure some are that way.  But there are some I've been to back when I had my pop-up that said they wanted to keep the campground free of big RV's so it would be more like a traditional CG instead of an "RV Park"

[mikewilley]

We live in Florida and we just purchased a brand new pop up camper.  What we are experiencing is that a lot of RV campgrounds do not let pop ups use their facilities.  We would like to know why?  The only answers that we get is "its our policy".  We have air conditioning, refrigerator, stove, sink, and restroom, just like
any other RV.  
                                        slammer

We have run into the same problem at a few private campgrounds, in fact, we found that it is virtually impossible to find a place to camp near Phoenix if you are under 55.  It is my belief that the pop up restrictions may be in place because pop up campers are very often young families with kids and places that cater to the retirement camper probably want to restrict the crowd without being blatantly discriminatory.