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Voyager RV Resort in Tucson?

Yahoo Message Number: 14655
I was wondering if anyone has stayed at the Voyager Resort in Tucson and what it was like. I see it has high ratings and it has lots of activities. I usually stay at Beaudry, but I am going to be there for awhile and Voyager has much better rates on their sites. Are they really crowded? Are the sites nice? Is it secure? Is it pet friendly? Any info appreciated.

Thanks

Re: Voyager RV Resort in Tucson?

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Yahoo Message Number: 14688
Quote from: magnamama2000
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I was wondering if anyone has stayed at the Voyager Resort in

Tucson

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and what it was like. I see it has high ratings and it has lots of > activities. I usually stay at Beaudry, but I am going to be there > for awhile and Voyager has much better rates on their sites. Are > they really crowded? Are the sites nice? Is it secure? Is it pet > friendly? Any info appreciated.

Thanks

Magnamamma,

Your question about security is appropiate. Our coach was broken in to in Beaudry's RV Park in early December in the middle of the day.
They stole our computers, a purse with ID and credit cards, CD's and more. Beaudry's park manager was sorry but did not seem too concerned. The police told us RV breakins are common in the Tucson area. The company that replaced the window that was broken to gain entrance even knew what measurements he needed to replace the window because he had replaced several already. Beaudry has no gate security during the daytime. Be Aware.

renocase

2003 Intrigue 11567

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Yahoo Message Number: 14690
Hi Renocase,

Would you please supply some details - where were you located in the park, day-month-yr, how did they break in - which window, how did you respond, did Beaudry do anything for you? Thanks,
Fred Kovol

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Yahoo Message Number: 14694
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Hi Renocase,

Would you please supply some details - where were you located in

the

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park, day-month-yr, how did they break in - which window, how did

you

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respond, did Beaudry do anything for you? > Thanks,
Fred Kovol

Fred,

We were parked against the south wall directly in line with the registration/cafe/administration/office building. In other words not in the center of the park, but not off in a corner either. We had been in the park about two and a half weeks. We are fulltimers and we were enjoying Tucson and kept extending our stay. The breakin occured on December 4, 2004 between 9:30AM and 11:30AM. It was on a day where it was raining cats and dogs.
The police told us the people (if you can call them that) are very accomplished and knowledgable about RV theft. They have an ingenious way to break into a sliding window by inserting a small pry bar against the sliding window edge to put pressure to slide it open.
They then hit the sliding window at the point where the lock is engaged against the fixed verticle frame, which flexes the sliding glass, frame, and lock inward enough to slide the window open with the pressure of the pry bar against it.
Many sliding windows can be opened that way without even breaking the window. While inside your coach grasp a sliding window at the lock and pull inward and you will see how much the window flexes.
Anyway, they opened the small drivers sliding window on our coach.
Our window was not broken out, but it cracked. The police told us they can open a window in this manner in seconds, ransack a coach and be gone in less than three to four minutes.
The only clue we had to how we think our breakin occured was that a neighbor coach had seen an old car stop previously at our coach and knock on the door when we were gone. The car had three young men in it they thought. Also, because it was raining and muddy it was easy to see there were no tracks to the wall behind. The tracks came from the street.

The park manager at Beaudry was sympathetic, but made no offer of any kind. Because we have fulltimers insurance our company covered about two thirds of our loss which was about six thousand. They took three laptops connected to our Datastorm system. The dish on top is a sure sign of computers. The police also told us we were very lucky they didn't take the TVs and other electronic equipment as they do terrible damage ripping them out. In their haste they also overlooked other things and probably were not in our coach more than a minute or two. The manager at Beaudry told me they used to have gate security and discontinued it because people complained and that park is used for selling and it interferred with that. I feel cameras would be a solution as the car that was used to steal from us could probably have been identified, but methods of security is another discussion.

Fred, you and others are probably sorry you asked by now so I will end this. However, we are still dealing with replacing IDs and credit cards and security is now a very important consideration when we choose where to park.

renocase

2003 Intrigue 11567

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Yahoo Message Number: 14695
Reno,

That's all good stuff to know and I really appreciate you taking time to share.
Mike

95 Intrigue 10061

Quote from: renocase1945
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[quote author=fredkovol"

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> Hi Renocase,

> Would you please supply some details - where were you located in > the

> park, day-month-yr, how did they break in - which window, how

did

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you

> respond, did Beaudry do anything for you? > > Thanks,
> Fred Kovol

Fred,

We were parked against the south wall directly in line with the > registration/cafe/administration/office building. In other words

not

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in the center of the park, but not off in a corner either. We had > been in the park about two and a half weeks. We are fulltimers and > we were enjoying Tucson and kept extending our stay. The breakin > occured on December 4, 2004 between 9:30AM and 11:30AM. It was on

a

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day where it was raining cats and dogs.
The police told us the people (if you can call them that) are very > accomplished and knowledgable about RV theft. They have an

ingenious

Quote
way to break into a sliding window by inserting a small pry bar > against the sliding window edge to put pressure to slide it open.
They then hit the sliding window at the point where the lock is > engaged against the fixed verticle frame, which flexes the sliding > glass, frame, and lock inward enough to slide the window open with > the pressure of the pry bar against it.
Many sliding windows can be opened that way without even breaking > the window. While inside your coach grasp a sliding window at the > lock and pull inward and you will see how much the window flexes.
Anyway, they opened the small drivers sliding window on our

coach.

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Our window was not broken out, but it cracked. The police told us > they can open a window in this manner in seconds, ransack a coach > and be gone in less than three to four minutes.
The only clue we had to how we think our breakin occured was that

a

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neighbor coach had seen an old car stop previously at our coach

and

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knock on the door when we were gone. The car had three young men

in

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it they thought. Also, because it was raining and muddy it was

easy

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to see there were no tracks to the wall behind. The tracks came > from the street.

The park manager at Beaudry was sympathetic, but made no offer of > any kind. Because we have fulltimers insurance our company

covered

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about two thirds of our loss which was about six thousand. They

took

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three laptops connected to our Datastorm system. The dish on top

is

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a sure sign of computers. The police also told us we were very > lucky they didn't take the TVs and other electronic equipment as > they do terrible damage ripping them out. In their haste they also > overlooked other things and probably were not in our coach more

than

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a minute or two. The manager at Beaudry told me they used to

have

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gate security and discontinued it because people complained and

that

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park is used for selling and it interferred with that. I feel > cameras would be a solution as the car that was used to steal from > us could probably have been identified, but methods of security is > another discussion.

Fred, you and others are probably sorry you asked by now so I will > end this. However, we are still dealing with replacing IDs and > credit cards and security is now a very important consideration

when

Re: Voyager RV Resort in Tucson?

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Yahoo Message Number: 14696
Your Tucson experience is all too typical for Arizona. My brother-in- law runs an upholstery shop in Mesa, 110 miles north of Tucson. One morning he found his pickup missing. Called the insurance company and they told him it was probably already across the border in Nogales. They also told him the location of a used car lot where it was probably already for sale, and if he would like to buy it back, they would cover his expenses. He drove the 200 plus miles and found the truck where they said it would be. He bought it back and was home by dinner. It still had the name of his shop in the rear window.
Your missing computers may be across the border and might be found if you went looking. It may take some mordida(bribe money) at a pawn shop to find them. Good Luck! John

2002 Allure
#30702

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Yahoo Message Number: 14709
Would it help to a rod inside the windows so they cannot slide open.
Sorry to hear about this.
GBettig 2002 nINtrigue 11451
 

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Yahoo Message Number: 14710
We have stayed at the Voyager Resort in Tucson on several occasions and enjoyed it very much. It's a busy place with lots of activities but the sites are spacious and the atmosphre is relaxed. The last time we were there they had gated security with a guard. Don't know about pets.
I'm really sorry to hear about the break-in at Beaudry. We've stayed there more than any place. In fact we were in the transition lot December 4 when it happened. The park must have kept it very quiet as we didn't hear a word about it.

Linda

2004 Intrigue 11724