| title | author | comments |
| Re: Overnighting at WalMart | Julie P | I've been RVing for more than 20 years and never had a problem. We've stayed at walmarts, truckstops, casinos and parking lots. 24 hour Walmarts are particularly safe with cameras and security people. |
| Overnighting at Walmart | Safety first | I love staying overnight at Walmart. I think people who are critical are missing the point. We can buy everything we need and sleep in safety knowing that Walmart always has security cameras and security staff. When we arrive at our destination we stay at an RV park of course, but on our way to our destination you can't beat overnighting at Walmart. |
| Hybrid power for RVs - school bus example | Tiretramp | Stop hauling children within two miles of school and reduce bus cost another 50%. Plug into recharge, what a joke. What is wrong on inboard charging and solar? Gov and Power conpanies are screaming about over using electric. Where is the electric going to come from? |
| Route 550 | Mad Jayhawk | Just two words that strike fear into the heart of any Class A driver - ROUTE 550.
(Or maybe that is 4 words.) Big time scary. |
| Never overnighted at WalMart | jagco | I have never overnighted at WalMart, as we are presently only weekend campers, but see people doing it all the time and we will certainly be doing it when we go full time. I spend loads of money at WalMart and don't see it as a problem for catching a few winks. |
| Re: Overnighting at WalMart | Seajay Cecil | Overnighting at Wally World. Every time I park at Wal Mart we spend between 50 and 100 dollars. Anyone that thinks the parking is 'free' doesent know my wife. Yes we stay at Wal Mart some of the time. Our trips usually last from 2 to four months and there are times we are 'on the road' and just need a place to park for the night. We stop at Wal Mart. We are self contained and we do not leave a mess. We do not use our slides or our awnings. We usually pull into the back protion of the parking lot, I walk the dogs,(and pick up after them) and my wife goes shopping. I can not remember one time that she did not come back with a shopping cart full of 'bargins'. She usually spends at least 50 dollars and one trip resulted in a gold and diamond ring for seven hundred dollars.
I say ''use it but dont abuse it'' Wal Mart is a good deal for them and us also... |
| Re: Overnighting at WalMart | LARRY HAHN | Hi, I love your web and telling about all the fun we have sleeping at wal-mart. I am the national president of wal-mart bound club. I have over 1700 happy members. 3 in england. Keep up the good work. I have a steak house on wal-mart pad for years and they all love the overnight people. They say we spend over $100 per night, have fun larry |
| OK to overnight - WalMart national policy | William James | The WalMart national policy is to allow RVers to overnight. Wal-Mart figures out how to use every inch of it's store to get the most sales and profit. This extends to the parking lot. The far end of the parking lot is seen as an under-used asset so encouraging RVers to park there makes good sales sense. I rang WalMart and they agreed that their national policy was to welcome RVers and any notices to stop RVers were only put up if local authorities demanded it. |
| Re: RVing and the economy | George Kent | It's true that some areas are affected more than others. We did a long trip and found that the parks near big cities were full and the parks in the middle of nowhere were almost empty. People are not traveling so much. |
| Always feel safe at Walmart | Bearman | We have stayed at many Walmarts in the N.W. & have always felt safe. A lot of 24 hour stores have outside night security driving around. When I ask the manager for permission to stay the night they usually volunteer if they have security. If I see a vehicle that is the security person I usually introduce myself. They seem to check on you more often with drive bys. When we pass back through they always remember you & stop to see how you are doing. Never in all my travels have I ever had a security issue or felt unsafe at a Walmart. Not true in some campgrounds though! |
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