New park owners want input, New park owners want input Options

[rockerpeople]

We are in the process of building an overnight park in Marshfield, MO, which is on I-44. Construction has not started yet as we are awaiting the approving wave of the city fathers. We will have only 17 sites due to land limitations. Since we are close to Springfield and Branson, we thought the overnight aspect might just work. We plan to make the park as user friendly as possible and would appreciate info from RV veterans on what they want and need. We did hire a consutling firm that done a great job on layout. This helped a lot since they knew all the turning radius of the big rigs, the pad widths, and lots of other things we hadn't thought of. So far, we plan on 20, 30, & 50 amp service, free wireless and plug-in internet at each site, cable hookups, phone at each site, handicap accessible shower in each restroom, pool, restaurant (Mexican and very good), concete pads and roads, pull throughs and back-ins, laundromat, and pet area. Any input you folks out there might have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Terry Evans, Evans' RVExpress

[christyhicks]

I and my husband are 40-50 yrs old, travel on short trips regularly, 32' southwind with a tow car, soon to be a 40' MCI with a tow car, and here's what we look for in a park: the obvious. . .long pull throughs, concrete parking pads (more important than concrete patio area by far), some grass, some quiet, sewer, water, & electric, preferably 50 amp, and if I were going to set up a park, I would have a seperate pet area and make people use it, (one campground we stayed in, a man two doors down came over to the drivers side of our unit with his dog to do his thing, I guess thinking we wouldn't notice it because it wasn't right outside our door! What a slob!). I would think it would be a lot cheaper to cater to adults than to have a pool and such for kids, but if you wanted to, you could have the pool and playground to one end and leave us, who want peace and quiet, on the other end!(I have 3 sons, barely grown, whom I love, but some people's kids. . .well. . .you know what I mean!) A small laundry room is always nice, because even with our big bus, we won't waste space w/laundry facilities. Personally, I use a Voicestream wireless card for my laptop, $29.00/month for unlimited usage, so I don't need wi-fi or anything, but I would agree that access to plug in to the phone line to use a toll-free number would be important to many. I don't mind paying $20-25/night if it's a nice, clean, green campground, but I like the discounts where you save $$$ if you stay longer! Who doesn't? Be friendly . . .you'd be surprised how many people complain about crabby park hosts!