<VV> Convention by motorhome

[James Davis]

I was just giving concrete examples of what I experienced.  Normally 
we stay at the host hotel, if they allow pets.  When they don't, we 
make other arrangements.  The only unexpended parking problem 
occurred at Flagstaff.  I had permission for the cats to stay in the 
hotel and had reservations for seven days at the host hotel.  As I 
previously stated,  I was told that I could not park the Ultra Van 
near my room but had to put it in the lot across the way.  We could 
even park to unload it at the hotel.  The Ultra would be inaccessible 
from seven pm to seven am each day.  By the way, I wasn't the only 
Ultra Van to have the parking problem in Flagstaff.   As a side note, 
there were two 28ft + that did dry camp in the hotel parking lot as 
well as two class "B" RV's.
I was prepared for a problem at Carisle but as it turned out the 
hotel was most gracious and even passed out cards to the RV's showing 
they were properly parked.  We proudly displayed the card in the 
window.  We have reservations at the Adam's Mark in Buffalo.  Ultra 
Van parking to be determined.
Jim Davis


At 11:23 AM 11/29/2005, Sethracer at aol.com wrote:
>
>In a message dated 11/29/2005 8:50:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, jld at wk.net
>writes:
>
>To  summarize, some clubs that host the conventions take RV parking in to
>consideration and some don't.  As for Buffalo, the jury is still  out.
>Jim Davis
>
>
>
>And sometimes, Corsa and the hosting chapters are at the mercy of the Hotel
>and their policies. At least since 2002, it has always been a Corsa goal to
>bring RV parking and UltraVan parking in as close and as available 
>as possible,
>  and Corsa has given it our "best effort", during hotel negotiations.
>Sometimes  that means parking in the hotel's lot only if you are 
>staying at the
>hotel,  sometimes not. As far as I know, (Given space 
>constraints),  overnight
>parking of an Ultravan at the host hotel should always be allowed  if you are
>registered at and staying at the hotel, and day parking should  be allowed if
>registered for the convention and staying elsewhere - as long  as 
>nobody is living
>in the Coach when parked at the hotel. If you are  staying in the coach, the
>Hotel policy will likely apply - whatever that is.  Corsa always has a
>contract with the hotel and has to comply with the contract.  If it 
>is a non-Corvair
>oriented Coach, hotel policies might limit parking  locations based on
>physical size, even if you are registered at the hotel,  due to 
>safety reasons. To
>put it kind of bluntly, why would you stay in a  Motorhome when you 
>could stay
>at the Hotel? To save money by not paying for the  hotel room?  That 
>is why the
>hotel is usually less than eager to allow it.
>
>My wife and I "campered" out (Corvair powered) at our first Corsa  Convention
>in Seattle in 1975, breaking down and driving about two miles to  the host
>hotel each day. My most fond memory of the event was actually after our
>multi-day dry Corsa Convention, when the Porsches started arriving 
>for their  annual
>National Convention, the skies opened up and rained on them for the  entire
>week! (Hee Hee!)
>
>- Seth Emerson