Most of us have had the misfortune to be camped next door to someone we wished were across the park from us and not on our doorstep. Sad to say, but in many RV parks, RVs are packed so tightly you can hear your neighbor snore at night.
There are times when it’s too much. The problem could be a bunch of beer-chugging good-ol’ boys who want to party all night, or a family with a half-dozen loud, badly behaved children, or a camper who loves to play his Conway Twitty tunes so loud your belly fat vibrates on the low notes. Of course, there’s the guy who smokes cigars and watches Rambo movies on his big screen, outdoor TV (with Dolby sound) six feet away from your bedroom window.
So, our question of the day: Have you ever just packed up your RV and moved to a different site, or even a different park, because you simply could not tolerate staying another night in the campground equivalent of hell?
Please leave a comment after you vote.
No, but I have had the police remove an undesirable neighbor
Yes, once. The guy had a crazy loud voice. He wasn’t being obnoxious, just normal interactions with his family, but on a level above anyone else I’ve ever heard (and I know I’m a loud person!) Had the CG not been nearly empty we would have stayed, but there were at least 100 other spots, so we decided to ask to move.
Not a neighbor but an intolerable RV Park manager. The RV Park was a mix of permanent Park model and short term RV’s in south central Florida – at a time when it’s difficult to find available sites. But this park had 50% vacancies amongst the available short term sites. The manager either ejected residence for minor infractions against unwritten park policies or as was my case could no longer tolerate being there. I left early.
Never moved but we should have a few times. Usually there is no other site available to move to.
Sadly at our camp guy would open a bottle of happy juice and start playing his guitar,kept asking his dog to sing along,great guy during the day however at night…….
We have stayed in the same site at a Campground near Lake George NY for Americade for 20 years.
Never had a problem until one year when a couple on tenters arrived at the site next to us. The first two days were fine. Then all of of their friends came in. The two tents turned into 8 with at least 15 people total, none of whom even payed the extra ‘per person’ charge.
Then the drinking and partying started until all hours of the night. The CG owner approached them about the quiet hours, and received a real attitude. The next night the same thing started. That morning three sheriffs car showed up. They had exactly one hour to pack up and leave. Nice and quiet the rest of the week.
We have had to move more then once. People allowing their kids to run all through our site with no regard for the fact that we were there. People playing their music too loud.People getting drunk and having to call the sheriff due to domestic dispute. People running their generators non stop and after hours.
In Alaska we pulled into a lightly used USFWS campground and set to making our campfire to cook ( we’d run out of propane in middle of no where). People in an Earth Roamer ran over and first told us it was against rules, then they were allergic to smoke. We moved. They were in a world of allergy trouble with the wildfires that year. Some people need Holiday Inns.
We had such a friendly neighbor, but his cigarette smoke came right into the bedroom. We tried numerous things before requesting another site.
We did have to move because of some party animals who danced on our roof at all hours. A family of squirrels! The trees were too close so we moved to a spot with no trees.
Never moved but have wished I could have moved more than once. Most times it was due to undisciplined and unruly kids.
Why should I have to move when I’m not the one causing the disturbance? It’s cases like this that they made “911” for. I have never involved the campground owner, just had the jackass removed from the campground. Yes, it does pay to have friends who are Police Officers and i continue to pay my dues after retirement.
No, they specifically didn’t make 911 for noise complaints.
Nope I contact the proper authorities to move the nuisance.
Rustic sites in u.p.-no cell service.
To my recollection, we’ve not moved due a neighbor issue, but I would not think twice about cutting our losses and moving.
We only use ours for vacations, so we try to book at “ resorts” not KOA’s or parks. Big difference. Most resort pads are privately owned, they have very strict rules, and do not tolerate any nonsense. We only use parks in between getting to our destination and on returning home, one nighters. So no we have not.
Never have had to move to another site. We only stay in private parks, so if management didn’t request an undesirable neighbor to move out, I would leave the park and ask for a refund plus never go back again!!!
I have never had to…. but for some reason a few around me have….
I have never left after setting up but have left before setting up due to the appearance of park and customers outside.
I’ve never left a campground but I’ve changed sites a couple of times. The last time was when I discovered I was next to a big family reunion, I’m glad they were having a good time but I wanted a quieter site, fortunately one was available.
We do not hate pets, we hate bad inconsiderate pet owners, of which many of you are. Peeing on the power pole or water spicket, common. Not picking up after your animal, yep. many guilty. Dog barking like a banshee every time someone walks in front of RV, even when you are home, and telling it to hush is worthless, smack on mouth, and then hush. YES, it might be your alarm system, but it’s not your neighbors alarm system. Worse, leaving dog alone and you are gone, not in carrier. Running up and jumping on dash, barking fool head off every time someone passes in front. You, and you know who you are, are inconsiderate. Young families or groups, up till way past quiet hours, making noise louder than necessary. We used to go camping to get away from the noise, now makes no difference home or rv park, noisy, rude humans.
👍👍👍👍👍 we are a dog owner and I can’t agree with you more. The big reason the dog will bark is.
1- They are not getting enough of exercise.
2- They have not been socialized with other dogs, especially those that are acquired as siblings as they tend to be just socialized with each other.
3- They were not corrected when they were young. If you want a good dog when they are older, you need to start when they are puppies. Saying hush or stop it does virtually nothing if not followed up with a correction.
One dog we had started barking for attention at 2-3 in the morning. A bark collar that squirted citronella oil in front of the face worked, after a week she stopped it for life.
Amen Montgomery! Rude, obnoxious, inconsiderate: these are the new status quo of human behavior. Barking dogs what the h×ll is the problem with dog owners (same for parents). I have a GSD and I do not permit her to bark – period. I trained my dog. For me = your rights end where mine begin and vice versa. I am not perfect but u will never have to move your camp if park next to me – no loud music, or TV, no outside speakers or TV blasting, no late nite partying, no barking dog, clean camp site, no leaf blower, no screaming kids. Will be smiles, hand wave, conversation – if desired, and my hospitality.
We have moved twice. First time at a COE park in the midst of 10+ rigs there for their annual reunion. We stuck it out for a couple of nights and then decided 2 am bedtimes weren’t our style. Moved to the quiet end, willingly paying the Rec.gov change fee.
The second time was up in Canada, at a tiny cg full of seasonals. They were out until about 4 am, and there was nowhere we could move to avoid them (cg owner was at the party, too.) We actually moved to a Wal Mart!
We stayed at a campground for a month to visit family. The management refused to enforce the roaming dog/leash policy. My neighbor had their aggressive dogs off leash all the time. My complaints went unenforced. Every time, I went to leave my 5th wheel to walk my dogs, I had to look in every direction to make sure his dogs weren’t lurking. I asked for a different spot!
So far, no. (The picture looks like Larry the cable guy)
Gardner State Park is beautiful, and down the hill we had loud, aggressive, foul campers with the music blasting. At ten pm, the Jeeps rolled in, and the officers wearing Stetsons paid them a visit. Silence, and the next morning, the foul campers left.
Oops, I regret, I had a family move because of me. They were going to have a family reunion
and the reflection of the afternoon sun from the side of my Airstream Trailer could of been painful.
No, not yet. At Mount Rainier a few years ago we had two families move in to the next two campsites. They were constantly yelling at their dogs and their children. At night they put their dogs in the back of their pickup and the dogs banged around. One night one of the dogs escaped and I had to wake them up at 3:00 in the morning. Had we been there more than a few more days I might have moved.
No, but I’ve seriously thought about it on several occasions. Mostly because of neighbors getting louder with every beer. Especially after quiet hour!
But I have come close a few times.
Camping, not RVing, in 1971, we went into the Feather River valleys northeast of Oroville. We took trails through the forest looking for a decent camping site, until late afternoon we found a couple doing the same. He had some experience and knew the area, so he led us down switchbacks on a four wheel trail to get to the Feather River, about 4 miles long and 1 mile vertical. We found ourselves in a whitewater paradise, but there were some people already there, mostly men on motorcycles. As we stopped and prepared our site, more and more motorcyclists showed up. After dusk, the gunfire started. Whoops and shouts told us they were drinking heavily. That made both ladies nervous, and we decided to pull out. Climbing the dirt trek in the dark was exiting, but other than the jeers and gunshots from the bikers when we left the river, the rest of the evening was uneventful. We found another rude camp, and had a peaceful rest before trail-riding the next day.
Do I get the prize?!
We were in St Catherine Ontario on a 4th of July weekend and had a drunken party going on at the site on right next to us at 2 in the morning with a bonfire shooting fire15-20 ft. into the air showering our trailer with sparks. Complained to management and was told they couldn’t do anything about it even though it violated campground rules. We packed up and left but they did refund our remaining nights that we’d paid for.
Ha!!! Had a camper move because of us!!! Met my B-I-L and his family at a nice State Park in OR. Sites were sort of tight, you could talk to your neighbors behind you if you wanted. Couple of good ol’ boys and the kids came in behind us, no ladies in the group. They broke out a couple of good size coolers. We broke out a bible study, we had 5 kids with us, and they were popping up Bible answers, and we were praying, all sorts of church stuff. They moved to the other side of the park!!!
We, had a mom of 3. Camp next to us. 13 yr.old, 7 & 3. Blast music with lot of F words.2 p.m. still on at 2 a.m. moved to another site in a.m. the mom. also left 13 yr. Old to watch the other 2 kids-said swimming in a lake. ‘Beer run she yelled.
Another federal campsite- group of 12-14 dirt bike riders in 20’s, blast music, whooping & hollering till 3 a.m. camper next to us, loudly played country music- said payback for dirt bike party. My husband, asked him to just turn it down a bit. Didn’. Wanted to start a fight. He left after we got phone out, said calling cops.
Been camping since ’78. Not the same
I haven’t moved but certainly would have if there was an option. A long weekend with at least three parties happening right around our site. Doesn’t help when Resort staff aren’t on sight after 9pm. Haven’t been back to that resort.
I haven’t moved because of a neighbor, but I don’t go back if the workers can’t/won’t get the situation under control.
Smoking, fires, and big rigs with rumbling industrial HVAC systems will get me moving.
Christmas light flashing all night . Stereo left on all night outside. Dog’s pooping in our area not theirs and they stand there and watch.
ZZ Top bearded, inked dude with a trained police dog lecturing us about nano particles in the COVID vaccine. Would hang around OUR site for hours talking nonstop arguing about COVID and how he travelled as a spirit. We slipped away in the night
came home
Yes, it was not about noise it was smell, every time a breeze came by a sewerage back up smell came with it.
I haven’t moved because of a bad or annoying neighbor. But I have certainly given more than a passing thought.