RV park

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A recreational vehicle park (RV park) or caravan park is a place where people with recreational vehicles can stay overnight, or longer, in alloted spaces known as pitches. They are also referred to as campgrounds, though a true campground also provides facilities for tent camping; many facilities calling themselves "RV parks" also offer tent camping or cabins with limited facilities.

Contents 1 Services 2 North America 3 Australia 4 Europe 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Services

Pitch facilities may include:

• Drinking water connection
• Sewer connection
• AC power connection. (Usually rated by capacity such as 16, 20, 30 or 50 amperes).
• Television connection (relevant to local area standards)
• Telephone connection (rare outside North America)
• Wi-Fi

Site facilities may include:

• Gift shop
• Convenience store
• Restrooms
• Showers
• Laundry
• Dump station
• Picnic tables
• Barbeque area
• Exercise equipment
• Swimming pool
• Spa

[edit] North America

RV parks range from rustic facilities with no or limited utility hookups, as often found in state/provincial parks and national parks, to luxury resorts with amenities that rival fine hotels. Some high-end resorts restrict the type of RV that can stay to motorhomes of a certain length or longer, and/or newer than a certain year.

Most RV parks are open to all comers and rent spaces on a nightly or weekly basis, much like a motel or hotel. A few parks operate on a time-share basis. Currently, there are over 13,000 privately owned RV parks and over 1,600 state parks that cater to RVers in the USA.^[1]

Most RV parks are independent or operated by a government entity. In North America Kampgrounds of America, KOA, is the largest and best-known chain of RV parks, with Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Campgrounds a distant second. Good Sam Parks are mostly independently owned RV campgrounds endorsed by the Good Sam Club, a large association of North American RVers that is operated for profit by the Affinity Group, Inc. Listings of RV parks can be found in printed directories; the best known are the annual ones by Woodall's and Trailer Life Magazine. Online RV directories are provided by eCampGuide, CampRate, Reserve RV, RVThereYet, RVParkReviews, and others. Overnight rates for most North American RV parks are $15 to $50, although some in city and country parks may be $10 or less, even free.

[edit] Australia

In Australia there is generally no differentiation between an RV park and a trailer park. The term "caravan park" is used to refer to both.

[edit] Europe

Caravan sites in Europe range in facilities depending on their age. Most new sites will be built to high environmentally friendly standards and have facilities compatible with the newest vehicles.

The Caravan Club has 1 million members in Europe with around 200 self-owned campsites and over 2,500 certified third party locations. ^[2]. The Camping and Caravanning Club is a non-profit organisation which has been running for over a century and has over 400,000 members and 100 campsites in the United Kingdom. ^[3]

[edit] See also

• Campground
• Recreational vehicle
• Slab City
• Trailer park

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Caravan park directory (UK)
• eCampGuide RV park and campground directory.
• Reserve RV RV park directory and maps / web pages.
• RVThereYet Directory of RV parks, RV Dumps, RV Clubs, edited by the RV community.
• Woodalls Directory
• GoSeeAustralia.com.au - RV and caravan park directory Australia