Okay to cut through unoccupied RV sites?

[amarie1]

RV etiquette question: I know it's not cool at all to cut through (when walking, not driving) RV sites that are being used, whether or not the people are there.

But what about empty sites? Okay to walk through those? I do that when the "long way around" is too long. But I always feel slightly lawless when I do. 😉 

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Edited May 24, 2023 by amarie1
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[Ranger Smith]

I have no ussue with going through a vacant site when out and about in a rv park. I don't do it a lot.

[Danfreda1]

We don’t drive through sites that are not not occupied. If we are walking we might go through one but not often. Never in a hurry driving through camp. Have seen some people Who take a short cut and speed through and kick up gravel and dust. Everybody has different thoughts about it

[amarie1]

I meant walk through, not drive. 😉

[jjwicklund]

Only if I'm toting two twelve pacs of longnecks otherwise I'd take the long way and even if it's longer what beer is in the fridge would just  be that much colder.  

[sandsys]

I walked through empty sites when it made sense to me to do so.

Linda

 

[Payroll Person]

While walking pups, no. Only people, sure, quietly. No pups because they can leave wet spots at a moments notice, plus the empty site may have leftovers on the ground we don’t want them to get at.

Depending on the layout, we often set quasi barriers in our own site to keep out short cutters. Our heads sleep in a slide and in the past, short cutters have woken us up by walking into the slide.

[Danfreda1]

22 minutes ago, Payroll Person said:

While walking pups, no. Only people, sure, quietly. No pups because they can leave wet spots at a moments notice, plus the empty site may have leftovers on the ground we don’t want them to get at.

Depending on the layout, we often set quasi barriers in our own site to keep out short cutters. Our heads sleep in a slide and in the past, short cutters have woken us up by walking into the slide.

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[Larry Burkett]

A short cut to the pool, is a short cut. We don't see any problem with walking thru an unoccupied space.

[RV_]

1 hour ago, Payroll Person said:

While walking pups, no. Only people, sure, quietly. No pups because they can leave wet spots at a moments notice, plus the empty site may have leftovers on the ground we don’t want them to get at.

Depending on the layout, we often set quasi barriers in our own site to keep out short cutters. Our heads sleep in a slide and in the past, short cutters have woken us up by walking into the slide.

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[Tulecreeper]

An unoccupied space is unoccupied.  It's not like your walking through someone's empty house.

[sheldons65]

Don’t mind walking through unoccupied sites. Always wave and say howdy to any fellow RVers.

[Pat & Pete]

22 hours ago, Payroll Person said:

While walking pups, no. Only people, sure, quietly. No pups because they can leave wet spots at a moments notice, plus the empty site may have leftovers on the ground we don’t want them to get at.

Depending on the layout, we often set quasi barriers in our own site to keep out short cutters. Our heads sleep in a slide and in the past, short cutters have woken us up by walking into the slide.

Musta been drunk or people that should be under supervision short cutters .

 

 

[Payroll Person]

Once, yes. Usual are kids on bikes, scooters, or just running around. Usually I an a fan of natural consequences, but now when it wakes us up. Plus that is the side with my utilities so running or walking on my hoses and cables is annoying. 

[Pat & Pete]

Trampling your hookups , sounds like trespassing and should be reported . 

[Chalkie]

16 hours ago, Payroll Person said:

Once, yes. Usual are kids on bikes, scooters, or just running around. Usually I an a fan of natural consequences, but now when it wakes us up. Plus that is the side with my utilities so running or walking on my hoses and cables is annoying. 

That must be a really, really tight space for someone to hit a slide or walk on your hose or cable. 

[sandsys]

5 hours ago, Chalkie said:

That must be a really, really tight space for someone to hit a slide or walk on your hose or cable. 

I've been in a few RV parks that were that close. One of my favorites was where very close spots were divided by flowering bushes. They kept you from seeing into the next site but not from eavesdropping on their conversation.

Linda

[Ray,IN]

IMO walking through an unoccupied campsite is no different than walking through any grassy area around the office, no harm no foul.

 

[kb0zke]

We are in a fairly small park that we've stayed at several times before. There are some people who are more or less permanent residents, some long-term (month or more), and some here only for a night. All the sites are pull-thrus, with the utilities between two sites. I will pull the truck into the site next to us to load and unload the propane tank, but that's it. I don't cut through a site that is next to an occupied site.

[Rotorhead]

On occasion we will walk through the unoccupied spaces. However, we usually don't walk in the empty one that is right next to an occupied site. Walking neighborly and leaving what little privacy they have in a campground. If we are out walking it's for the enjoyment of the area and exercise. We will get where we are going eventually.

[2gypsies]

5 hours ago, Rotorhead said:

On occasion we will walk through the unoccupied spaces. However, we usually don't walk in the empty one that is right next to an occupied site. Walking neighborly and leaving what little privacy they have in a campground. If we are out walking it's for the enjoyment of the area and exercise. We will get where we are going eventually.

Good for you!  Ten different people or a bunch of kids constantly cutting through an unoccupied site is too much.  

[Pat & Pete]

5 minutes ago, 2gypsies said:

Good for you!  Ten different people or a bunch of kids constantly cutting through an unoccupied site is too much.  

Get off my lawn . LOL

[Rotorhead]

1 hour ago, 2gypsies said:

Good for you!  Ten different people or a bunch of kids constantly cutting through an unoccupied site is too much.  

No. Not really. If it’s not occupied it’s not a problem. But as I stated, as long as there is an empty space between the one we may cross through and the next camper, they are not bothered. 
Also, as I stated, when you are in a campground, there really isn’t any privacy. Probably 98% are packed together. So whether you walk on the road right next to folks cooking dinner or on the backside of their camper is irrelevant. In fact you are actually providing them more campground  privacy. 

[Danfreda1]

3 hours ago, 2gypsies said:

Good for you!  Ten different people or a bunch of kids constantly cutting through an unoccupied site is too much.  

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