RVScrapbook Provides Campground Reviews and Ratings by Campers

RVScrapbook.com, the only social network for the recreational vehicle community, recently launched its first sub-domain for a state-based system of campground ratings, where rv parks are rated by visitors to the site, based on first-hand experience as guests of the campgrounds.

(PRWEB) October 31, 2006 -- In late August, RVScrapbook.com launched the first social network for the RV community - a MySpace styled user experience for campers, allowing members of the site to create free member profiles, exchange information, pictures, blogs, videos and travel journals with other RVers.

The site's immediate popularity exploded it into the top 100,000 web sites within a month, and the site now enjoys an active community of RV campers, many of whom visit the site daily to update their travel blogs and upload pictures so that family and friends can follow their travels.

Users especially enjoy the interactive nature of the site, allowing them to create a "friends" list, join and create groups of special interests unique to the recreational vehicle camping experience, and this has drawn both campgrounds and advertisers, anxious to appeal to this very involved group of frequent visitors.

The recent addition of a "campground reviews" topic in the forum was an immediate sensation, and the site is now expanding into a state-by-state system of sub-domains, focused on specific travel information for RVers who visit each state in their RV travels.

The first such sub-domain, www.texas.rvscrapbook.com will launch in early November. RV bloggers, campgrounds, rv parks and rv resorts, along with the state campground association, TACO, are participating in the site. Users will be invited to interact with campground members, rating their first-hand experiences of the parks they visit, and giving campground owners invaluable feedback as fellow members of the site.

The benefits to Texas campground owners will be numerous. The high traffic ranking of this domain will enhance search engine traffic to all participating campgrounds' sites, and tools for campground owners include free polling capabilities, access to the events calendar, a blogging tool for sharing newsletters and articles about their campgrounds, and the opportunity to participate in a unique rating system.

Anne Pierson, creator of the sites, and president of the nationwide Happy Camper Half Price RV Club states that, "As a fellow campground owner, I have experienced our campgrounds being rated by other companies and campground directories; but our ratings have often been skewed by outside factors. Our campgrounds have been improving each year that we have owned them, yet our ratings do not always reflect fairly the improvements we have made. Most campgrounds recognize that the existing rating systems are often influenced by the fact that the people who rate the parks also sell ads in the directories that rate them. It's a conflict of interest, and campground owners prefer to be rated by those who really matter - our customers."

The new social network for RVers in Texas is online now, and all RVers who travel in Texas, and the campground owners who want to get involved, are invited to register - absolutely free - as the site gains exposure in the next few weeks.

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