WalMart campground?

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Nothing that hasn't been said already..... I love stopping @ Wal-Marts for quick overnights.  I prefer KOA's for my wife & kids when we stop for 2 or more nights.  I commend Wal-Mart on their "open lot" policy.  I think it makes great business sense.  I've gone into Super Wal-Marts @ 6:00 am to get some muffins for breakfast and walked out with boots/shoes, cd's, dvd's, tools, grill, (& muffins).  I've probably spent $500.00 on muffin runs over the last 2 years.  Thank you Wal-Mart for giving RV'rs a nice place to park.
 
RV Roamer said:
Casino parking lots  can be expensive too!

I have spent a lot of time in casino parking lots and I never spend a dime gambling. I have lived in both Reno and Las Vegas and you can't live there and gamble. It doesn't work at all. Besides that my mother was addicted to gambling so I have seen the ugly side and it holds no attraction for me.
 
I am going to get flamed for this post, but I have a fire retardant suit so go ahead.

I have read five pages of comments. Somehow TP got thrown into the fray. I really don?t care about anyone?s toilet paper preferences when the original post had to do with Wal-Mart camping. Can we stick to point?

Unless you always pay the asking price or are a first adopter, then everyone is a proponent of free enterprise. If you have ever shopped for a ?bargain? then you don?t have a legitimate concern about someone else choosing to stay in a parking lot instead of a campground. If anyone has used a senior discount, a magazine or newspaper coupon, or taken any freebie then they have absolutely no credibility in standing against those who would participate in the free enterprise system of parking at Wal-Mart. So let it go.

And, since I am a proponent of free enterprise without government intervention, I say that campgrounds don?t deserve any special preferences over Wally-World or any other facility. There are enough of the trazone?s out there who will ?drop the 20 or so bucks per night on a campground? to keep the CG in business. He/she is entitled to do so without our questioning the decision.

Frankly, I?m sick of this Wal-Mart subject. Opinions are like rear ends. Express too much of the first and you start to look like the second. Me included.

 
FLYBOY said:
Frankly, I’m sick of this Wal-Mart subject. Opinions are like rear ends. Express too much of the first and you start to look like the second. Me included.

I guess I am puzzled as to how you can be sick of this subject when there have only been seven postings since you signed onto the forum on March 09, 2010. No one forced you to go back and read the previous 137 postings nor the seven since you joined.

Richard
 
FLYBOY said:
I am going to get flamed for this post, but I have a fire retardant suit so go ahead.

Frankly, I’m sick of this Wal-Mart subject. Opinions are like rear ends. Express too much of the first and you start to look like the second. Me included.
So when are you going to unwrap that gift you speak of?
 
I can't speak for every state as truly I don't know... But Michigan I do know.
CA, many years ago, decided that "private property for public use" is to be considered public property to CA Law Enforcement and therefore can enforce local and state laws on such property without permission.

FWIW, I agree with the law and I especially wish they would bust speeders in parking lots.

-Don- Reno, NV
 
I am not aware of any Wal-Mart that will not allow overnight stays unless local ordinances, usually prompted by the local campgrounds through their association and affinity group, forbid it. I strongly support boycotting campgrounds in any area that have such ordinances.
A number of towns and cities have long had overnight parking prohibitions in shopping centers. And many a Walmart manager has had to deal with too many ignorant/inconsiderate overnighters who abused the hospitality. The choice to allow overnight parking in a Walmart lot is up to the store manager, when no ordinances supersede manager's discretion.

And, some parking lots are not large enough to accommodate RVs parking there.
I doubt that most of these ordinances are prompted by the local RV park owners.
 
Mike and I often stop overnight at Wal-Marts. We never stay more than one night and we stop there because we don't need hookups, we can't see paying $25 or more just to park, and often we're just plain tired and need a place to sleep. Not everyone can afford $25+ per night for a campground, not everyone needs hookups, not everyone wants to be in a campground just to sleep. And we've always felt safe in the WM lots as opposed to some truck stops and rest stops which were noisy and unsafe.

Cortez happens to be one of the places where you cannot stop for the night in the local Wal-Mart parking lot. The campground owners pushed through a city ordinance forbidding overnight parking at Wal-Mart because, they claim, there's a health hazard (?????). My belief is that this has hurt the city because the people who would stop in the Wal-Mart (and coincidentally shop there and pay city sales tax) will not stop here if they can't park in the WM lot. They will NOT stay in the local $25+ campgrounds. They'll continue on to the next town that DOES allow parking in the WM lot. So the campgrounds don't get the customers they think they'll get and the city loses out on some sales tax revenue.

Wendy
p.s. If you're ever passing through Cortez, please don't bypass us. The manager of the local Wal-Mart doesn't care if you park in his parking lot and the police don't enforce the ordinance because they say it's private property and they won't remove anyone unless the store manager asks them to. You'll get a nice night's sleep in a wonderful small town. And you can call us for a free Ranger-led tour of Mesa Verde, Hovenweep, and the San Juans.


Glad you added that last ps. I've stayed in the Walmart in Cortez twice and we weren't alone either time.
It's been 5 or 6 years ago, but nobody bothered us and the second time it was convenient to the O'Reilly Auto parts so I could change out the bad alternator on our toad.
 
They removed the overnight parking signs in Cortez a few years ago. There’s almost always. Couple of RVs parked there overnight. Well, except in winter 😊
 

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