Trespassing campers

[Peggyy]

Does it bother you for people to walk through your campsite?  If so, how do you handle that?  Am I being a snob to ask that they respect my privacy? 

 

[Back2PA]

1) Does it bother you for people to walk through your campsite?  2) If so, how do you handle that?  3) Am I being a snob to ask that they respect my privacy?

1) Yes
2) "Please walk around next time"
3) No

 

[jackiemac]

It annoys me but has only happened once. What annoyed me was that you were asked not to do it at check in. It was rental RV so they probably didn't think about it. The whole family was on way to the pool. As we weren't sitting outside I wasn't too bothered.


If it happens again I'm taking a camping chair and cocktail over to their site  ;D

 

[garyb1st]

No, you're not being a snob.  My wife feels the same way.  I'm a bit more pragmatic and chalk it up to weekend RVers who are new.  It's one of the many reasons I don't like commercial RV parks. 

 

[KandT]

Talk their ear off!  Sure fire way to get them not to come near you again

 

[UTTransplant]

We have been camping for so many years, it happens to us on a fairly regular basis. Only a few people don?t respond well. Last time we were at Cody, this man and his daughter walked through our site so close to the trailer that they literally had to step around my front steps. Since the site on one side of me was completely empty, there was absolutely no reason for this. I said ?Hey, stay out of my campsite.? They didn?t respond, and I closed the door. About 2 minutes latter an older man banged loudly on my door and yelled ??Hey you!? or something like that. I went outside and he was absolutely and literally spitting with rage. He yelled something about how i was a b**** who had yelled at his granddaughter, I didn?t own the campground,, and I could keep my f****** mouth shut. I kept repeating stay out of my site, and talk to the manager. What was even more ludicrous was that the older man?s wife had her camera out recording me. I actually gave her my name, and asked if she enjoyed scaring her poor granddaughter so badly. (OK, that last might have not been very nice, but the poor little girl was crying looking at her out of control family.) Luckily a staff member wandered by and intercepted the idiots. I just stood at my door while they yelled at the staff member. After a bit they left after being told numerous time that they needed to stay out of other people?s camp sites, and the staff member said they shouldn?t bother me any more. Note I never yelled at anyone, though I got pretty hot at being yelled at and insulted.

The only other really bad situation was when we had paid extra for a lakeside site, and these other folks kept walking through. Kevin mentioned that they needed to use the walk way one site over, and they ignored him. We rearranged our picnic table and chairs to make it obvious, and they actually moved a chair to get through (saw that one through the window). The next time they came through we were outside, and I stood up to block their path. They said F*** you, and kept going. By then I did what I should have done after the first time and went to the office. The manager came back with me, I pointed them and their campsite out, and she talked to them. The rest of the week we were blessed with a private site but every time they went to the walk way, they loudly talked about a** holes who thought they were better than everyone else. We just ignored them. It resulted in a nice discussion with our kids about standing up for yourself and how you need to do it even if uncomfortable.

There have been a few other rude ones, but the vast majority are fairly embarrassed at getting caught more than anything else. Not walking through someone else?s site was one of the first things we taught our kids back in our tent camping days.

 

[FenderP]

I'm with you on this one.  I absolutely respect other people's camp sites and never walk through.  As far as I'm concerned they own it for as long as they paid for it.  I like for people to treat our site with the same respect.  I haven't had any incidents like yours yet but I commend you on your self-control.

That said, sometimes there aren't any clear camp site boundaries but it isn't difficult to use common sense and keep a respectful distance away from someone else's camper and their surrounding "stuff".

I also understand (so I've been told) it's proper etiquette to NOT knock on someone's camper door unless it is an emergency (a water leak, etc.), but if they are outside it's ok to wave and say "hello" and leave it up to them if they want to start a conversation.  I sometimes afford them the opportunity by commenting on their rig or pet.  You can meet some really nice people when camping.

 

[FenderP]

It annoys me but has only happened once. What annoyed me was that you were asked not to do it at check in. It was rental RV so they probably didn't think about it. The whole family was on way to the pool. As we weren't sitting outside I wasn't too bothered.


If it happens again I'm taking a camping chair and cocktail over to their site  ;D

Somehow I get the feeling they would enjoy y'all's company.

 

[FenderP]

Talk their ear off!  Sure fire way to get them not to come near you again

Ha!  That's why I haven't had that problem!  It's my "I love Jesus" sign! 

 

[garyb1st]

Ha!  That's why I haven't had that problem!  It's my "I love Jesus" sign! 

)

 

[Peggyy]

Well when the site next to us is vacant, it makes no sense to me at all.  One family was so close to my camper one morning they actually looked shocked to see us eating breakfast inside.  I just think it is rude.  And while I am on my soapbox, dont bring your dog to my site to relive himself when the campground has a specified dog area for that purpose!  Cannot figure that one out either!

 

[Rene T]

I have it happen to us quite often in FL. You see, the pool is right across the street from our site and people behind us on the next couple of streets, use our site and the one's next to us as a pass through instead of walking around the extra 500 feet. I usually ask them politely if they wouldn't mind to please not walk through our site. It is in the rules. Most times after that it's not a problem. They take the hint.  Once in a while our man eater dog is outside and I tell them that he will bite you. They usually listen. He wouldn't hurt a flea.

 

[blw2]

I usually don't like it if it's a stranger...not someone I know.  The only exceptions I can remember is someone cutting across the entrance of a very long "driveway".

My wife is much more tolerant of it, while I'm much more likely to say something if it's too close in my space. 

 

[SpencerPJ]

Ha!  That's why I haven't had that problem!  It's my "I love Jesus" sign! 

) ) )

It's usually the kids for me, and they are usually in route to the restroom.  If you are in a route to the restroom, odds increase.  It bothers me, but if I let everything bother me, I'd drink way too much. 

 

[Back2PA]

Solution: yellow crime scene ribbon around your site and spray painted outline on the ground 

 

[FenderP]

) ) )

It's usually the kids for me, and they are usually in route to the restroom.  If you are in a route to the restroom, odds increase.  It bothers me, but if I let everything bother me, I'd drink way too much. 

Hahaaa!  Right on.

Solution: yellow crime scene ribbon around your site and spray painted outline on the ground 

Genius!

 

[FenderP]

Well when the site next to us is vacant, it makes no sense to me at all.  One family was so close to my camper one morning they actually looked shocked to see us eating breakfast inside.  I just think it is rude.  And while I am on my soapbox, dont bring your dog to my site to relive himself when the campground has a specified dog area for that purpose!  Cannot figure that one out either!

On two different occasions we've come back from a hike to find someone else's bagged dog poo conspicuously placed in our site.  That really torques my jaw.  My lovely bride says it's probably someone who saw us with a dog, someone else's dog pooped in/near their site, they figured it was our dog, so bagged it and dropped it on us.  Like Travolta's character in Pulp Fiction said, it'd be worth them doing it if I could just catch them doing it.

 

[garyb1st]

Solution: yellow crime scene ribbon around your site and spray painted outline on the ground 

Maybe a few shell casings on the asphalt. 

 

[FenderP]

Maybe a few shell casings on the asphalt.

And borrow some of those plastic numbers from Whataburger to place beside each one.

 

[Prior member]

Our Camp ground has it clearly spelled out in the rules that they hand out to each person when they register, yet ever so often I hear some one who is near the pool complain about people cutting through their site as a short cut.

We are lucky where we are since there is no reason for any one to cut through our place. If they did I would sure speak up - May be even offer them a Margarita !

Jack L