Building a Small RV Park - Year 2

[Neemer]

@Jim , resubmit your gripe to TripAdvisor. It will probably go to a different 19 yr old for adjudication this time.

 

[Jim]

@Jim , resubmit your gripe to TripAdvisor. It will probably go to a different 19 yr old for adjudication this time.

I did, several times. Got different messages back each time. The last one said they would notify the poster (guy that left the review) and ask him to read my response. They continued by saying that if the poster didn't want to remove it, they wouldn't require him to.

I checked on it today, and it had been removed, leaving us with 5 positive reviews. But that didn't reset the counter, so we still show 4 5-star reviews, even though there are 5-5 star reviews.

And every morning, a new spam message from Trip Advisor shows up, telling me how much better my life will be if I give them some money. I have unsubscribed twice, but to no avail. (Message says it can take up to 14 days to take effect.)

Seriously, Trip Advisor is such a horrible company.

 

["EZ"]

Glad to hear the bad review is gone. Sorry you are having such a horrible time with Trip Advisor but it's about what I expected. Maybe you could leave them a 1 star review??

 

[Janrey]

I recently became aware of two, 1-star reviews posted about our park. One of them on Trip Advisor was made 4 months ago, but we are not members of Trip Advisor, and didn’t learn about the review until I was doing a google search and stumbled across it.
The second one came through Google, and I didn’t notice it until it had been posted for almost 3 weeks.

The first negative review (posted on Trip Advisor) was from a guy that was unhappy about how he was treated by the new management’s employee, "Yvonne", and how she handled the charging of a occupancy tax. Problem is, he mistakenly made the review about our park instead of the actual park he had the gripe with, which was completely on the other side of the country. The park in question has almost the same name, so it is easy to see how he made the mistake. At the time of the negative review, our park wasn't even open, had no employees except my wife and myself, and we don’t even charge an “Occupancy Tax”. Clearly, we were not the park he intended to bash.

I messaged Trip Advisor and pointed out all these facts, but they didn’t care. Their response was as follows “We have completed our investigation into your concern and have evaluated all aspects of the review in question. In this case, the review complies with our submission guidelines and we have found no evidence to justify moving the review to a new location or removing the review as incorrectly posted on your listing.”

The second review, left on Google, was from a girl who also hasn’t visited our park. A wile back we implemented a policy of no children under 12, and this didn’t sit well with her. So, she wrote a scathing review saying we were discriminating, and even though she had been considered visiting, she wasn’t going to now.

So, one review is bogus as it wasn’t even our park that the fellow was complaining about, and the second review is from someone who hasn’t even stayed here, she just doesn’t like our “no children” policy.

I feel pretty frustrated as we have worked hard to maintain a 5/5 score, and we have been successful doing that until these two nasty reviews were posted.

Do we have any attorney's on the forum that would be willing to share some info on resolving these two bogus reviews?

 

[Jim]

Well this is pretty cool! Last year in October, Trish bought a bunch of pumpkins and put them just below Site #7 (The Holly Tree). She called it the Pumpkin Patch.

Fast forward to the end of the season and I was to dispose of the pumpkins before the rotted. But I didn't. And as the winter progressed, the pumpkins melted away into a gooey mess and eventually they were either eaten by bugs or they soaked into the ground.

So about a month ago, I noticed some huge leafed plants growing below Site #7 and it turns out, they are pumpkin plants! Apparently from the seeds of last years pumpkins!

And then today, I noticed there was actually some small pumpkins growing on the vines. This is really cool, especially if the cycle continues each year.

It's the little things, right?

Picture 1 is last years pumpkins (from Walmart) in the "Pumpkin Patch". The next 2 pictures are the pumpkin plants growing today, direct decedent's of last years pumpkins!

 

[purring along]

I will get to see your pumpkin patch next month.

 

[Jim]

I will get to see your pumpkin patch next month.

Site #1?

 

[purring along]

Site #1?

Yes, Large Oak

 

[J&JD]

Well this is pretty cool! Last year in October, Trish bought a bunch of pumpkins and put them just below Site #7 (The Holly Tree). She called it the Pumpkin Patch.

Fast forward to the end of the season and I was to dispose of the pumpkins before the rotted. But I didn't. And as the winter progressed, the pumpkins melted away into a gooey mess and eventually they were either eaten by bugs or they soaked into the ground.

So about a month ago, I noticed some huge leafed plants growing below Site #7 and it turns out, they are pumpkin plants! Apparently from the seeds of last years pumpkins!

And then today, I noticed there was actually some small pumpkins growing on the vines. This is really cool, especially if the cycle continues each year.

It's the little things, right?

Picture 1 is last years pumpkins (from Walmart) in the "Pumpkin Patch". The next 2 pictures are the pumpkin plants growing today, direct decedent's of last years pumpkins!

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View attachment 13907Will you be bringing a pumpkin to the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival this year? I believe the record weight stands at just under 2200lbs. Looks like you have a good chance at a winner.
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[Jim]

Yes, Large Oak

Awesome! It's a nice site.

 

[Jim]

Cross your fingers that it doesn't rain Barry!

 

[Rich W.]

Rain is ok when you're in a nice location. Ive enjoyed many afternoons watching it rain from the comfort of the coach, whether at the beach or in the woods. Thats when you play cards and cook crock pot meals. And maybe enjoy a cocktail or two….

 

[J&JD]

Rain is ok when you're in a nice location. Ive enjoyed many afternoons watching it rain from the comfort of the coach, whether at the beach or in the woods. Thats when you play cards and cook crock pot meals. And maybe enjoy a cocktail or two….

And where we live it seems as though it never rains….

 

[Rich W.]

And where we live it seems as though it never rains….

In june and July I encountered rain almost daily everywhere north and east Texas. Things didnt dry out again until mid Wyoming headed back west. I enjoyed it most of the time, often occurring in the middle of the night, with the exception of a few hail storms that were somewhat concerning. But fortunately no damage. Also very little of it occurred while driving which was nice. Only had a couple drops since we’ve been home.

 

[purring along]

Well we arrived at Deer Springs for a week of R&R. Even with a little rain, it feels great to get out of town. It was nice to finally meet you Jim and Trish, and if Mother nature cooperates tomorrow, I get to check out your campground.