Information About Recreational Vehicle Park
A recreational vehicle park (RV park) or caravan park is a place where people with new or used recreational vehicles like Class A, Class B, Class C motorhome, travel trailer, fifth wheel, Park Model RV, truck camper motorhomes etc 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.
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 allcomers and rent spaces on a nightly or weekly basis, much like a motel or hotel. A few parks operate on a time-share basis. There are over 13,000 privately owned RV parks and over 1,600 state parks that cater to RVers in the USA. Many of these RV parks offer WiFi hotspot access on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
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.
