When you stay at a nice RV park (perhaps one of the ones we have listed as today’s “Website of the Day“?) do you typically tend to use their showers or do you use the shower in your RV? A combo of both, maybe? Or maybe neither! Maybe you’re like the person in the photo above who enjoys showering in waterfalls! On a warm, sunny day that wouldn’t be so bad!
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If we have full hookups, we use the shower in our camper. Otherwise, we will use the park’s facilities.
Navy showers in RV, long hot showers in park.
Use the park’s shower if it’s clean and we don’t have water hook up.
Depends on the weather and our plans for the day. Bad weather=shower in RV, busy schedule=shower in campground so we can shower at same time.
I almost always shower in the rig. But I’m used to “Navy showers”. My wife really loves to be able to stand under hot, running water without worrying about how much of it she’s using, so she will sometimes use the park’s showers – IF they’re decently cleaned. We are often astonished at how skanky many RV park shower facilities are… 🙁
Depends, if my wife and daughter uses the RV shower, I usually go to the park’s shower. Because the water heater takes time to re-heat and I would rather shower than wait.
My husband always uses the park facilities, and I use the camper’s. If we are trying to conserve water (dry camping/State park), I might use the park facilities as well.
If we have full hookups we use the shower in our RV. If we don’t I use the park facilities and my lovely bride uses the one in the RV.
It’s easier to wash my hair when I have plenty of hot water, so if the park is really nice and clean, that’s where I go. Simple showers are always done in the RV.
You didn’t have an option to indicate RV has no shower
‘Navy’ showers in the RV but an occasional long one at the park if there’s no charge.
Depending on the Park. Some we would never use, but we had a stay at a park in Rigby, Idaho last summer. The restrooms were deep cleaned every day and monitored for cleanliness. Also, we were given the code for the handicap restroom and we’re the only ones using it.
That’s what I do too being handicap, sometimes my wife will help me as I’m in a wheelchair!
It depends on the distance from the park shower, and the weather.
Depends on if I have FHU and length of stay and cleanliness of park shower.
It depends. Our shower is very small and if we are staying for more than a day or two we take the opportunity to enjoy a long luxurious shower using the campground facilities one or twice
If the showers are nice and clean, I like to use them, because of the ease to get into and the space to dry off.
I’ll use the parks shower and my wife would use the RV. Less water usage and save time.
Before covid, we used the park showers when we had them. Since 2020, we use our trailer.
95% of the time we use the RV shower. On occasion when there are three ladies along for the ride my grandson and I trek off to the bath house.
If I am camped with no sewer connection I will use the campground shower and my wife uses the RV. This helps to keep from filling up the gray tank.
I always use the park showers to take one nice long hot shower. I find out what time they’re cleaned, and I try to be the first one in after that.
It depends on how crowded the park is, if not many we will use the camp ground shower if it’s really crowded we use the camper shower.
On a trip to Alaska in 97 we showered using the facilities shower, when available. We had a pickup camper and I didn’t want to start the WH for a short shower. We found very nice showers.
I like nice hot showers so I use the park showers if they are clean, Wife will only use the RV shower.
I will use the park showers depending on the condition, size of the shower, and water pressure. If they aren’t bigger than my shower, nicer or more water pressure why bother.
When it’s BH’s hair day, we use there’s. When not we mostly use there’s, but sometime we use ours. It depends on how many people in park and how many dogs we see. Lots of dogs we use ours, as we wipe it down after every use, I could eat off that shower. But it’s small, hence why we use there’s. We do not have pets, so our rig is way cleaner than others because no pet hair, dirt tracked in etc. I/we are self complete enough we do not need to take care of anything else other than us.
We use the shower in our motorhome generally unless the campground has a clean handicap showers that are private and lockable!
We almost always use the campground shower. Very, very, few times have we found one that is not clean. But, we normally shower in the evening and the bath houses are much cleaner and less crowded then.
We didn’t become full time RVers traveling in a luxury fifth wheel to find the best showers across the land!
Exactly!
And you are glad you did.
We first inspect the facilities, then decide if we want to use them. We have a truck camper and the bath is tiny and some sites don’t have sewer connections. Of course, weather is also a factor,
I use the park showers about 98% of the time. The shower and bathroom in the rig is too small. I carry “S” hooks in my shower bag to use as hangers in the stalls if there is a lack of hooks for clothes and towel. I always wear sandals because sometimes the floor may be grungy. It annoys me when you have to pay for the shower on top of the camping fee the parks charge now. My wife rarely uses the park showers preferring to shower in the rig.
When we had a fifthwheel we showered in it 100%. Now with the wet bath truck camper we use the campgrounds. So small you can’t even bend over!
or turn around. I’m afraid that cleaning and drying it would be impossible.
Exactly. I was reminded of how long the wet bath takes to dry, even in an arid climate, last week. I use the shower head to rinse the floor and nooks and crannies after cleaning it. No way would I want to cope with that for regular showers.
We have a truck camper and at 6’2″ I only shower in there when necessary. If I have a more comfortable option that is clean I’m opting for that. So if the campground has clean showers, I’m lugging my soap, shampoo, wash cloth and towel to the shower.
I use the park shower, wife uses the one in the motor home. Is anyone surprised1
Happy wife, Happy life.
The ONLY reason I would resort to using the showers at the RV Park is if my coach had a water problem that needed to be repaired.
our shower, of course. why else would I have one?
We’ve been to many parks that have standards for cleanliness … if that’s the case I’ll use the park shower. Why? Less time for me cleaning our rig shower & more time at the beach… but otherwise i’ll use the one in the rig.
Exactly
We stay in state parks a lot. They will have electricity and sometimes water but no sewer. So we’ll use the campground shower to save water going into the grey tank.
If the cg showers are clean, heated, individual rooms with a toilet and sink, I will always use them. That way, I can take a lengthy shower without fear of running out of hot water or filling the gray tank! Other than that, it strictly depends on the weather (below freezing?), condition of the shower rooms, and whether both of us have to shower at the same time. So, most of the time, I use the RV shower.
Husband uses park showers wherever we are because our shower is on the tight side. I only use our shower. So a vote for both.
It depends on a few things. How close am I to the showers, how the weather is, do I have room in my tank, is my wife going to take a shower in the camper and others.
I chill easily & need some time after toweling off to “air dry” in my robe before I get dressed. The bigger spaces in the park showers usually allow too much natural air flow (for me), so I always feel cold. And who wants to hang around half clothed in the shower building? I can close off & heat our shower, so I do.
We have a 17′ travel trailer with a “wet” bath, along with a 30 gallon gray tank. Space-wise for both, no way am I taking a shower, not to mention having to deal with a soaking wet, wet bath.We often dry camp for 6-8 nights, in places where there isn’t any option to dump the tanks (nor a t*rd taxi, one of the reasons we don’t have one of those)
We don’t pigeon hole well on this. I do actually prefer the shower in the coach to most campground showers, But Mary has long hair that takes a lot of water to wash, so she will very often use the campground shower. We have even been known to take a slip at a campground so she can wash her hair.
The shower in my motor home is nicer than the shower in any RV Park!
The main reasons we bought an RV was so that we had a bed-bug free bed and our own bathroom. Not only in campgrounds but for using the toilet at rest stops and gas stations.
We have a Roadtrek RS ETrek with a rather cramped wet bath and small tanks so we usually use the campground shower. I also prefer non navy showers!
I’ve had an ‘eeewwww’ affliction to public showers since college. Hubby will sometimes use CG shower but this gal will only ever use our camper.
The shower in our rig is small. We use it, but sometimes you just need to have some space when showering!
Our 2015 DP was designed with a bath and a half and a good size shower. The hot water heater is also in the back near the shower and the stacked wash/dryer for quick hot water and much less waste of hot water getting to the shower or washer. We have always used our coach shower in the last three class A coaches we have owned. And with Covid we were able to stay away from any public shower, rest room or laundry facilities as we have our own in our coach. Those with TT’s and pop ups or other smaller RV’s will use the camp ground showers and rest rooms and such. We are fortunate to have and use our own facilities at our convenience. Stay well, Stay safe.
I’ll use the campground showers especially if we don’t have sewer HU’s, but it’s got to be warm, no rain, nor wind. I have flip flops in the trailer just for that use. The only exception has been since the pandemic where I’ve stayed out of public restrooms.
If the shower room is very clean and well maintained, I will use it. Now and then it is a luxury to take a shower where I don’t have to turn the water on and off to insure I don’t run out of warm water in my MH.
I keep large puppy pee pads in the MH in case I use the CG shower. Makes for a nice clean dry space when you come out of the shower and kick off the thongs.
Eleven years of RV’ing in our Class A, and I think I’ve only taken less than 10 showers at the campground facilities. Two times were because my back was sore and I wanted to run hot/cold water on it for a while. Three times were at a couple of NASCAR tracks, when we didn’t want to pay for the Honey-Bucket truck to pump us out and the rest were at our local State Parks because they weren’t FHU and we were staying over a week. We now have an external grey tote, and have used that several times to transfer the grey tank to the dump.
We live in a 5th wheel and always shower in the RV. We also have a 20 ft TT and only use that shower when absolutely necessary and then only me. The shower is too small for my husband.
I usually go to the shower point if it is nice. Wife most always uses the RV shower.
I liked the “in a nice RV park” part. We’ve been in nice parks that had lousy showers and kinda dumpy parks that had fabulous showers. Since we got our latest RV, we use the RV one. Before that we would look them over then decide.
I tend to use mine but my teenagers, that like 30 min showers and have no idea what the pause water button is, will often get banished to the public facilities.
Sometimes my hubby and I use the CG shower and other times our RV shower. If we want a long shower, it isn’t too cold outside, we don’t want to add more humidity to our RV even though we open vents and windows, and we don’t feel like moving everything out of our little RV tub/shower as we use it for storage in our 26’ RV, then we head for the CG shower. It’s just nice to have options.
I’ll use the park shower after a swim or hot pool soak.
When we were newbies we soon found that it took too long to rinse (and too much water) to shower in the trailer. So we used the facilities of the RV park. But we got a new showerhead a couple years ago that put out what seemed to be more water at a much greater pressure. Now we shower in the trailer – unless we are using the park’s swimming pool. Then we shower at the facilities by the pool.
We have a coachman clipper and if I want a nice shower I use the one at the RV park I am staying at. If I want a fast shower then I use my TT. Reason? We can’t keep the hot water from running out after 5 minutes. My jayco had no problems.We are adding an electric to the tank and see if that helps. Otherwise sucks to be me taking a cold shower.
When we started RVing I always used the Parks shower facility mainly because I did not like to clean our RV shower. But then my sister taught me to switch to soft soap instead of bar soap. The glycerin in the bar soap is what sticks to everything and looks dirty. Since then, we just squeegee the shower after each use and clean occasionally. Now, I always use my shower.
In the 43 years I’ve been an RV’er they’ve all had showers that I use. The 7 1/2 years in the Marines I had to use “community” showers, some were cold. Some of the RV showers were very little, I still used them. We were members of a Good Sam Chapter for several years in the 90’s and had several members with big class A motorhomes that would gather their shower bag and walk to the bath house to shower and use the restroom. Curiously I asked if their bathrooms didn’t work and the reply was they didn’t want to dirty up the holding tanks, DUH! I always check out the bathroom when looking at a different RV, if it doesn’t meet my requirements I pass on it, I’m not paying for something I can’t use.
If I have full hook-ups, I’ll use the shower in my trailer. If not, then it’s the shower house. The only exception is when there is plenty of capacity in the gray tank, plenty of fresh water in its tank, and I will be dumping very soon.
Depends on whether I am wanting a decently long hot shower or just a quick clean up. My hot water tank is only good for about three to four minutes of actual hot water. When using it I usually have to get wet, turn the water off, soap up, then turn the water back on to rinse off.