Amy Findley

Review of River Ranch/ West Brothers

I waited for a minute to write this review because...

I waited for a minute to write this review because I wanted to make sure my expectations were realistic and I wasn t just upset. We came here for my birthday weekend today. It was just me and my 9 and 4 year old daughters. I was excited to relax with them and do some fun camp stuff. We booked a platform tent since the tent is big and already set up. It is $110 a night for this space but I was totally willing to pay it for the convenience of not having to buy and pitch a tent. So to book for 2 nights, it was $220 total. When we pulled onto the property, we were so excited. It s beautiful and seems well run. However, when we were escorted to our platform tent, I had to do a double take. There are five platforms tents around a tree in a circle and each tent is probably less than 10 feet apart. On top of that there were 40 people at least in that area and about 20 of them were kids. The kids were crawling all over our platform. It was general chaos. When I called and asked if there was anything I could do about the fact that I didn t have a picnic table available to me, I was told I could go use one across the street. When I mentioned I didn t feel comfortable being so close to so many people, they told me I could go to a store and buy a tent and pick a different campsite. I think this could work for some people, but it s just not what I imagined. We were looking for somewhere safe where we could social distance and relax and what we got was a giant open space, but with tents right on top of each other, people on all sides of us and kids running everywhere. My girls and I ended up leaving at 10:00 pm to drive an hour and a half home. I just think in the times of Covid, maybe not filling all five tents could have made a safer and more comfortable stay given how close together they are. It s so awkward being able to hear everything the people next to you are saying. Not really what I pictured it to be and maybe that s on me for not looking more carefully at the pictures!!