Changes To Review Submittals

QUOTE(Webmaster @ Jul 4 2006, 11:18 AM) [snapback]4533[/snapback]

We have found it necessary to add some more security to the website when it comes to approving reviews. All members will now have to submit a minimum of three (3) different campgrounds before any of their reviews will be posted on the website. If you have not seen a recent review you submitted posted on the website that is because it is in a holding queue until the five review quota has been met and then they will automatically transfer to the approval queue and will then be posted. Any member that has already posted five or more will see no change. Sorry we have to do this but some campground owner's/employees think they don't have to follow the rules of this website and continue to try to post great reviews about their campground. The "great" campgrounds will never have to do that as they will always receive positive reviews from their customers. We have caught several and will continue to do so to try to keep this website as it was intended.





QUOTE(Webmaster @ Jul 4 2006, 11:18 AM) [snapback]4533[/snapback]

We have found it necessary to add some more security to the website when it comes to approving reviews. All members will now have to submit a minimum of three (3) different campgrounds before any of their reviews will be posted on the website. If you have not seen a recent review you submitted posted on the website that is because it is in a holding queue until the five review quota has been met and then they will automatically transfer to the approval queue and will then be posted. Any member that has already posted five or more will see no change. Sorry we have to do this but some campground owner's/employees think they don't have to follow the rules of this website and continue to try to post great reviews about their campground. The "great" campgrounds will never have to do that as they will always receive positive reviews from their customers. We have caught several and will continue to do so to try to keep this website as it was intended.



hi...
i am a bit confused - do i need to submit three or five reviews before my reviews are accepted and available online?
thanks for your help.

 

:angry:
Sorry but in times of the cost of gas and pulling a trailer I think we sould be able to post what is found in the parks we can afford to visit and to see the ones to stay clear of. Soryy but I know I will not be able to afford 5 parks every year anymore wish I could tho.
D Smith

 

QUOTE(HarrietLD @ May 11 2008, 12:33 PM) [snapback]11461[/snapback]

hi...
i am a bit confused - do i need to submit three or five reviews before my reviews are accepted and available online?
thanks for your help.




ok, so it is five reviews we have to send before any are accepted? is there a way to look back at the reviews i have sent? tried the help screen but could not find how to do that. i sent in two from 2007 - hoe that was ok.

 

I can tell you that right now it is only 3 reviews that have to be submitted, but the webmaster has said he might lift this in the future (if he hasn't already). I do not know how you can look back to see what you've done. Maybe someone else can answer that question.

 

QUOTE(Texasrvers @ May 11 2008, 09:07 PM) [snapback]11470[/snapback]

I can tell you that right now it is only 3 reviews that have to be submitted, but the webmaster has said he might lift this in the future (if he hasn't already). I do not know how you can look back to see what you've done. Maybe someone else can answer that question.



thanks for the infomation. i have sent five, but have not seen any of them as yet.

QUOTE(HarrietLD @ May 11 2008, 09:13 PM) [snapback]11472[/snapback]

thanks for the infomation. i have sent five, but have not seen any of them as yet.



just checked - my reviews are no appearing. also, i realized that if i click on one of the reviews i can have access to the others i have written.

 

QUOTE(HarrietLD @ May 11 2008, 09:15 PM) [snapback]11472[/snapback]

thanks for the infomation. i have sent five, but have not seen any of them as yet.
just checked - my reviews are no appearing. also, i realized that if i click on one of the reviews i can have access to the others i have written.

 

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Sorry but in times of the cost of gas and pulling a trailer I think we sould be able to post what is found in the parks we can afford to visit and to see the ones to stay clear of. Soryy but I know I will not be able to afford 5 parks every year anymore wish I could tho.
D Smith

You don't have to stay in 5 parks every year. You do have to post 3 reviews (it could be 1 a year or 1 every other year or 2 this year 1 next, etc). Your reviews will stay in the waiting stage until you reach the 3.

 

HarrietLD,

You just said that your reviews are not appearing, but then you said you can click on one of your reviews and see the others. If you can see them doesn't that mean they have been posted? I thought you were asking how to see them if they are still on hold. I know you can look back at the ones that have been posted, but I do not know how to see them if they are still in the holding stage.

 

QUOTE(Texasrvers @ May 11 2008, 10:57 PM) [snapback]11476[/snapback]

HarrietLD,

You just said that your reviews are not appearing, but then you said you can click on one of your reviews and see the others. If you can see them doesn't that mean they have been posted? I thought you were asking how to see them if they are still on hold. I know you can look back at the ones that have been posted, but I do not know how to see them if they are still in the holding stage.




sorry for the confusion - i think i am set now. thanks for your help.

 

QUOTE(BBear @ Jul 17 2006, 06:21 PM) [snapback]4601[/snapback]

Great thoughts!

I've been on this forum for a long time and I just feel totally offended by this new rule...I think it's totally inappropriate and serves no real purpose.


i absolutly dissagree. for crying out loud, you do five reviews the first week of a two week trip. if you can't come up with five simple reviews in your camping life i doubt you have the r.v. ing experience to be doing a review of an r.v. park anyway.

be offended and flame away, i think the administrator is correct.

now, if we can just get him to post all ratings and not pull the ones he doesn't agree with.

i rated a park in calif. just to warn other motorcyclists the park was NOT motorcycle friendly. it was never posted. i guess the administrator isn't "motorcycle friendly" either.

 

QUOTE(rodeo1 @ May 23 2008, 09:41 AM) [snapback]11553[/snapback]

i absolutly dissagree. for crying out loud, you do five reviews the first week of a two week trip. if you can't come up with five simple reviews in your camping life i doubt you have the r.v. ing experience to be doing a review of an r.v. park anyway.

be offended and flame away, i think the administrator is correct.

now, if we can just get him to post all ratings and not pull the ones he doesn't agree with.

i rated a park in calif. just to warn other motorcyclists the park was NOT motorcycle friendly. it was never posted. i guess the administrator isn't "motorcycle friendly" either.


I just read a review of a park that was not motorcycle friendly, just in the last week I believe. It was a coastal park I think. Which one was it. I don't think they pull them if they don't agree, I really don't think the webmaster has a personal interest in any of the parks.

Just my opinion,

 

QUOTE(rodman @ May 23 2008, 01:31 PM) [snapback]11556[/snapback]

I just read a review of a park that was not motorcycle friendly, just in the last week I believe. It was a coastal park I think. Which one was it. I don't think they pull them if they don't agree, I really don't think the webmaster has a personal interest in any of the parks.

Just my opinion,


i absolutly apologize ! i just checked and you are correct, it did get posted. a thousand pardons, i will learn to check before putting my keyboard in gear. this is the most valuable website on the internet for someone who travels as much as i do.

QUOTE(rodeo1 @ May 23 2008, 02:19 PM) [snapback]11557[/snapback]

i absolutly apologize ! i just checked and you are correct, it did get posted. a thousand pardons, i will learn to check before putting my keyboard in gear. this is the most valuable website on the internet for someone who travels as much as i do.


sorry, you did ask, didn't you ? its a park in half moon bay, calif.

 

One reason that some reviews are never posted is that they are in either all lower or all upper case, and the moderators would need to retype much of the text to make them readable.

When submitting a review, please read the "Review Notice" that appears before you can post. It asks that you check your spelling and punctuation, avoid using either all lower case or all upper case, etc. Reviews that require extensive editing to make them readable have little chance of getting posted.

 

Actually, I have run into campground owners who *are* "smart enough" to read this site. There was one in Sequim, WA I stayed at. I mentioned campgroundreviews.com, and that their park got mostly positive reviews except for ONE negative. The owner mentioned that they do read this site, and "they knew who the negative person was...." The park owner explained their side of that "negative" review.

Also, I personally know another park manager/owner who reads this site. I'm not going to reveal what their ID is.

Plus, we have seen another park owner/manager on this site who told us all that they were a park manager/owner, "Parkview" or something like that....

Ok, that's three I know of......

JJ

 

I think it's a great idea. I am a single woman who RV's and I want the truth about the campgrounds I visit, not the opinion of the campground owner or employee.

If someone posts three times, it shows they actually visit other RV parks and aren't out to slam one single campground. Additionally, if an RV park manager or employee "knows" who posted a negative review on this board and tells other customers about that person (to tell their side), they better get ready for some serious trouble - possibly legal if that customer finds out. People don't pay to stay at these campgrounds to be slammed to other customers because they didn't like their park.

There will always be people who don't like a place and if the RV park owner expects 100% positive reviews, they are dreaming. Besides, if they took the customer's money, they should just keep "their side" to themselves - unless they gave the customer a refund, of course, which is highly unlikely at any park.

One review by one reviewer isn't balanced. I've had too many bad experiences from "well rated" campground reviews and I can't afford that lack of information. It isn't safe for me. If I see someone post three times - say, two good reviews and one bad review, I trust that reviewer.

I hate to say it, but I appreciate a bad review of a campground. There are too many other places I can visit instead, so you will find my three, four, five, or six reviews on this board. I will probably only have one bad review out of all of them, but that one bad review can save everyone money, grief, and time.

 

QUOTE(mdcamping @ May 30 2008, 04:06 PM) [snapback]11625[/snapback]

I think more quality control needs to take place on this website when it comes to posting first time reviews. I think each review should be read first carefully, maybe by some one that's at least familiar with the campground from that area.

This would help reduce the risk of campground owners,managers or friends of the owners from posting biased reviews. IMHO

Mike



I think they DO read them carefully. One of mine got "edited" (some stuff removed). I was a little ticked about that.... It might have been a space limitation issue, because that particular review was a lengthy review, (both positive and negative points about a park), although I think there isn't supposed to be a space limitation from my understanding.....

JJ

 

I agree with JJ. I think all reviews are read before they are posted, but not necessarily by someone who is familiar with the park. I also think that the people who read the reviews try to watch for “pumped up” reviews by campground owners and their friends, although I am sure some slip by. (Right now I could name at least one CG that has several suspicious reviews.) Even if the first review is biased subsequent reviews will tell the real story. Just my $.02.