The 10-Year-Old RV Campground Discrimination Rule

Above, the intent was to keep out RVs that look similar to this. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

My 2015 Winnebago Minnie Winnie is six years old now. I have read about some RV parks and "resorts" turning away RVs that are ten years old and older, so I don't have to worry. For now. 

The original intent of this policy of some parks was to keep out riff raff (the Cousin Eddies of the world) in beat-up old rigs. But what if the older RV is in excellent shape?

RV Travel asked its readers if this policy should be allowed.

They start with:

As a massive number of RVers scour the country for a place to camp, more and more RV parks are turning away folks with RVs 10 years old or older. Several years ago we had to send photos of our newly custom-painted Coachmen motorhome to an RV park in Florida before they would let us book. Then, I was so proud of our motorhome I didn’t have a problem sending in the photos. Now, I am not so sure. Do I really want to stay there?

A couple of weeks ago we ran a poll asking if folks had ever been turned away from a campground or service center because of their rig’s age. We got a lot of responses. Here are a few of them:

To see what the RV Travel readers had to say, go here.