Have you ever noticed how sometimes rules are devised only because one person was selfish or impolite? I remember that when I was teaching, one little student wore cowboy boots to school. The boots had pointed toes. (Can you see where this is going?)
Anyway, Little Mr. Cowboy Boots had a very short fuse. When he didn’t get his way, he discovered that his cowboy boots came in mighty handy, pardner. One swift kick in the shins and the other kindergarten students quickly gave in to Mr. Boots’ demands. This one incident was the impetus for making a new rule for the entire student body: “Pointed cowboy boots are not allowed.”
At the time, I wondered why the other children who loved their boots (and didn’t use them to hurt others) were punished just because of Mr. Boots.
Campground rule for using the bathroom/shower
I believe that in a similar way, our current RV park devised a rule we’d never before encountered. Here’s what the rule states: “Overnighters who use the campground shower house/bathroom will be charged $10 for one day or $20 for two. Campers who stay longer will be charged a flat $30 for up to a month.”
Have you ever encountered such a rule and fee? My guess is that, just like with Mr. Boots, at some point a selfish or impolite camper left a mess in the restroom or perhaps used the restroom excessively.
Observations
Because we’re parked in a site with a clear view of folks going to and from the campground shower house/bathroom, I observed one camper in particular who obviously paid the requisite $30 fee. I asked him why. Here’s his answer: “I don’t want to use the toilet in my new RV. The $30 fee is a bargain compared to the time and money I would spend emptying my black tank and buying black tank treatments.”
A new one
Well, I thought I’d heard everything there was to hear about RV toilets, but this was certainly a new one for me. I also figured I’d seen every extra campground fee that exists, but the $30 restroom fee was new information to digest.
Overnighters
I also talked to a couple who planned to stay just overnight. They were angry about the extra $10 fee charged for using the campground’s shower house/bathroom. “We winterized the camper because of the unseasonably cold weather at the higher elevations. Now, it’s going to cost us $10 each to shower and/or use the campground’s restrooms!”
The campground’s rationale behind the new bathroom/shower rule
I felt it only fair to talk to the campground manager about the shower house/bathroom fees. I wanted to hear her side of things.
The manager resolutely explained. “We only have three shower stalls in the women’s and men’s shower house/restroom. Some people took such long showers that we’d have a long line of disgruntled campers waiting outside to take their turn!
“And can you believe that some campers used the campground showers to wash their dogs? Other campers complained about the mess left after the doggie baths were done.
“Then, too, we had people from the nearby town along with homeless folks coming in and using our facilities. With a monthly water bill in excess of $1,000, we felt we had no choice. We had to put in the coded locks and demand a $10 water fee from overnighters and $30 for RVers who stayed longer.”
Just as I thought
Yep, it looks like RVers got kicked in the shin this time. A new campground rule had to be devised because a few campers (and outsiders) misused the facilities. It’s Mr. Cowboy Boots all over again.
Choose sides
If you had to choose sides, would you side with the campground or the disgruntled RVers who must pay a fee to use the campground shower house/bathroom? Tell us in the comments below.
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Unfortunately, I side with the campground. And I am a tent trailer camper without a bathroom in my unit. So I’ve always used the showers/bathroom facilities at campgrounds. I say unfortunately because this is what camping has evolved to, where there is so much disrespect for facilities. I very much believe people drive up to campground facilities and use them even though they may not even be camping at the campground. So I vote with the campground, go ahead and charge the fee. But perhaps $5 for a night, $10 for 2 nights and $15 for an extended stay. Issuing the bathroom code to only people who pay the fee is a good idea. And be sure and change the code to the door every few days.
Absolutely agree. Too many people have no respect for the facilities and think everything should be free. I would have no problem paying the fee to help the campground control its facilities. That said, I would like to see some of the money go to upgrade those facilities, as many of them are pretty basic, at least in my experience.
This is horsesh*t to a whole new level. When I rent my overnight spot it includes the washrooms anywhere I’ve been in Beautiful B.C.
I disagree, the fee should be baked into the site fee. My wife and I always use the camp shower and toilets only to extend the use of our Fresh Water Tank. I am physically disabled and the Tub/shower in our motor home is to hard to use for me and we now keep the cat litter box in it. We do use the toilet when it is after dark and during rainy weather. We refuse to stay in campgrounds where we are charged to use the shower.
Me or my wife never use campground bathrooms. Shouldn’t we get a $10 discount🤷.
How about instead of fees they could do as many western states do, use timers on showers or charge for showers via tokens purchased that give you x amount of minutes per token so water is not wasted. Saves water and helps pay the water bill.
I have no problem with using coded locks for bathhouse doors being only given to campers. But charging people an additional fee for bathhouse use. Per the article only 3 shower stalls and long lines? Or messed up by dog washing. Perhaps the facilities need to be updated to provide more shower stalls. An outdoor dog washing point could be added rather inexpensively, or patrons could be told that using the bathhouse to wash dogs will result in immediate eviction with no refund. Sorry, but I would not stay at any campground that charges this fee. If the water (or electric) bill is too high, raise the rates.
Personally, I feel there are far better solutions than charging everybody a fee. Not all campers are inconsiderate. She could have installed timers or something, but no … I don’t agree with the fee. I think let the buyer prevail may be appropriate here. If folks are willing to pay it to be at that campground, more power to her. If they are not willing to pay it, I’m sorry but she should go out of business. I mean her no harm or offense but I think she may have taken that a bit too far.
I disagree with the fee to use restrooms and showers. Campgrounds are a business and there are things that must be provided that are just part of doing business. Providing facilities for customers is part of the deal. I know there are those who abuse the facility but unfortunately it is a cost of doing business. Extra fees are out of control and at some point “we the customer” must push back. Site fee, lock in fee, electric, water, sewer and now toilet and shower fees. If this continues the allure of camping is going to be a thing of the past!
I’m probably the minority but I side with the campground. As a campground manager I’m often surprised by some new stunt or present left in the bathhouse. While we don’t charge a fee or lock our bathhouse we are really diligent about checking it and that takes man hours. I can see a day that we raise our rates to cover what this campground calls a fee.
I don’t think people treat their homes the way they treat campground facilities. It seems like when they arrive at a campground they let go of all sense of decency and respect for property. (Not all people. There are still plenty of good campers!).
I am traveling in the Vermont/New Hampshire area and was balking at having to pay a quarter or two to get a 4/5 minute shower. I think the quarter is fair and most people can finish a shower in 5 minutes. However, 10 dollars is way too excessive.
I would not pay the fee and avoid the campground, too many businesses try to overcharge and rip off the consumer. Unfortunately, many people have more money than common sense. Which hurts the rest of us.
I never use the campground facilities so it wouldn’t bother me. I just recently met another rv’er that never uses their on board toilet or shower. (2nd one in all of the years I have been in a motorhome). I don’t understand it. I have been full time for over 21 years so I am not a rookie.
I travel constantly. I don’t want to hook up water and sewer at every stop, and I don’t want to take brief showers so I don’t rip through my fresh tank too fast.
To each their own. I think cross-country travelers who waste the best hour of the day hooking up water and sewer are hard to understand.
If it takes you an hour to hookup water and sewer, I see your point! 😁
Why they just didn’t up the site cost a few bucks would have solved the issue and still have had a lock on the door for site paying customers. I don’t see where long lines waiting changes anything but continued long line. Plus the lock would prevent homeless entry. It appears poor management style.
There is a campground by a river that charges $ .25 to shower. It’s a meter on the water lines. It can take anywhere from $3.00 to $5.00 for a good shower. Reason is there is a canoe rental place next to it and the people coming off the river would take showers to wash the river water off.
Rules are only made because of the stupid things people do. Their campground so their rules. Obey the rules or move on.
Campground could put in a keycode to open the doors and put a timer or time limit on the showers. I believe host over reacted.
I will pay $10.00/day everyday for a Buc-ee’s clean and maintained bathhouse.
Buc-ee’s bathrooms are CLEAN due to the $20.00/hour they pay their dedicated bathroom maintenance staff.
Just throwing a lock on the current bathhouse door and charging $10.00 is NOT the solution given the condition and lack of maintenance at most bathhouses in most campgrounds.
Give your guests a bathhouse facility that they will tell everyone was superb and well worth paying $10.00 a day extra to use!
In theory that sounds good but for many campgrounds the cost of maintaining restrooms that way can’t be sustained the way it can for Bucky’s.
Yeah, and it would only cost mom & pop 40 or 50k. Assuming they could even get the loan…
I see both sides, but have no issues with the charges by campgrounds, but do not utilize the campground showers or toilets, so the charge it’s a moot point for us. I feel those that prefer FHU sites get a raw deal, they pay extra fees for water, sewer (etc.) to enable them to use their RV shower. The extra fees we are charged pays for the toilet paper, water, sewer, electricity, heating or cooling and everything else for a shower building we do not need or really want. Furthermore, we have seen dozen of parks that have issues with homeless, migrants, gang members et al., using the facilities without paying anything or stealing and damaging them.
More people support “Mr Boots” than I expected!
If there was a severe problem with lines at the showers, I guess the campground hasn’t invested in adequate facilities. Since there is no mention in the article about site rates, it could be they are not charging enough across the board to invest. If they are charging going rates, then the fee is absurd. But, their campground, so their rules & fees.
I fall into the camp of punishing “Mr Boots” rather than letting him “walk.” 😉 Punishing everyone creates a cycle that never stops because “Mr Boots” will never stop.
It’s a terrible analogy. You can’t punish Mr boots because he’ll be gone tomorrow. And you have no way of identifying Mr Boots II until he’s kicked someone. So how does this work?? How do you teach Mr Boots a lesson without punishing everyone else??
How is charging one of your own campers $10 to shower going to cut down on people taking ‘too long’ to shower. When I’m getting ripped off for a fee like that, I’m going to take my time and get my $10 worth.
There are people who are just too stingy-minded to be offering public hospitality. Instead of dealing with the real issues, they just charge everyone more money or take away an amenity.
Stingy minded?? Says the guy who won’t pay separately for the amenities he’s using…
Coded locks are ok for guests to keep out the bums, but fees are not.
If they tried to charge me, I would turn on my bathroom faucet the minite I setup and leave it run until I checked out.
I don’t understand your reason to waste water just to cost the park money. Either choose not to pay & use the facilities or head on down the road to another park.
Hi, Lori. I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe he was being facetious. But looking at some of his previous comments, I’m not so sure. I don’t see many people agreeing with his attitude, thank goodness. Have a good evening/night. 😀 -Diane at RVtravel.com
If your IQ is over 50 you won’t be able to figure out the “reasoning” of anyone whose IQ is less than that. It’s never going to make sense to you because it doesn’t actually make sense…
They do charge you genius. It’s part if the fee you pay to camp there. Obviously.
And of course, people like YOU are the reason any of this happens. Do the rest of us a favor and just stay home.
We use our own bathroom in our $50,000 Portapottie on wheels so I wouldn’t mind a discount to not use their facilities. I agree this campground is handling this situation incorrectly.
All I’m going to say is – Man O Man am I glad I don’t have the job of managing/CLEANING/enforcing bathroom protocol, facilities, human decency.
Couldn’t pay me enough.
Learn to take Navy showers and use a Lug-a-loo for a toilet…problem solved.
That’s not even a solution, what about the dogs, lol!
Who takes dogs into the shower?
Hi, special guy.👍 Apparently some campers take their dogs into the pubic shower to bathe them, and then leave a mess. Ugh. Have a good night. 😀 –Diane at RVtravel.com
In over 25 years of RVing, we’ve never used campground bathrooms or showers. This is why we bought our trailer – it’s our house on wheels. We see people trudging over to the shower with all their bathroom gear (especially those with high-end motorhomes) and wonder why. But, that’s just us.
I know Tommy, we see a guy walk over slowly in his bath robe carrying all his shower stuff.
I’m sort of on the fence here. Many RV campgrounds have coded bathroom locks. We began as tent campers 30+ years ago, so using pay showers has been a fact of life for many years.
Maybe a compromise? Give a basic shower token(s) on check-in, longer/more showers would be pay-as-you-go.
As I’ve developed mobility issues, I appreciate not being hurried through a shower. I make it easier on myself by wearing a shower dress and going back to the trailer to finish dressing.
We don’t use the shower in our 17′ TT, due to space – it would require contortions for both of us.
Seems excessive to me. I’m for the locks. I’m not for pet washing in the showers. Who does that!?
Just use locks that accepts tokens that can be purchased at a dispenser by bathrooms, four tokens for a dollar. Post signs that informs user that each token last two minutes, additional tokens for additional time. AND restrict showering for canines/pets, similar to washing of RV’s at CG.
And who is going to pay for this “timer”‘infrastructure??
Sounds like the time to find a different camp site. You pay enough just to park on the site.
You have no idea what they charge to “park on the site”. It might be a good deal even with the extra 10 bucks.
But apparently, there are a whole bunch of people who would pay more out of principle just because they don’t like the idea of being charged separately for the amenities they’re receiving.
I have NEVER encountered a campground shower/restroom facility with a “long line” – what is up with THIS campground and why the line? Mostly tenters? Mostly older rigs (long term)? Mostly workers (power/infrastructure etc) – too many needing to get showered at same time? There should be a solution OTHER than a ridiculous charge for access! Reminds me of the $.10 pay toilets in some stores in the 1960s. And how about spending $10 on a sign that says no pets or if you have THAT many issues with pets being washed – how about putting in a pet wash area! Many parks in OR / WA have coin operated showers. Most parks have access codes for their facilities unless they have a guarded entry.
I have never encountered a campground that had access codes on the restroom, and certainly nothing with a guard! You should stop assuming that your obviously limited experience is the norm.
After seeing the vandalism in the bath/shower rooms where we are Workamping for the season, I would charge $100 per person nonrefundable! It is totally incredible for of the lack of adult supervision that I see everyday of the juveniles using the campground facilities. I guess today’s parents want the folks working in the campground to “parent” their kids while they have their heads buried in their mobile devices. Wake up folks and take responsibility for the actions of your children! I suggested to the management here to lock up the restrooms at 9pm then reopen them at 8am. Go use your own facilities during the closed hours or use the woods.
I stayed at 1 campground that had a punch number lock on their bthrm/ shower because of the homeless population in the area. That I understand. Then, in Washington I believe, a campground shower took tokens only. Again, I was told because of the homeless. Not knowing how many or how long a shower took, I bought too many. When leaving, I left the extras on a picnic table of a family with kids. I don’t think charging everyone, esp overnighters an extra fee is right. I would be looking elsewhere.
I think one problem is that once people pay for the shower, they feel they “own” the time and space and don’t have to clean up or take shorter showers. After all “I paid for the shower, didn’t I?”
In most places you’re paying to use the shower when you rent a campsite. How is that different??
I can agree with the campground in trying to better manage the usage of their facilities. However, I think their charges are excessive. A better solution is to put pay stations in each shower stall which I have seen in several locations. You need to stock up on quarters but it will keep the riffraff out and will limit the longer shower users!
Those are 500 bucks each. Not including paying someone to install them which can require significantly reworking the plumbing. To do 6 shower stalls could easily be 8-10 grand. The door locks are about 50 bucks apiece…
“Society is controled by the lunatic fringe” – Unknown, but me now.
I’ve seen a prominent speaker, can’t recall her name, title her speech: “the Majority Are Irrelevant”. So true.
We often stay at state or county parks that have no hookups or dump stations, basically boondocking. We will use the park restrooms and showers to extend our stay. In the park at issue here, if there’s no extra charge for potable water and for sewer hookups or dump stations, I have less of a reason to use the $10 facilities.
That’s because, as you said, county or state parks where your tax dollars are paying for the infrastructure
Not necessarily. SD funds its parks through user fees and associated taxes. The people who hunt and use the parks pay for that infrastructure themselves.
Reading through some of the comments blows me away.
How dare a campsite have a ten dollar a day charge to use their kayak because I don’t want to affect the resale value of mine by getting it wet! What do you mean they charge ten dollars to haul away my waste at this dry camp? I paid for a campsite, they owe me free WiFi and laundry service at no extra charge!
What’s next? Throwing shade at Cracker Barrel because they won’t let you run an extension cord into your van?
You can spend $500 for fuel at a truck stop and guess what? The shower still isn’t free….
Having camped in Europe where we paid for showers, I don’t mind a shower fee but the shower better be nice and clean! If I choose to shower in my rig, I don’t want to pay for the amenity. I think it’s great that the campground invests in nice showers, purchases a code system, and could even have software to schedule your shower (possibly charging more for those who want a longer shower.) The fee should offset the cost, and those not using it don’t pay. When someone says “I never” – it’s ridiculous as you can’t be at every campground every day 24/7 to know what the campground experiences. That’s like driving through a big city at 2 am wondering why the highways are so big. Come back at 7:30am
I recently stayed at a New Mexico State Park near White Sands. My campsite was right across from the bathhouse. Down the road was a popular boondocking spot. Every evening at 5:00PM after the rangers left, car loads of the boondockers, at least 40-50 people, would pull up to the bath house for free showers. Every night they left a huge mess that the camp hosts had to clean up. The boondockers also took water and dumped their trash for free. Those of us camping there of course paid for those amenities. The camp hosts said they were going to start closing the bathhouses at 5:00PM. It’s unfortunate that a few people ruin things for others.
simple fix, put coded door lock on bathroom doors, paying folks have the code for their use.
Agree but I suspect the freeloaders would simply break in. A call to police, arrests and signed complaints might help.
How is that simple?? You have to purchase and install the locks and then be constantly changing the code.
And of course, the boondockers have a simple fix also, they just rent one site to get the code and split the cost.
we stayed at another NM SP a few years ago, Bluewater, and they did lock the restrooms with showers at 5 or 6 every night. That left the vault toilet to use, fine, but not near our campsite (in our bare bones popup we had at the time). Had we known, we probably would have chosen a different site, but there was no warning, except for a note on the restroom door.
Yes, we have been in several campgrounds, where nearby boondockers used all sorts of amenities that they didn’t pay a camping fee for.
I think just raising the nightly rate is much more effective.
Then folks like us who don’t use the CG shower house are penalized. Those who make the mess should shoulder the cost.
This sort of thing is one reason my wife and I want to upgrade to an RV that has its own bathroom next year. No matter how clean the camp hosts try to keep the facilities, there’s always some gross and discourteous individual that has to spoil things for everyone else.
I side with the campground. They have to do what it takes to stay in business. I bought an RV so I could use a clean, germ free bathroom, mine! I’ve never used a campground bathroom/shower. Where I’m currently camping there are cabins to rent. They have to use the campground bathrooms. Maybe they shouldn’t be charged an extra fee, or add the fee into the nightly rate. $500 fine if you wash your dog.
As a Plumber you don’t want to know how many rest rooms I have had to “un clog” or work in in the most disgusting and dirty conditions. By the way all Plumbers agree women’s restrooms are far worse than men’s.
We have a Class A motor home and I do use the campground shower because in the MH when turning the water off between washing and rinsing it always comes back on cold. Many MN State Parks have timed Navy showers which shutoff at a few seconds – however, when they come on it is still hot. We do not use the public toilets however, having our own facilities is one of the biggest pluses of an Rv! (Looking at the point of use water heaters – but my future travel days are limited.) (My wife can no longer travel at all).
With rare exceptions, we never used the CG’s shower house. Most were not up to our standards and those tiny shower stalls made drying off, keeping street clothes dry and getting undressed/dressed difficult.
Be like a lot of other things, let me look at them first. very rarely do we use CG bathrooms. Gone past and need to take a leak, yep, I’ll duck in. Personally, that is why we bought what we did. Nothing like taking a dump in your own premises.
So now that they paid, they will feel entitled to a long, hot shower. How does having to pay stop people from bathing their dog? Couldn’t you just give the key code to a customer when they check in. Sounds like a lot of lame excuses, to try to justify charging to use the restrooms. When I pay for a site, I assume it includes the use of the bathrooms! I would refuse to stay at this place!
I don’t know where the campgrounds are that people are washing their dogs in the restrooms, I have never been witness to that. If it’s really happening… that’s disgusting.
As a work camper and clean bathrooms, it happens on a weekly basis on average. It makes the shower smell and leaves alot of hair. And of course the poop that happens while they are bathing the dog. Oh, and did I mention we have a dog wash at the park.
Like I said above… disgusting. Where is the park; east, west, central usa because it’s a place I want to avoid.
Had a similar experience at a camp ground , just outside of Zion. The difference was that the shower was coin operated. We received 2 coins, per person times our stay length. If we needed more, they were available for purchase. As memory serves, each coin gave to 4-6 minutes per shower session. Did not think that was too unreasonable.
In the early 80’s when we lived in New England some CG’s had timers on showers. Not too big a deal, and was effective.
I’ve used that type of shower…it’s effective!
A rotating pass code for the door would have been a better idea and probably not gotten their paying customers hacked off. Additionally, an explanation may soothe the burn.
I can see more issues with all the invaders coming in, especially as we get ready to full time RV with retirement coming soon. Have already seen Bureau of Land Management wanting to put the squash on us using our own lands. UGH!!!
I generally use my own facilities. I know who has been there before me. If I am out and possibly in a bind, I may use someplace else. Not very frequently. I normally am at a site more than a week at a time, sometimes months due to employment. I have no problem flushing tanks, nor do I ever winterize my systems. I am generally using them in the cold weather so no need.
I guess I would say I would not pay to use the facilities if required to pay.
Thank you, Gail! 🙂 On the surface $10/day for bathhouse priviledges seems a bit high. Perhaps they tried lower daily fees and discovered that the water costs, although lower, were still losing them money. In any case, the price serves to eliminate the use by some while covering the costs of the use by those paying. We use our own “facilities” rather than those of the campgrounds at which we stay. We grew up taking “navy” showers and on wells, so our water use has always been minimal. Thanks again, have a great week, and safe travels! 🙂
We love the KOA we go to, and their bathroom/showers are spotless, and air conditioned! I would pay $10 to use that anytime. @ weeks ago our spot was right across from one of them, (they have 2), and i used it a lot.
The campground owner can refund the money to her guests when they leave. the homeless are a situation we have not found a solution to yet.
Currently in Europe and spent a day with close friends at their caravan. The park has very reasonable fees for long-term stays. But all utilities are metered at the site, including water. The ‘public’ facilities are by key-access only.
The noisy minority win… it is the way of the World.👎✨
One boot doesn’t fit all. Some of the smaller parks have smaller facilities. So in order to accommodate the tent campers or popup campers they have to try to limit the demand on their facilities to accommodate everyone. There is usually no charge for those campers, and shouldn’t be. You also have people that want to use up all the hot water soaking for an half hour or so. This is why I use my own facilities and have respect for others. Unfortunately we live amongst humans that have no respect for others. “IT’S A ME WORLD”!
On the other boot, I think this has gotten out of hand with some of the larger parks. This seems to be just another way of price gouging, with over booked reservations
I think a timed coin shower would be a bit more hospitable.
I own an RV so I don’t have to use a bathhouse or public bathroom. If I’m paying for hookups it would be ridiculous to also pay to use the bathhouse. If I did not have a decent shower in my rv or I was tent or car camping i could see paying to use a shower. $10 is the going rate at most truck stops.
We’ve stayed at a large, private campground in the Catskills. They’ve always charged for showers. 25 cents for 7 minutes? The water automatically shuts off, like a car wash. Never was a problem for us. A $10 fee would make me go elsewhere.
That’s pretty steep price for a shower given the recent (since 2020) drastic $ increase to stay in an RV Park these days. So many are up close to $100 or more per night that just a few short years ago were around $50 to $60 a night. Most RV’ers are very responsible and respectful.
“Most” means a few abusers ruin it for all.
The coded door locks were necessary; the fee was not. I would not stay at a campground that added that fee. When I’m traveling in the winter and my motor home is winterized I can and do use my toilet but using the shower is out of the question.
NO! There has to be a better way to stop the dog washers and outsiders. Isn’t the shower/restroom facility part of what the campground is being paid for? What else are we going to be charged for next week?
It should?? Based on what??
So then any amenity, such as plug-ins for your camper in addition to monitor and charges for amount of electricity used, street lighting fee if you want to park in a secured area, fees to come and go from the campground, Water station fee to fill your containers, extra vehicle fee for your toad, fee to have a cloths line to dry your swimwear, fee for campers from out of state, are all to make you feel welcome and insure return business. I have an nice RV but a motel is getting to look better all the time.
Many campgrounds just have codes. Would help with outsiders and homeless.
We just spent the night at an rv park that charges $2 for nine minutes of shower time plus $.25 each additional minute. Water is a finite resource. I’m glad to share in its conservation, especially when the rate seems reasonable.
We have never incurred extra fees to use the showers, which sometimes we do use. However, if a campground is having that much trouble keeping their facility clean and generally available then I would understand and pay the fee (even though I wouldn’t want to). To me it’s similar to the 10-year-old RV rule. In both cases, if you don’t know the reason for the rule it seems ridiculous, and a few have caused an unfortunate impact on the many. Yes, the pointed boot.
Don’t think campers should have to pay but I see their point about the others and as far as the dogs, all the places I’ve been, they’re not supposed to be in the bathroom buildings. They should be taking them to a pet store or car wash that has the self serve dog wash. But also understand that putting in coin showers and/or code lock on the door that only campers get at check in can be a pain to have to do etc.
But also how does the $10 on the campers going to stop the homeless or dog washers.
So I’m with a lot of the other comments about coin operated showers
But ’m kind of in the middle because I wouldn’t want to have to pay that extra $10 a day but I also see their side.
One of the reasons I bought my first RV was to sleep in my own bed and shower/potty in my own bathroom.
I pay $28 per month to use Planet Fitness showers. Truck stop showers are $18 each use. They are super clean and I appreciate that. If a campground charges to use the bath house, it needs to be squeaky clean. I usually stay at state parks. Cleanliness is hit or miss.
The difference is that we’re already paying to stay the night at an RV park.
The fee seems very high. I will call this gouging the customer. I wonder if they will have problems with people peeing in the bushes?
I was shocked recently to find that I had to pay to use coin showers at a private rv park— that would be something I expect to find at a state park. Charging for laundry or other extra makes sense. Charging for use of toilet doesn’t.
The facilities obviously are insufficient to meet the demands of the paying visitors. So just build additional bathhouses, maybe add a dog wash station, and put security in place to prevent use by non-paying visitors. The campground owner could raise the rates by a few dollars per night to recover the costs over time. I don’t think many people would balk at paying a little extra for an improved campground.
For under $100, you can get a popup shower tent and run your outdoor shower head into it or use a solar shower bag. Environmentally safe bath products are available, so no worries there, and no more nasty public bathhouses. Plus, your gray tank won’t need dumping so often.