Thousand Trails Rancho Oso

Reviews

• RR

  Robert Russell

  Sep 2, 2025
  1.0
  It has a closed until further notice sign at the gate and the sign looks pretty old
• CI

  Critical Insights

  Jun 25, 2025
  2.0
  This park is really beautiful, with a pool, jacuzzi, and large playground area, however, the administration failed to show competence in an extreme way. Additionally, their "wi-fi" was on a low-range antenna at the club-house, not reaching even the closest RVs during my stay, and there is virtually 0 cell signal there. I was able to use a cell signal booster to receive a tolerable cell signal, however, and of course, Starlink will likely work most of the time, though it is situated in a valley with a bridge passing over nearby. The major issue I ran into was because I had auto-billing set up, and had them just auto-renewing my contract with them continually so that I could stay there indefinitely. While this worked most of the time, at one point they lost my billing info somehow, and then, when I had guests who used their credit card to pay the gate fee, they charged my $700 rent to my guests credit card. Needless to say, my friends, who did not have $700 to spare until the credit card would refund it, freaked out, and the park was not helpful when we contacted them about the error. That being bad enough, several months later, the manager failed to set my lot to auto-renew, as it had the previous 6 months, and then contacted me on a Friday telling me I had something like 3 days to remove all of my possessions from the park.. I was out of town at the time, and if you've ever expanded a pop-out camper to live in indefinitely, you would know that it takes a good bit of preparation to be ready to relocate again. I ended up leaving that park in an undue rush, with the manager indicating they couldn't resolve their error for me because they had booked the spot out to someone else. It's hard not to give this location 1 star for these reasons, but it was quite beautiful and peaceful.. though the management operated as though their operation is part of the filming of "trailer park boys".
• AG

  artem gorbunov

  Jun 4, 2025
  1.0
  I was really looking forward to staying at this beautiful place, but unfortunately, my plans were disrupted. I had booked it for July 4th, but a month prior, I received a cancellation notice due to renovations. What's disappointing is that I was allowed to make the booking in the first place, despite the planned closure. As a result, my family and I will now have to spend our long weekend at home, which is really frustrating
• KW

  Kevin Westendorf

  Feb 8, 2020
  4.0
  My wife and I camped at Rancho in January. Once again, we found the staff to be friendly and helpful. The grounds are in good shape. The new manager is proactive. The pickleball courts were full of leaves and debris. A member attended a meeting with the manager and the courts were blown off the next morning. We had wonderful day trips to Santa Barbara, Solvang, and Los Olivos (wine tasting).
• LS

  Leonard Smith

  Oct 31, 2019
  5.0
  Very friendly and knowledgeable staff