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06-11-2016, 08:07 PM
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Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
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The reality behind those campground website photos....
The photo as seen on their website......
Lori-
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06-11-2016, 08:12 PM
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Community Administrator
Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
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The reality.....
Lori-
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2016 Phoenix Cruiser 2350S, 2018 Phaeton 40IH,2006 Bounder 36Z, 2004 Cougar 285EFS, 2000 Aerolite 25FBR
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06-11-2016, 10:19 PM
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Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Right next to the Rest Area!
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06-12-2016, 05:21 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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 We always do a google earth view of campgrounds before we stay. Years ago I remember pulling into a KOA and using a pull-through site. There was barely enough "grass" for the picnic table (which was right by the next-door sewer/water hookup) gross. Had I been able to research... There's an idea...Oyster for RVers! (if you're not aware of Oyster, they have very candid reviews of hotels including fun photos much like yours!)
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06-12-2016, 05:52 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Jayco Owners Club RV Trip Wizard
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Is there a shower in it?
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06-12-2016, 06:28 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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The reality behind those campground website photos....
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Originally Posted by JMonroe
Is there a shower in it?
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Only if there is a plumbing problem with it... (-:
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2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
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Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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06-12-2016, 06:39 PM
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Winnebago Owners Club
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Good One! I needed a laugh today. We're hitting thr road Wednesday. See what kind of pictures I can come up with in 6000 miles!
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06-12-2016, 07:29 PM
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Community Administrator
Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
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This was actually at a rally we attended & completely expected. But the juxtaposition of the port-a-pots to where we were placed just seemed to be a perfect opportunity to show exactly like how a lot of campgrounds crop their photos they post on their websites to make their sites appear better than they really are.
Lori-
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06-13-2016, 05:36 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Jayco Owners Club RV Trip Wizard
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NLOVNIT
... a perfect opportunity to show exactly like how a lot of campgrounds crop their photos they post on their websites to make their sites appear better than they really are.
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One of my pet peeves are RV park web sites with a "photo gallery" that shows dozens of photos of people swimming, enjoying some party, the campground store, no photos of the actual RV park sites. I use the web site to try and determine if its a suitable place for us and our RV, not to see photos of people I don't know.
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06-13-2016, 08:03 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JMonroe
One of my pet peeves are RV park web sites with a "photo gallery" that shows dozens of photos of people swimming, enjoying some party, the campground store, no photos of the actual RV park sites. I use the web site to try and determine if its a suitable place for us and our RV, not to see photos of people I don't know.
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Agreed.
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06-13-2016, 08:45 AM
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Administrator in Memoriam
Newmar Owners Club Retired Fire Service RVer's Spartan Chassis
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Those photos, just like hotel/motel photos, were taken when the property was new and rarely reflect the aged, worn, run down or neglected current condition.
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06-13-2016, 08:59 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
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Face it ... "buying" anything based on pictures alone is a recipe for disaster. Shame on the seller for using "tricks" (photoshop, creating cropping, out of date pictures, wide angle lenses, etc.) to cover up the "warts" .... but on the same token, shame on the buyer for swallowing the seller's BS hook, line and sinker.
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06-13-2016, 09:02 AM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JMonroe
One of my pet peeves are RV park web sites with a "photo gallery" that shows dozens of photos of people swimming, enjoying some party, the campground store, no photos of the actual RV park sites. I use the web site to try and determine if its a suitable place for us and our RV, not to see photos of people I don't know.
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Agreed ... and when I scour a campground web site - and can't find any pictures of campsites themselves (or find nothing but closeups of fire pits) ... my spidey senses go nutz and I assume there's a good reason that the pictures I'm looking for are nowhere to be found.
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06-13-2016, 09:31 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Jayco Owners Club RV Trip Wizard
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SpaceNorman
Agreed ... and when I scour a campground web site - and can't find any pictures of campsites themselves (or find nothing but closeups of fire pits) ... my spidey senses go nutz and I assume there's a good reason that the pictures I'm looking for are nowhere to be found.
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Agree. If no photos of sites I'll move on.
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