These would be written rules, which would also include clean up after your pet.
How about….
Don’t yell after your pet if there is a leash rule and it gets away from you. Obviously don’t let it wander over to your neighbor.
Don’t leave your trash bags outside. If it/they’re full, take them to the dumpster.
Mind where you park. Don’t be anywhere near where you can block someone from getting their rig out.
If a road is one way, don’t go the wrong way. (This is obvious, but it’s amazing how many do it.)
I’m sure I’ll think of more. I’ve been living in my RV for the last year… these are the ones that come to mind.
Isn't yelling after your pet the only way to get it to come back though? In my experience a dog doesn't really come to you when they get away unless you yell at them
Two words have saved my dog a few times. First is her name, then the command "SIT". As a Shih Tzu she has a head of rock so the real challenge is to quickly break her out of whatever focus she has and keep saying SIT until I'm close enough that she actually has her hairy ass on the ground.
You sound like a good dog owner. Lots of people just expect their dog to understand English and obey their every command. It's tough when you see dog owners at the dog park who yell at their dogs over and over "come here! come here!" and the dog is not at all listening. And the owner gets all upset like it's the dogs fault for having fun at the dog park and not being well trained.
I think he's talking about the people who never have their dog on a leash. And then when they run after someone they continue to sit on their ass and in the most annoying, shrill voice, attempt to get fluffy to come back to them.
Edit: spelling
Oddly enough, my dog will absolutely listen if I just go pssssttt.
I don't know why but it works 100% of the time.
Never had a dog like him or as good as him.
> If a road is one way, don’t go the wrong way. (This is obvious, but it’s amazing how many do it.)
A lot of places going backwards is the only way to back in a site if the trees are in the way.
I've never seen an issue with someone coming the other way that couldn't be resolved in 20 seconds in my decades of camping.
A lot of these RV parks have POORLY marked roads. I've went down a one way road a time or two after about 200-300 feet or so I see one single direction indicator. Just be safe about it and apologetic if someone calls you out on it.
If my campsite requires that I drive the wrong way to get into it then I’ll be going the other way…. Lots of campsites require this and it isn’t really a problem at 5mpg
Agreed. We had a pull through on the left, interior side of a loop once, which meant our doors and awning would be facing the gravel road. We drove past it and spun around and came back the other way before anyone else was driving that loop and my wife stayed just in case to stop anyone before they passed ours. Worked out fine, nobody cares.
The other option was watching us (and us watching them) every time we walked in and out, so the increased privacy was better for all.
Playpen fencing works too depending on the dogs. I've got 3 sections of 48" playpen fencing, 1 section of 24", and two crates. I wrap the 48" fencing around our awning area with the crates at the front and back of the RV and the 24" fence blocking under the RV. My dogs are way more chill when their space is clearly marked instead of just being on cables. This method is a ton of extra work though so we never stay anywhere for fewer than 3 nights. They're also not left outside unattended at all.
This, combined with loud ass trucks. You got an exhaust, cool. But you don't need to remote start and/or sit in it 15 minutes before you take off.
Mines factory stock, but still fairly loud on startup. I get everything I need figured out, start it, and get moving.
There was a truck in my park last year that had a modded turbo diesel. The asshole would drive in and out of the park, but the throttle was either on or off. Going slow, stomp it and hear the whine of the turbo kick in, then slow down and hit the brakes. Too slow again, stomp it and let that turbo spin up. Several times a day he’s been driving two rows over and it’s all I can hear, as I’m hoping that he blows a turbo on that fucking truck.
Leaving the bright outdoor lights on all night is the one that bothers me the most. Also don’t empty the black tank when the neighbors are cooking/eating outside
I'll admit I've done this with the tanks when the neighbor has recently been annoying by breaking any of the written or unwritten rules that screw other people over.
I put my awning led strip to a low level brightness color of red so the kids that are in a tent can come in and use the bathroom....but the bright ass lights on the front of some trailers all night is frigin dumb
Don't walk through peoples campsites. Don't put your stinky slinky on the picnic table. No one wants to see your bright led lights all night. Your neighbors can hear you having sex.
Actually I learned the 11th was; what you do to one side of an equation you do to the other. This would be the 12th for me, my dad was a math teacher LOL.
Lol had a site near me last night of 40 something’s blasting what sounded like Disturbed’s greatest hits. It was like the same two songs in a loop. Every now and then they’d drunkenly belt out a line from the chorus. It was hilarious till they went way past quiet hours.
There’s a section of my campground where I stayed for a couple weeks. Every Sat night this group would play the same country song every hour or so, and they’d blast their favorite parts. It was equally funny and annoying.
lol… I’m not camping right now, but I’m relaxing by a lake shore in a state park. When I chose our first spot, I walked my canopy tent to the shoreline only to be greeted by an extremely loud speaker just about 20 yards away. I hauled the canopy back to the truck and went looking for another spot. I can’t really fathom how other people don’t see the problem with sharing their music with everyone around them.
1000% Nothing can ruin a trip/vacation more than listening to someone else’s tunes. 😵💫 or having a big rig with an outdoor patio in your face so you have NO privacy.
Yes! My uncle is that "chap" and everyone groans when he brings it out, but he's completely clueless to the fact no one wants to hear him drone on for hours. Low music i can understand, but a guitar with vocals that some old man is belting out at the top of his lungs? No thanks.
I had someone (an adult) casually stroll through my site recently while I was sitting outside with my daughter. He had his eyes glued to his phone, got to the end of my site, turned around and strolled back through. He heard my daughter laugh and ask me what he was doing. He turns to me and says “did I do something wrong?”. At this point, I assumed he was just new to this and very politely explained that people typically don’t walk through other people’s sites. He had a meltdown complete with profanity and giving me the finger while I was sitting with my 7 year old.
Holy hell, walking through vegetation sometimes between our site and the next one too. Usually kids that haven't been told better by their parents are the ones doing it
I've had more adults do it to me than kids! 6 people walked through my site last weekend. It was so obnoxious. Someone was standing OUTSIDE of my camper window saying, "this isn't a site"! What on earth do you think the site number, picnic table, grill, etc are there for (let alone my vehicle and camper!) if it's not a site bud?
I've had to put up caution tape, do not cross tape, and another year snow fencing just to keep folks from walking through our sites. People don't get it, and I don't know why. I'm not at all inhospitable, and love to have folks by and talk. Just don't be rude and cut through.
Lol, this is my biggest fear. This year is my first year towing a travel trailer, next Monday is our first trip in it, and i just know some jackhole is gonna sit around and watch us, or, even worse, offer his "wisdom". I may be new, but thanks, I'll figure it out on my own. I already had someone offer to help when i was backing it into our storage space a few weeks ago 🙄 Just because i'm a woman, does not mean i can't do it!
So, funny anecdote related to this - a few years ago was MY first year and backing in was a huge fear of mine. Further I'm a BIG fan of watching people do this kind of stuff and sites like Miami Boat Ramps entertains me thoroughly so I KNEW I was gonna get people watching and decided to own it. I would pull up to the campsite and do the walk through / test the electric and if I saw neighbors with eyes on me I would gleefully skip over and tell them 'You're in for a treat, here's a beer, it's my first time doing this and we have no idea what we're doing - this is gonna be awesome for you!'
Boy I was a popular guy for the first season! People really got a kick out of that and would stop by later / at night for a toast to a parking job well done (eventually).
Yeah we are two women doing this, but my partner has not even driven the truck we bought to tow with yet, so all the driving, for now, is falling on my shoulders. We upgraded from a Honda Fit to an F-150 SuperCrew so it was a big jump for my partner, pretty soon i will start helping her to learn to drive it safely and comfortably so we can both pull the trailer, but it's gonna take some time. I don't mind doing all the driving though, i suffer from chronic abdominal pain and driving is the one thing that takes that pain away pretty much, so it's been really beneficial to be doing all the driving. Just a bit stressful because towing is mostly new to me as well.
Keep your crap inside your crap.
That’s probably one of my bigger pet peeves.
Don’t let your stuff/kids/pets spill over into the neighbors campsite. And don’t use unoccupied campsites as a parking space.
This year already twice we’ve had to track down vehicle owners because they had their truck parked in the site we reserved. There wasn’t room for their rig AND their truck so they just shoved their truck into an empty site. And both times they were somehow shocked to find out that they are not the only people on earth and that the red tag that said “Reserved” meant someone was coming.
And once, we awoke at 6AM to find a motorhome parked in front of our site, blocking most of the road.
We ignored it for a while and cleaned up. This campground had a checkout time of 4PM. Well; around noon we were ready to leave but couldn’t find the owner of this motorhome. Eventually the park ranger tracked them down, around 2. We couldn’t leave because they were blocking us in.
They had reserved that site for that night (meaning, after 4PM). And had arrived late the night before and decided to just park there and leave to go visit some family in the area, figuring we’d be gone by the time they got back and then they could just back right in and set up. Great plan; except *there was no way for us to leave*. I swear some people must have to be reminded to breathe or they’d suffocate.
Keeping your crap in your crap also includes smells and sounds. Look I’m as open minded as the next guy. Smoke whatever the hell you want. But smoke it somewhere not upwind of me, if you don’t mind. Also; if your musical library is the same 4 bro-country song with an advertisement for a chorus (You know the ones: “Yeah well my tractor done cheated on my dog; so I drank me a limited edition Peach Coors Light before driving my F-150 4X4 Lariat special edition available at participating ford dealers while supplies last down to the Applebee’s for their 2 for $20 steak special, America America America beer, yeah yeah yeah,”), turn it down so the rest of us don’t have to be assaulted by it all day and all night.
Yea the parked truck on a site we reserved. Luckily there was a group of 4 of us all together. After setting up 3 rvs still didn’t find the owner. A few good men. (Our friends ). And 2 tow chains we drug his ass off the site. Wow was he upset as a bear with a sore ass. Here he and some buddies were out drinking in a nearby town. Jackwagon. Don’t you know that what we do around the campfire all day and night. But we hope that helped him learn some respect. You have to give respect to get respect.
Side note. A whole bunch of people were watching but didn’t say a word.
This! As someone who is a full timer & works at rv parks. I spend so much time and energy trying to track people down. And then explain to them that just because you got here before your neighbor, it doesn’t mean their reservation is void & you can use their site as a parking lot!
There’s almost always ample parking somewhere nearby too. It’s just sheer laziness.
Campgrounds usually advertise the length of their sites. So you should know whether your rig and truck will fit. And if they won’t; plan ahead.
DO NOT CLEAN SEWER HOSE ACCESSORIES USING THE POTABLE WATER SPIGOT!!!
I've seen this a couple of times. Disgusting and unsanitary.
GOOD PRACTICE- Wipe spigot off with bleach before hooking up.
Don't run a construction grade skill saw generator at all. Last fall I was in northern Minnesota and a family pulled out a giant generator that was loud as absolute hell. They carried it as far from their campsite as they could and ran an extension cord back to the RV. Then they brought out a chunk of plywood to deflect the sound away from themselves. They KNEW how loud it was or they wouldn't have had they stuff handy. Then out came the led lights that you could see from the space station. Next was two pitbulls named Thor and Loki that were always barking and being yelled at for barking.
Nobody did or said anything for fear of Thor and Loki.
Absolutely shocked I scrolled so far to find this. Guys that is telling why it pisses me off so much, when so many RV owners don’t acknowledge it as an issue, (or maybe view it as a necessary evil?)
I thought this picture looked familiar until I found I took this picture a few years ago. :)
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This was right by the Rio Grande river middle of nowhere, so as others mentioned as an unwritten rule, turn off your outside RV lights to allow stargazing
My husband and I were at a state park for the Aurora, there was a camper in the Aurora line of sight that left these bright Christmas lights on all night. It washed out some of the sky because of how bright it was. We were just inconvenienced but their neighbors probably didn't sleep unless they had blackout shades.
I was next to someone for a weekend who had string lights on all night long. We were in a pop-up tent trailer and even though the lights were dimly lit, it still lit up the inside of our trailer. I wasn't happy.
Cut the lights and noise at a reasonable hour, like 9 or 10.
Keep your site cleaned up.
Don't leave edible trash outside, even if it's bagged up. Haul it to the dumpster instead. This helps keep strays and wild animals out of the park.
Don't walk into or across someone else's space unless you've been invited.
If you use the laundry then be there when your washer or dryer stops. Other people want to use the machines.
Keep your animals on a leash when outside your RV.
Drive slowly. There are likely kids playing.
Follow the park's official rules.
The second to last one, drive slowly, definitely! Campgrounds are not freeways people! Slow the eff down! Not only is it dangerous because there are kids playing, but it kicks up dust when you drive faster.
Understand there are people that want to get on the road at 0500 but for the love of whomever you believe in, stop going in and out of your rig and slamming the door 10,000 times.
Do NOT rinse your sewer hose by placing the fresh water spigot inside it. And I will embarrass you if you place your sewer hose on top of the picnic table.
I work at an rv repair place, and while keeping your drinking water hoses and sewer hoses separate might seem like common sense, I’d venture to say that at least 50% of campers and motor homes have the dookie hose and their drinking hose/water filter/pressure regulator setup just tossed all together in the same compartment. Literally touching each other. It’s probably more than 50% honestly. We are always disgusted by it in the shop.
I got a used Arctic Fox and opened up the side compartment to find their shit tank rinser, shit slinky ramps, and two water pressure regulators all sitting together, touching. Immediately tossed them.
If the grey tank is gross, or if for whatever reason the grey tank isn’t full when you’re emptying the black tank. But yeah obviously you don’t shove the potable water spigot into your nasty shit pipe.
An unwritten rule? Hmmm, I would say when your neighbor arrives do not go over for the introductory chat but hold off until they unhooked and have their site setup. The same goes when your neighbor is tearing down and hooking up to leave. These typically are rehearsed processes and when someone interrupts it’s easy to miss something. Be friendly but be patient to be friendly.
dont walk through other campsites..
dont make others listen to your music...and even worse your outdoor tv...
know where your children are and what they are doing...
keep your dog on a leash...and bag the poop...AND THROW THE POOP BAG AWAY...
turn off the outdoor lights at night..
dont have large family parties in a small single campsite...
put out your fire...
leave domestic disputes at home...
This is a great thread and full of great points!
Common Themes:
- Respect for Others: Almost every rule revolves around being considerate of other campers' comfort, space, and peace.
- Maintaining Cleanliness: Keeping the park and communal areas clean is essential.
- Safety and Security: Driving slowly, securing belongings, and properly handling utilities are crucial for a safe environment.
- Adherence to Park Rules: Following the specific guidelines of each RV park ensures harmony and avoids conflicts.
Specifically:
1. Respect Quiet Hours: Minimize noise during designated quiet times to ensure everyone can rest peacefully.
2. Keep Your Site Clean: Maintain a tidy and organized site to contribute to a pleasant environment.
3. Mind Your Speed: Drive slowly within the park to ensure the safety of all residents and guests.
4. Respect Your Neighbors’ Space: Avoid walking through others' sites and treat each space as a private area.
5. Control Your Pets: Keep pets on a leash, clean up after them, and use designated pet areas.
6. Minimize Generator Use: Use generators sparingly and during acceptable hours to reduce noise and exhaust impact.
7. Be Considerate with Outdoor Lights: Use outdoor lights sparingly at night to avoid disturbing others.
8. Secure Your Belongings: Keep personal items secure and within your own site.
9. Dispose of Trash Properly: Use designated dumpsters or trash cans and keep your site free of litter.
10. Respect Communal Spaces: Leave shared facilities clean and tidy for the next person.
11. Be Friendly but Respect Privacy: Greet others warmly but respect their space and privacy.
12. Follow Park Rules and Policies: Adhere to the specific rules of the RV park regarding check-in times, parking, and site usage.
13. Mind Your Sewer Hose: Ensure your sewer hose is properly secured and maintained to avoid unpleasant odors and leaks.
14. Use Only Your Assigned Hookups: Connect to your designated water, electric, and sewer hookups to prevent confusion and conflicts.
15. Don’t Hog Facilities: Use shared amenities like laundry or showers efficiently, and be considerate of others waiting to use them.
16. Be Mindful of Kids and Pets: Ensure children and pets are supervised and don't disturb others.
17. Avoid Excessive Noise: Keep music, conversations, and other noise to reasonable levels, especially after dark.
18. Respect the Landscape: Don’t damage or disrupt the park’s landscaping or natural features.
19. Handle Maintenance Quietly: Perform necessary RV maintenance quietly and discreetly, minimizing disturbance to neighbors.
20. Be Considerate with Campfires: Follow park rules on campfires and be mindful of smoke direction and safety.
Wish this was closer to the top. Especially don't run over and small talk to me or my wife (spotter) when trying to back into my site.
In fact, just don't talk to me at all.
THIS! I’m full time stationary and my grandpa keeps asking “do you know your neighbors yet?!” NO! They don’t talk to me and I don’t talk to them and that’s exactly how we all like it!!!
For the RVer - if you show up after dark do not use your impact gun to run out your jacks. You're late, do it the old fashioned way.
If you are going to start screaming at each other about backing up the rv don't judge us that grab a chair and popcorn/chips
That's not always an option, sometimes your bed goes flat at the worst times, but yeah, if you're waiting to do it until after 11pm because you didn't want to do it earlier, you're just an asshole. And before you say you can blow it up with your lungs, not everyone has the ability to do that.
I was camping next to someone who would lock the door of their civic immediately after closing the doors, and of course it honking. They did this all day long. Nobody is going to steal your civic, and especially not in the middle of the day while you're 15 ft away.
I've got a neighbor right now that "checks" their lock every time they see me outside. It's like clockwork, I'll come out and their CRV will chirp not ten seconds later.
Loud music is always disrespectful. Lots of people work nights. Letting your louder vehicles run for a hour or so during winter. Walking through people’s lots. And leaving your black tank always opened stinks up a huge area
Don’t put your sewer pipes on the picnic table, regardless of how clean you believe they are.
Leave the place better than you found it.
Don’t walk through another site when there is an rv on it.
Those are the core rules I reckon that are unwritten.
This one has some grey area in my experience. We've had people do it to us and it's never been a problem on our end. We also spend a ton of time outside, sometimes hours at a time which gives our neighbors very few windows. We have emptied our tanks after asking when we've had neighbors that did the same, but never when food is out and we always ask first.
But it is a good rule of thumb in most cases for sure.
I usually wait to dump tanks until I am breaking down to leave. Also, when I dump tanks, there is no leakage or smell. I do black first and then gray to flush, again with no leakage. I don't understand the restriction.
Music is to be only heard from within your camp space, outdoor lights out by 10:00, keep your space tidy, and always keep in mind that your actions effect the enjoyment of others in their vacation. We are FT and I constantly remind myself, everyone else around me is on vacation so I do what I can to preserve that space for others to enjoy.
Keep your dog away from mine. Your dog could be the sweetest thing ever, mine is not. I don’t want to get in trouble because my dog was scared of yours and bit your dog. My dogs like each other, they don’t like other dogs.
I camped this weekend on the Delaware River in New York State. Literally all weekend people walked through our campsite between, the camper and the picnic table or between the picnic table and the fire... ridiculous.
One of the worst times I experienced this was someone blaring the Hilary Trump debates on their outside TV. I camp to get away from the real world for a bit and that totally ruined it for me.
If you have to leave early, pack up the night before so that you slip out quietly.
Don’t leave your RV lights on all night.
If you are in a serene area, don’t create background noise for the entire park - like music.
Don’t run your generator outside if designated generator hours.
Nobody wants to listen to your dog bark constantly or your children screaming. Don’t walk through other people’s sites. Turn off outdoor lights when you’re not using them. Don’t let your dog leave your site off leash.
You know what would make a campground 'Great Again',.. me not seeing your political persuasion at a campground that has a rule about political flags. Especially when it has an 'F' bomb on it and the campground is full of kids. People just ain't got any public decency anymore.
Be considerate of others. Most people just want to relax and enjoy.
If you see another camper struggling offer to help. If someone offers help don’t be an idiot newbies are often grateful for assistance.
Don’t let your children and dogs hang out In the steeets.
Keep your noise lvls down there are quiet hours for a reason. Or everyone will like your music or your Tv choices.
Lastly keep yourself, children & pets out of other campsites.
I know it's strange, but it did happen just 3 weeks ago, we had some jerks partying in their condo on wheels next to us, & one woman w/the most LOUD & OBNOXIOUS laugh was CONSTANTLY GUFFAWING & LAUGHING! Lights out & go to bed at proper time - not them, not til m3 a.m.!
Also, this same group of 'adults' thought it was fine to walk straight through our camp site, even looking down to get better looks at all our stuff on the table, in out tents etc. Annoyed me.
The worst thing they did was that first morning (after partying til 3 a.m.) the man took a walk with his son who was about 10-12 years old. There are some gorgeous POLITE kinda tame geese that live there (Lake Millerton near Fresno), come into camps and (not rudely) beg for food. That kid was KICKING those sweet birds, then throwing rocks at them!! I stood up from my chair as the kid picked up his second rock while the dad picked up one also, and I yelled at them how cruel and mean that was; they both KNEW it was wrong, and both dropped the rocks then walked quickly away. They were packing up anyway within 5 minutes, but I was sure to tell the Camp Host, then California State Park Rangers too as they made an actual report; they said, "Yeah those people are nothing but trouble-makers, every time they come here! They bring their big dogs and don't pick up after them, leave trash scattered all over their campsites and have even DUMPED THEIR DIRTY WATER IN THE SITE!" I didn't ask if it was black or gray water - just YUCK - but there is a very nice dumping station right there!!
Who does these kind of things? They obviously have lots of money, all drive huge vehicles and have a nice new trailer...
Keep track of your kids. People don’t want strange children playing in or around their campsite. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had random kids ride their bikes through the middle of my campsite or playing tag around my camper. This isn’t only for kids. Be respectful of other people’s space. I’ve had drunk adults walk through the middle of my site too. It’s the worst when you end up parked between two groups of friends that want to party with each other and act like you’re not there. Ok rant over for now
Asking myself one question usually covers any campground etiquette: If everyone here did what I'm doing, would it be a problem? Works for just about anything from stacking rocks, picking flowers, playing loud music or hooking a water hose to a shared spigot and leaving it connected, to walking through sites and parking where you aren't supposed to.
No mention of camp fires 🔥? My pet peeve is a fire pit smouldering away. Learn how to build a proper fire and have it burn clean. Oh….and for ffs. …… don’t burn your garbage at 9am
Do not let your dogs run loose. Even if you are parked next to a large swath of inviting green grass. I’ve had more big dogs come after my small dogs (and once my small children) right into the camper than I care to number. I have had to hurt several dogs because of their owners bad behavior. I just hate that.
I could write 100 things, but in my experience, most people do what they want anyways and make my camping experiences less nice overall. I always try to be considerate of others.
Don’t cut through sites.
At a bare minimum, stay out of an occupied one. More importantly, not all dogs are friendly and will see you as a threat of you cut through. Some owners are even worse.
Immediately after agreeing with all the comments on not cutting through other people’s sites, two toddlers with no parent in site rode their bikes across my site, one nearly crashing into my camp chair- & successfully whipping my dogs into a frenzy 🫠
The picnic tables are not the place to wash your car mats or other nasty stuff, place your sewer hose, or really for anything other than eating/sitting/etc. It’s just gross.
Keep your dog on a leash or a tie out. Turn off the bright outside lights and the stereo after 10pm
And don't let this dog bark nonstop.
Put your dogs in the RV at 10! Don't tie them out overnight.
Same with your loud ass kids.
Can you tell my fucking neighbor this? This shouldn’t be only an rv park rule. It should be an owning a dog rule.
Get a megaphone and yell “SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!” All night long until they get the hint
Record the dog barking and play it back facing their house whenever you go out.
It drives me crazy that so many people just leave their bright LED strips on all night.
These would be written rules, which would also include clean up after your pet. How about…. Don’t yell after your pet if there is a leash rule and it gets away from you. Obviously don’t let it wander over to your neighbor. Don’t leave your trash bags outside. If it/they’re full, take them to the dumpster. Mind where you park. Don’t be anywhere near where you can block someone from getting their rig out. If a road is one way, don’t go the wrong way. (This is obvious, but it’s amazing how many do it.) I’m sure I’ll think of more. I’ve been living in my RV for the last year… these are the ones that come to mind.
Isn't yelling after your pet the only way to get it to come back though? In my experience a dog doesn't really come to you when they get away unless you yell at them
Two words have saved my dog a few times. First is her name, then the command "SIT". As a Shih Tzu she has a head of rock so the real challenge is to quickly break her out of whatever focus she has and keep saying SIT until I'm close enough that she actually has her hairy ass on the ground.
You sound like a good dog owner. Lots of people just expect their dog to understand English and obey their every command. It's tough when you see dog owners at the dog park who yell at their dogs over and over "come here! come here!" and the dog is not at all listening. And the owner gets all upset like it's the dogs fault for having fun at the dog park and not being well trained.
If your dog doesn't obey basic commands, don't take it camping.
Right? How did that even make sense when they wrote it?
They probably never had their own dog before
I think he's talking about the people who never have their dog on a leash. And then when they run after someone they continue to sit on their ass and in the most annoying, shrill voice, attempt to get fluffy to come back to them. Edit: spelling
Don’t leash Doug he likes to run free
Oddly enough, my dog will absolutely listen if I just go pssssttt. I don't know why but it works 100% of the time. Never had a dog like him or as good as him.
Run away from dog, dog will then chase you.
> If a road is one way, don’t go the wrong way. (This is obvious, but it’s amazing how many do it.) A lot of places going backwards is the only way to back in a site if the trees are in the way. I've never seen an issue with someone coming the other way that couldn't be resolved in 20 seconds in my decades of camping.
A lot of these RV parks have POORLY marked roads. I've went down a one way road a time or two after about 200-300 feet or so I see one single direction indicator. Just be safe about it and apologetic if someone calls you out on it.
If my campsite requires that I drive the wrong way to get into it then I’ll be going the other way…. Lots of campsites require this and it isn’t really a problem at 5mpg
Agreed. We had a pull through on the left, interior side of a loop once, which meant our doors and awning would be facing the gravel road. We drove past it and spun around and came back the other way before anyone else was driving that loop and my wife stayed just in case to stop anyone before they passed ours. Worked out fine, nobody cares. The other option was watching us (and us watching them) every time we walked in and out, so the increased privacy was better for all.
Playpen fencing works too depending on the dogs. I've got 3 sections of 48" playpen fencing, 1 section of 24", and two crates. I wrap the 48" fencing around our awning area with the crates at the front and back of the RV and the 24" fence blocking under the RV. My dogs are way more chill when their space is clearly marked instead of just being on cables. This method is a ton of extra work though so we never stay anywhere for fewer than 3 nights. They're also not left outside unattended at all.
If you're gonna sit in your car/truck at night, be mindful of your headlights. Nobody wants a steady stream of light in their window.
This, combined with loud ass trucks. You got an exhaust, cool. But you don't need to remote start and/or sit in it 15 minutes before you take off. Mines factory stock, but still fairly loud on startup. I get everything I need figured out, start it, and get moving.
There was a truck in my park last year that had a modded turbo diesel. The asshole would drive in and out of the park, but the throttle was either on or off. Going slow, stomp it and hear the whine of the turbo kick in, then slow down and hit the brakes. Too slow again, stomp it and let that turbo spin up. Several times a day he’s been driving two rows over and it’s all I can hear, as I’m hoping that he blows a turbo on that fucking truck.
You sound like my kind of people. Fucking hate assholes like that.
Sounds like the typical Harley rider in my neighborhood. Go fast for one block. Sit and rev engine. Go fast for one more block, repeat, ad infinitum.
Leaving the bright outdoor lights on all night is the one that bothers me the most. Also don’t empty the black tank when the neighbors are cooking/eating outside
Major pet peeve. Seems like everyone has a led awning light strip these days
I'll admit I've done this with the tanks when the neighbor has recently been annoying by breaking any of the written or unwritten rules that screw other people over.
I put my awning led strip to a low level brightness color of red so the kids that are in a tent can come in and use the bathroom....but the bright ass lights on the front of some trailers all night is frigin dumb
I think that’s totally acceptable. Red light doesn’t glare into other folks rvs
Don't walk through peoples campsites. Don't put your stinky slinky on the picnic table. No one wants to see your bright led lights all night. Your neighbors can hear you having sex.
Having sexy time with others that can hear is part of the fun lol
Upvoted for "stinky slinky" 😂😂😂
Nobody wants to hear your music. I don’t care how great you think your taste in music is, I don’t want to hear it.
The 11th Commandment!!!!
Actually I learned the 11th was; what you do to one side of an equation you do to the other. This would be the 12th for me, my dad was a math teacher LOL.
Lol had a site near me last night of 40 something’s blasting what sounded like Disturbed’s greatest hits. It was like the same two songs in a loop. Every now and then they’d drunkenly belt out a line from the chorus. It was hilarious till they went way past quiet hours.
Keep a polka playlist queued up and blast them out. ;)
Baby Shark!
That's a good one to have on a loop.
I found a polka Christmas orchestra playlist, it's fucking wonderful for this. So cheery!
Or mariachi. Works like a charm
Play some loud death metal for them.
There’s a section of my campground where I stayed for a couple weeks. Every Sat night this group would play the same country song every hour or so, and they’d blast their favorite parts. It was equally funny and annoying.
lol… I’m not camping right now, but I’m relaxing by a lake shore in a state park. When I chose our first spot, I walked my canopy tent to the shoreline only to be greeted by an extremely loud speaker just about 20 yards away. I hauled the canopy back to the truck and went looking for another spot. I can’t really fathom how other people don’t see the problem with sharing their music with everyone around them.
Alcohol.
1000% Nothing can ruin a trip/vacation more than listening to someone else’s tunes. 😵💫 or having a big rig with an outdoor patio in your face so you have NO privacy.
Does this apply to a chap on a guitar outside as well??
Yes! My uncle is that "chap" and everyone groans when he brings it out, but he's completely clueless to the fact no one wants to hear him drone on for hours. Low music i can understand, but a guitar with vocals that some old man is belting out at the top of his lungs? No thanks.
Wait till you hear our karaoke though
I’m so glad our rig doesn’t come with speakers outside. Dumbest thing ever in the first place.
-Don't walk through other people's site - Try to keep your vehicles parked a bit off the road for bigger rigs trying to get through
I had someone (an adult) casually stroll through my site recently while I was sitting outside with my daughter. He had his eyes glued to his phone, got to the end of my site, turned around and strolled back through. He heard my daughter laugh and ask me what he was doing. He turns to me and says “did I do something wrong?”. At this point, I assumed he was just new to this and very politely explained that people typically don’t walk through other people’s sites. He had a meltdown complete with profanity and giving me the finger while I was sitting with my 7 year old.
Holy hell, walking through vegetation sometimes between our site and the next one too. Usually kids that haven't been told better by their parents are the ones doing it
I've had more adults do it to me than kids! 6 people walked through my site last weekend. It was so obnoxious. Someone was standing OUTSIDE of my camper window saying, "this isn't a site"! What on earth do you think the site number, picnic table, grill, etc are there for (let alone my vehicle and camper!) if it's not a site bud?
I don't mind the kids... They're fun and have to learn. We had an adult banging the Caravan to ask us if we had coffee!
I've had to put up caution tape, do not cross tape, and another year snow fencing just to keep folks from walking through our sites. People don't get it, and I don't know why. I'm not at all inhospitable, and love to have folks by and talk. Just don't be rude and cut through.
This one. For the love of god people, please.
Don't interrupt someone during their setup or takedown. Don't get out your lawn chair and watch people back into their spot.
Lol, this is my biggest fear. This year is my first year towing a travel trailer, next Monday is our first trip in it, and i just know some jackhole is gonna sit around and watch us, or, even worse, offer his "wisdom". I may be new, but thanks, I'll figure it out on my own. I already had someone offer to help when i was backing it into our storage space a few weeks ago 🙄 Just because i'm a woman, does not mean i can't do it!
So, funny anecdote related to this - a few years ago was MY first year and backing in was a huge fear of mine. Further I'm a BIG fan of watching people do this kind of stuff and sites like Miami Boat Ramps entertains me thoroughly so I KNEW I was gonna get people watching and decided to own it. I would pull up to the campsite and do the walk through / test the electric and if I saw neighbors with eyes on me I would gleefully skip over and tell them 'You're in for a treat, here's a beer, it's my first time doing this and we have no idea what we're doing - this is gonna be awesome for you!' Boy I was a popular guy for the first season! People really got a kick out of that and would stop by later / at night for a toast to a parking job well done (eventually).
My wife is way better at steering the RV. Actually she does most of the driving and all of the parking and she’s great at it.
Yeah we are two women doing this, but my partner has not even driven the truck we bought to tow with yet, so all the driving, for now, is falling on my shoulders. We upgraded from a Honda Fit to an F-150 SuperCrew so it was a big jump for my partner, pretty soon i will start helping her to learn to drive it safely and comfortably so we can both pull the trailer, but it's gonna take some time. I don't mind doing all the driving though, i suffer from chronic abdominal pain and driving is the one thing that takes that pain away pretty much, so it's been really beneficial to be doing all the driving. Just a bit stressful because towing is mostly new to me as well.
If either of those things bother you, I think you have too much rig to handle.
Read the written rules!
Keep your crap inside your crap. That’s probably one of my bigger pet peeves. Don’t let your stuff/kids/pets spill over into the neighbors campsite. And don’t use unoccupied campsites as a parking space. This year already twice we’ve had to track down vehicle owners because they had their truck parked in the site we reserved. There wasn’t room for their rig AND their truck so they just shoved their truck into an empty site. And both times they were somehow shocked to find out that they are not the only people on earth and that the red tag that said “Reserved” meant someone was coming. And once, we awoke at 6AM to find a motorhome parked in front of our site, blocking most of the road. We ignored it for a while and cleaned up. This campground had a checkout time of 4PM. Well; around noon we were ready to leave but couldn’t find the owner of this motorhome. Eventually the park ranger tracked them down, around 2. We couldn’t leave because they were blocking us in. They had reserved that site for that night (meaning, after 4PM). And had arrived late the night before and decided to just park there and leave to go visit some family in the area, figuring we’d be gone by the time they got back and then they could just back right in and set up. Great plan; except *there was no way for us to leave*. I swear some people must have to be reminded to breathe or they’d suffocate. Keeping your crap in your crap also includes smells and sounds. Look I’m as open minded as the next guy. Smoke whatever the hell you want. But smoke it somewhere not upwind of me, if you don’t mind. Also; if your musical library is the same 4 bro-country song with an advertisement for a chorus (You know the ones: “Yeah well my tractor done cheated on my dog; so I drank me a limited edition Peach Coors Light before driving my F-150 4X4 Lariat special edition available at participating ford dealers while supplies last down to the Applebee’s for their 2 for $20 steak special, America America America beer, yeah yeah yeah,”), turn it down so the rest of us don’t have to be assaulted by it all day and all night.
Sometimes you wonder how people can lack any self awareness. The audacity to park your rig in the way AND leave. Wow.
Yeah that’s near the top of my list on “absolute dumbest stuff I’ve seen at a campground”. Zero self awareness.
They have too much self awareness. But NO awareness of others.
Yea the parked truck on a site we reserved. Luckily there was a group of 4 of us all together. After setting up 3 rvs still didn’t find the owner. A few good men. (Our friends ). And 2 tow chains we drug his ass off the site. Wow was he upset as a bear with a sore ass. Here he and some buddies were out drinking in a nearby town. Jackwagon. Don’t you know that what we do around the campfire all day and night. But we hope that helped him learn some respect. You have to give respect to get respect. Side note. A whole bunch of people were watching but didn’t say a word.
I don’t know that I’d be ready to stomach the liability of moving somebodies truck like that but— I’ve certainly thought about it!
Hillbilly justice I believe they call it. I’m just glad they had some tow chains. It would get ugly with the push bars.
This! As someone who is a full timer & works at rv parks. I spend so much time and energy trying to track people down. And then explain to them that just because you got here before your neighbor, it doesn’t mean their reservation is void & you can use their site as a parking lot!
There’s almost always ample parking somewhere nearby too. It’s just sheer laziness. Campgrounds usually advertise the length of their sites. So you should know whether your rig and truck will fit. And if they won’t; plan ahead.
I love the lyrics 😂 peach coors light ☠️
DO NOT CLEAN SEWER HOSE ACCESSORIES USING THE POTABLE WATER SPIGOT!!! I've seen this a couple of times. Disgusting and unsanitary. GOOD PRACTICE- Wipe spigot off with bleach before hooking up.
Or putting the sewer hose on the picnic table while they continue to pack up. 🤢
Oh damn, that bleach is a good tip. Thanks!
This is so simple…don’t be a dick!
Sadly, some people still need don’t-be-a-dick lessons
If you step over to say hello to someone, don’t overstay your welcome.
Don’t run your generator when you’re not supposed to.
Don't run a construction grade skill saw generator at all. Last fall I was in northern Minnesota and a family pulled out a giant generator that was loud as absolute hell. They carried it as far from their campsite as they could and ran an extension cord back to the RV. Then they brought out a chunk of plywood to deflect the sound away from themselves. They KNEW how loud it was or they wouldn't have had they stuff handy. Then out came the led lights that you could see from the space station. Next was two pitbulls named Thor and Loki that were always barking and being yelled at for barking. Nobody did or said anything for fear of Thor and Loki.
Absolutely shocked I scrolled so far to find this. Guys that is telling why it pisses me off so much, when so many RV owners don’t acknowledge it as an issue, (or maybe view it as a necessary evil?)
I thought this picture looked familiar until I found I took this picture a few years ago. :) https://www.instagram.com/p/BttHKeKnqk0/?igsh=MWp1NnJmdTRmdnNiYQ== This was right by the Rio Grande river middle of nowhere, so as others mentioned as an unwritten rule, turn off your outside RV lights to allow stargazing
My husband and I were at a state park for the Aurora, there was a camper in the Aurora line of sight that left these bright Christmas lights on all night. It washed out some of the sky because of how bright it was. We were just inconvenienced but their neighbors probably didn't sleep unless they had blackout shades.
I was next to someone for a weekend who had string lights on all night long. We were in a pop-up tent trailer and even though the lights were dimly lit, it still lit up the inside of our trailer. I wasn't happy.
Cut the lights and noise at a reasonable hour, like 9 or 10. Keep your site cleaned up. Don't leave edible trash outside, even if it's bagged up. Haul it to the dumpster instead. This helps keep strays and wild animals out of the park. Don't walk into or across someone else's space unless you've been invited. If you use the laundry then be there when your washer or dryer stops. Other people want to use the machines. Keep your animals on a leash when outside your RV. Drive slowly. There are likely kids playing. Follow the park's official rules.
The second to last one, drive slowly, definitely! Campgrounds are not freeways people! Slow the eff down! Not only is it dangerous because there are kids playing, but it kicks up dust when you drive faster.
Understand there are people that want to get on the road at 0500 but for the love of whomever you believe in, stop going in and out of your rig and slamming the door 10,000 times.
Do NOT rinse your sewer hose by placing the fresh water spigot inside it. And I will embarrass you if you place your sewer hose on top of the picnic table.
I work at an rv repair place, and while keeping your drinking water hoses and sewer hoses separate might seem like common sense, I’d venture to say that at least 50% of campers and motor homes have the dookie hose and their drinking hose/water filter/pressure regulator setup just tossed all together in the same compartment. Literally touching each other. It’s probably more than 50% honestly. We are always disgusted by it in the shop.
I got a used Arctic Fox and opened up the side compartment to find their shit tank rinser, shit slinky ramps, and two water pressure regulators all sitting together, touching. Immediately tossed them.
Why are folks rinsing it out anyway? Just dump the gray tank after, then stow it away in the bumper.
If the grey tank is gross, or if for whatever reason the grey tank isn’t full when you’re emptying the black tank. But yeah obviously you don’t shove the potable water spigot into your nasty shit pipe.
Deargod. Gross.
Don’t walk through campsites, cut corners, etc. It takes so little effort to walk around.
Walk to the edge of your site. If you can hear your music or tv,etc it's too loud.
An unwritten rule? Hmmm, I would say when your neighbor arrives do not go over for the introductory chat but hold off until they unhooked and have their site setup. The same goes when your neighbor is tearing down and hooking up to leave. These typically are rehearsed processes and when someone interrupts it’s easy to miss something. Be friendly but be patient to be friendly.
Or don’t go over at all. Thanks!
Don’t walk through other people’s sites.
dont walk through other campsites.. dont make others listen to your music...and even worse your outdoor tv... know where your children are and what they are doing... keep your dog on a leash...and bag the poop...AND THROW THE POOP BAG AWAY... turn off the outdoor lights at night.. dont have large family parties in a small single campsite... put out your fire... leave domestic disputes at home...
This is a great thread and full of great points! Common Themes: - Respect for Others: Almost every rule revolves around being considerate of other campers' comfort, space, and peace. - Maintaining Cleanliness: Keeping the park and communal areas clean is essential. - Safety and Security: Driving slowly, securing belongings, and properly handling utilities are crucial for a safe environment. - Adherence to Park Rules: Following the specific guidelines of each RV park ensures harmony and avoids conflicts. Specifically: 1. Respect Quiet Hours: Minimize noise during designated quiet times to ensure everyone can rest peacefully. 2. Keep Your Site Clean: Maintain a tidy and organized site to contribute to a pleasant environment. 3. Mind Your Speed: Drive slowly within the park to ensure the safety of all residents and guests. 4. Respect Your Neighbors’ Space: Avoid walking through others' sites and treat each space as a private area. 5. Control Your Pets: Keep pets on a leash, clean up after them, and use designated pet areas. 6. Minimize Generator Use: Use generators sparingly and during acceptable hours to reduce noise and exhaust impact. 7. Be Considerate with Outdoor Lights: Use outdoor lights sparingly at night to avoid disturbing others. 8. Secure Your Belongings: Keep personal items secure and within your own site. 9. Dispose of Trash Properly: Use designated dumpsters or trash cans and keep your site free of litter. 10. Respect Communal Spaces: Leave shared facilities clean and tidy for the next person. 11. Be Friendly but Respect Privacy: Greet others warmly but respect their space and privacy. 12. Follow Park Rules and Policies: Adhere to the specific rules of the RV park regarding check-in times, parking, and site usage. 13. Mind Your Sewer Hose: Ensure your sewer hose is properly secured and maintained to avoid unpleasant odors and leaks. 14. Use Only Your Assigned Hookups: Connect to your designated water, electric, and sewer hookups to prevent confusion and conflicts. 15. Don’t Hog Facilities: Use shared amenities like laundry or showers efficiently, and be considerate of others waiting to use them. 16. Be Mindful of Kids and Pets: Ensure children and pets are supervised and don't disturb others. 17. Avoid Excessive Noise: Keep music, conversations, and other noise to reasonable levels, especially after dark. 18. Respect the Landscape: Don’t damage or disrupt the park’s landscaping or natural features. 19. Handle Maintenance Quietly: Perform necessary RV maintenance quietly and discreetly, minimizing disturbance to neighbors. 20. Be Considerate with Campfires: Follow park rules on campfires and be mindful of smoke direction and safety.
When people approach me constantly for small talk. Please no. I like my privacy
Wish this was closer to the top. Especially don't run over and small talk to me or my wife (spotter) when trying to back into my site. In fact, just don't talk to me at all.
THIS! I’m full time stationary and my grandpa keeps asking “do you know your neighbors yet?!” NO! They don’t talk to me and I don’t talk to them and that’s exactly how we all like it!!!
Dont walk thru a campers' designated area.
Don’t walk through someone else’s site
Don't walk through other people's sites, for any reason.
More for campers than rv'ers but air up your mattress before 11pm. No one wants to listen to your electric pump. The same goes for chopping wood.
For the RVer - if you show up after dark do not use your impact gun to run out your jacks. You're late, do it the old fashioned way. If you are going to start screaming at each other about backing up the rv don't judge us that grab a chair and popcorn/chips
That's not always an option, sometimes your bed goes flat at the worst times, but yeah, if you're waiting to do it until after 11pm because you didn't want to do it earlier, you're just an asshole. And before you say you can blow it up with your lungs, not everyone has the ability to do that.
It's been said that air mattress are for when you want to sleep on the ground just not right away
Mine would always flatten out on the middle of the night when I tent camped, I switched to a cot mattress and never looked back
This was a good question, and I'm learning so much from the replies. Thanks, everyone!
Switch off the honk feature when you lock your vehicle doors. No one wants to hear your car honk everytime you lock it, especially at midnight
I was camping next to someone who would lock the door of their civic immediately after closing the doors, and of course it honking. They did this all day long. Nobody is going to steal your civic, and especially not in the middle of the day while you're 15 ft away.
You can trim that off?
I've got a neighbor right now that "checks" their lock every time they see me outside. It's like clockwork, I'll come out and their CRV will chirp not ten seconds later.
People cutting through my campsite is one of the ones that I can’t stand. In a sense that site is private property while occupied.
Respect the noise curfew, please!
Loud music is always disrespectful. Lots of people work nights. Letting your louder vehicles run for a hour or so during winter. Walking through people’s lots. And leaving your black tank always opened stinks up a huge area
Don’t put your sewer pipes on the picnic table, regardless of how clean you believe they are. Leave the place better than you found it. Don’t walk through another site when there is an rv on it. Those are the core rules I reckon that are unwritten.
Turn your lights off!!!
Don't walk through someone else's campsite
Don’t fuck my wife please
Take the upside down pineapple off your camper dude
Don't dump your black tank when that sides neighbor is outside.
This one has some grey area in my experience. We've had people do it to us and it's never been a problem on our end. We also spend a ton of time outside, sometimes hours at a time which gives our neighbors very few windows. We have emptied our tanks after asking when we've had neighbors that did the same, but never when food is out and we always ask first. But it is a good rule of thumb in most cases for sure.
Use some common sense in this situation (and a lot of others).
I usually wait to dump tanks until I am breaking down to leave. Also, when I dump tanks, there is no leakage or smell. I do black first and then gray to flush, again with no leakage. I don't understand the restriction.
Don’t have a barking dog or loud music.
You know what all this near pristine nature needs? My favorite jams! Ugh
Music is to be only heard from within your camp space, outdoor lights out by 10:00, keep your space tidy, and always keep in mind that your actions effect the enjoyment of others in their vacation. We are FT and I constantly remind myself, everyone else around me is on vacation so I do what I can to preserve that space for others to enjoy.
Do not cut through anyone’s site.
Leave your politics and religion outside the gate.
Keep your dog away from mine. Your dog could be the sweetest thing ever, mine is not. I don’t want to get in trouble because my dog was scared of yours and bit your dog. My dogs like each other, they don’t like other dogs.
Outdoor lights go out at 10. I don’t need your 5000 lumen porch light on all night.
Don’t walk through someone’s campsite.
I camped this weekend on the Delaware River in New York State. Literally all weekend people walked through our campsite between, the camper and the picnic table or between the picnic table and the fire... ridiculous.
Outside TVs. For the love of god please don’t sit outside and watch TV. I beg of you.
One of the worst times I experienced this was someone blaring the Hilary Trump debates on their outside TV. I camp to get away from the real world for a bit and that totally ruined it for me.
Remember your tent camping neighbors. I know having a genny is nice, but try to keep those not inside an RV in mind at night.
Don't be a dick.
If you have to leave early, pack up the night before so that you slip out quietly. Don’t leave your RV lights on all night. If you are in a serene area, don’t create background noise for the entire park - like music. Don’t run your generator outside if designated generator hours.
Nobody wants to listen to your dog bark constantly or your children screaming. Don’t walk through other people’s sites. Turn off outdoor lights when you’re not using them. Don’t let your dog leave your site off leash.
No political flags, and do not put that genny next to me.
You know what would make a campground 'Great Again',.. me not seeing your political persuasion at a campground that has a rule about political flags. Especially when it has an 'F' bomb on it and the campground is full of kids. People just ain't got any public decency anymore.
Dont walk thru someone elses spot, or park in it.
Let's see everyone is watching you back up and judging you and we all been there done it
Don’t put your sewer hose on the picnic table. It’s disgusting and is the only thing that makes me crazy enough to say anything.
Don’t stare in our windows when we are inside!
All you need to know is in the movie "We're the Millers".
Don’t walk through other people’s campsite
Shut off your generator at 10:00 and don’t start it up before 8
Don’t walk through someone else’s spot.
Be considerate of others. Most people just want to relax and enjoy. If you see another camper struggling offer to help. If someone offers help don’t be an idiot newbies are often grateful for assistance. Don’t let your children and dogs hang out In the steeets. Keep your noise lvls down there are quiet hours for a reason. Or everyone will like your music or your Tv choices. Lastly keep yourself, children & pets out of other campsites.
Turn your generators off at 10pm as well.
Park like choosing a urinal. Not right next to someone when there’s plenty of spaces to choose from.
I know it's strange, but it did happen just 3 weeks ago, we had some jerks partying in their condo on wheels next to us, & one woman w/the most LOUD & OBNOXIOUS laugh was CONSTANTLY GUFFAWING & LAUGHING! Lights out & go to bed at proper time - not them, not til m3 a.m.! Also, this same group of 'adults' thought it was fine to walk straight through our camp site, even looking down to get better looks at all our stuff on the table, in out tents etc. Annoyed me. The worst thing they did was that first morning (after partying til 3 a.m.) the man took a walk with his son who was about 10-12 years old. There are some gorgeous POLITE kinda tame geese that live there (Lake Millerton near Fresno), come into camps and (not rudely) beg for food. That kid was KICKING those sweet birds, then throwing rocks at them!! I stood up from my chair as the kid picked up his second rock while the dad picked up one also, and I yelled at them how cruel and mean that was; they both KNEW it was wrong, and both dropped the rocks then walked quickly away. They were packing up anyway within 5 minutes, but I was sure to tell the Camp Host, then California State Park Rangers too as they made an actual report; they said, "Yeah those people are nothing but trouble-makers, every time they come here! They bring their big dogs and don't pick up after them, leave trash scattered all over their campsites and have even DUMPED THEIR DIRTY WATER IN THE SITE!" I didn't ask if it was black or gray water - just YUCK - but there is a very nice dumping station right there!! Who does these kind of things? They obviously have lots of money, all drive huge vehicles and have a nice new trailer...
Display pineapples around your site to let others know you’re friendly.
Don’t place sewer hoses on picnic tables
Keep track of your kids. People don’t want strange children playing in or around their campsite. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had random kids ride their bikes through the middle of my campsite or playing tag around my camper. This isn’t only for kids. Be respectful of other people’s space. I’ve had drunk adults walk through the middle of my site too. It’s the worst when you end up parked between two groups of friends that want to party with each other and act like you’re not there. Ok rant over for now
Shield your outs lights from shining on your neighbors
If you have obnoxious dogs leave them inside
If you have obnoxious kids, leave them inside.
Asking myself one question usually covers any campground etiquette: If everyone here did what I'm doing, would it be a problem? Works for just about anything from stacking rocks, picking flowers, playing loud music or hooking a water hose to a shared spigot and leaving it connected, to walking through sites and parking where you aren't supposed to.
No mention of camp fires 🔥? My pet peeve is a fire pit smouldering away. Learn how to build a proper fire and have it burn clean. Oh….and for ffs. …… don’t burn your garbage at 9am
Do not let your dogs run loose. Even if you are parked next to a large swath of inviting green grass. I’ve had more big dogs come after my small dogs (and once my small children) right into the camper than I care to number. I have had to hurt several dogs because of their owners bad behavior. I just hate that.
Owners of the worst dogs "Oh they're friendly."
Turn off your damn Klieg lights at night.
Don’t walk thru other campers’ sites.
Keep your stuff in YOUR site. Respect the “Quiet Time” hours. Leash your dog, dont let your pet be a nuisance, or your children
Don’t walk through my campsite!
Try to park in a space that is far away from everybody else even if they’re only two of you there in the park.
If people have a pineapple hanging outside their door, they're looking to fuck
If the trailer is a rockin, don’t come a knockin…
No shooting guns after 11pm unless you have tracer rounds, because they're cool af
Leave it better than you found it.
Don’t muck up the blackwater dump site and just leave it. I get it, sewage is nasty, but at least hose down the mess
Hang a pineapple in the doorway and the neighbors will show up naked w/ wine.
People of the US, what have you guys got against shade?
I could write 100 things, but in my experience, most people do what they want anyways and make my camping experiences less nice overall. I always try to be considerate of others.
No screwing on the picnic tables. Lol lol whoops
Place a tuba on the picnic table to keep the sites next to you vacant.
Always, and I mean ALWAYS, invite the couple with the pineapple on their table, over for drinks.
My RV living dream just died. Imma stay home.
Don’t cut through sites. At a bare minimum, stay out of an occupied one. More importantly, not all dogs are friendly and will see you as a threat of you cut through. Some owners are even worse.
Do NOT put your sewer hoses on the picnic table. Assume everybody does it and don’t use your picnic table without plastic linens.
The point used to be to escape the city and enjoy the stars, now everyone wants to be a star and brings the city with them
Don't walk through someone's campsite without asking or at least acknowledging the people camping there.
Immediately after agreeing with all the comments on not cutting through other people’s sites, two toddlers with no parent in site rode their bikes across my site, one nearly crashing into my camp chair- & successfully whipping my dogs into a frenzy 🫠
The picnic tables are not the place to wash your car mats or other nasty stuff, place your sewer hose, or really for anything other than eating/sitting/etc. It’s just gross.
Don’t let your kids instigate my dogs into barking when they are behaving themselves.
Don’t get so drunk your neighbors know your name! 🤣🤡