Thousand Trails Pio Pico

We arrived at 11am unknowing of the $30 charge for showing up before 12 that the staff would not waive. We paid and continued to look for a spot, it was very full. There are no standards for trash, debris, people having items and hoarding everywhere at their sites.. never have we experienced such an unmaintained site with thousand trails and we have been full timers for a bit now. Our spot had debris and old sewage gloves and dirty napkins surrounding our hookup that had not been cleaned up for a while. After finding a spot the staff drove by a couple of hours later. She was extremely rude and sarcastic with my husband about taking so long to find a spot. She was the same staff at check in that was very unfriendly and not welcoming at all. We came for the location near San Diego and will not be returning to this spot again. If I could rate a 0 I would.

Cabin stay A40. Last week of September, 2024. Fantastic stay, quiet campgrounds, great security given the area. Plenty of activities. Mini golf, board games checkout, small library, pool, pool table, crafts for kids. Great little general store with a fabulous ice cream selection! Laundry facility. I will add the pictures of what to expect and plan for a cabin stay in the photos. So many positives for this place! 💯✅ Saying this with good intention- The only con that was noticeable isn’t a business problem. My opinion is it’s the responsibility of dog owners…some, not all, who bypass bringing poop bags with them on walks. We brought a trash bag and picked up some trash that people have left as well along our walks. I encourage everyone who visits- extend a volunteer hand and do a little to help out. ✅. Wouldn’t take much effort to preserve such a nice remote area for everyone to enjoy! ❤️👏 Had a lot of fun during our stay and can’t wait to come back someday!

We love Pio Pico! We are members of Thousand Trails so we stayed for 21 days. The day before our scheduled departure the wildfire near our next reservation became worrisome along with very high winds and gusts over 80 mph. I went to the office and spoke with Lisa we were able to extend a week for $29. We had never used this benefit in 4 years of travel but I was so thankful we could stay. Pio Pico is quiet and while you have to drive about 10 miles to grocery shopping and multitudes of restaurants it is wonderful to be away from traffic and highway noise. The laundry has updated machines and they work well, you can either buy a card or use the Wash app. The bathrooms are kept clean but some campers just are inconsiderate and make horrible messes. I feel for the staff as they get blamed but the work their butts off to keep everything clean. We don’t use pools or hot tub and we have Starlink so I have no idea if the paid wifi works. Nature is abundant here, lots of birds, ground squirrels, bunnies and sometimes at night or even dusk you can hear the coyotes yipping. Pio Pico may not be for everyone but honestly I could live there and be quite happy.

The RV/campground is pretty remote. I went to drop off my friend and child and the ranger, an older female, was quite unpleasant to work with. Not much of a personality, rather unfriendly, and reminded me of a drill sergeant. She had to fully examine my auto insurance and car before she'd let me in. I didn't realize I was only given 20 minutes on site, so after driving over an hour to get there we stayed over an hour before driving another hour back home. She saw us in another area, stopped in her tracks and expected us gone, so I just asked what she needed. $10 to visit. Don't understand why! Whatever. So I leave and drive back out to the ranger post to pay and she's not there, out patrolling. Left my parking pass and GTFO of there. Guess they don't allow visitors. She had a weird way of handling her job.

We were really excited for a weekend getaway trip to this location. It is close to San Diego and looked like a great location. The positve of this place is it has a lots of amenities and is in a great location. However, the staff that we interacted with at the ranger station, were incredibly rude. Ontop of that they charged for an early check in we were about 45 minute early and had three kids in the back seat. We took the charge rather than wait in their parking lot for a half hour and have the kids get more ansy. It was even more frustrating that we paid that fee when all the sites we had to choose from were compeltely littered with trash and debris. I do not understand why they would charge for that if they are not getting anything ready for the guests. Also several of the sites are overun with hoarding and clutter. One site had a punching bag set up and another had a fridge outside. Throughout our time here the staff kept interacting in terrible ways. The same front desk person came to our site and gave us greif for taking too much time to find a spot. Which does not make any sense to us because we found a place that was open almost immediately and followed their directions to parking and reserving. Overall this place would be an awesome place to visit if they managed to get the trash picked up and the staff to treat people kindly. Hopefully some changes will be made. We will likely check on reviews to see if things change before making our way back here ever again. If you are in debates between here and somewhere else, your probaly better off going else where. We have been to campsites all across the country and this was byfar the worst managed.