Dangerous power grid and narcissistic owners who don't stand behind it I stayed at both Wright's Beach Camp and South Beach Gardens, properties that are both owned by the same people. During my last and final stay, Wright's Beach Camp staff redirected me to stay at their sister property, South Beach Gardens. The ownership of these properties is dismissive about problems within their inadequate RV power grid, and was sleazy about not refunding us for replacing the $179 CAD power it melted, or their inability to run our ~13amp A/C unit due to the insufficient power during the heat. During July 2024, RV stall C-1 couldn't deliver more 98-104 volts of power. We met with staff at South Beach Gardens about power problems we experienced for the duration of our 4-5 night stay in stall C-1. During the entire stay, the voltage was inadequate and unsafe for most appliances, and my Power Watch Dog (a device that protects the RV from poor park power conditions) routinely disconnected from park power due to inadequate voltage falling below 104v. Healthy park voltage should always be 115 to 120 volts. Instead of consistently being 115 to 120 V, the park power was only 100 to 107 V when pulling 14-16A. If I attempted to pull more amps than 14-15a, the voltage would sag to 98 V or so. We could never get anywhere near 30a amps of power which meant we could run appliances including A/C. At the end of our trip, we discovered that the receptacle had also melted our 30 amp to 30 amp cord. The cable was no longer safe to use. At the advice of the campground's maintenance technicians, we went to Leisureland RV Centre and bought a replacement cable at a cost of $179.20 CAD. I've attached photographs of both our melted cable plug, which is no longer safe to use, and the melted park receptacle in C1. I have also attached a photograph of the receipt for the replacement cord. South Beach Gardens brushed us off for both the damage their power grid caused us, and the the fact that we couldn't run A/C and appliances off their grid. This was also the first park where we were promised 30 amps, but were only able to pull about 14 amps before the voltage sag became too great for the Power Watch Dog safety device to permit electricity to pass into our RV. I was incredibly let-down by the narcissistic response on email by the owner. We will not be back and would advise others to be extremely vigilant about the problematic power grid here. Use a Power Watch Dog or similar device to protect yourself during voltage brownouts during hot weather, and don't assume you'll be able to run you A/C or appliances during the day. In July, voltage was only normalized well after sundown. read more

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Extremely disrespectful host named Tim or Jim and $500 for a week and you show up to your site garbage and smoke butter everywhere. No way I'd have that guy work at my site.have had no issues with anyone else but him guy needs to retire if he doesn't like his job. read more

I feel compelled to write a recent review of this location (Aug/2024) I read these reviews, this site and others online and was scared to go for the fear mongering I found. Yes most reviews are generally accurate, Dust, Gravel and sites are very close to each other and likely half the sites have the Power and Septic location on the Door Side of your trailer because 1 pole serves 2 sites. So ask when booking where the power pole side is and if you're lucky you will find one with everything located on your backside. They asked that you drive 8 KPH on site, if you do this you won't bottom out when driving. They do their best to let you know when the speed "not" bump but the speed groove is approaching with signs, again at 8 KPH not so bad. Something to know is most campgrounds in Penticton are not that good, in fact this one might be the best one, unless you like RV Parks are staying out of town. If you can set aside expectations before you arrive and simply manage what you get on arrival as I did you will really like this place. Yes some sites are better than others, the outer spots are on the hill with very little shade but do have great views of the lake Anything on the beach would be awesome but will be windy off the lake at times and dusty!! Sites 123-144 are tree covered and yes very tight to your neighbours, I just introduced myself to the neighbours and all was good!!! There is still enough room to crave out your own spot and picnic table for reasonable privacy especially if you are backing onto the playground side. I saw lots of families and kids running around playing soccer, pickleball, football and volleyball all day and yes until 11pm you can pretty much do as you please. After 11pm I didn't hear anyone get in trouble for sitting around their site talking BTW and honestly what campground does not ask for quiet time at 11pm?? This is not a party campground, again mostly families and folks looking to take in what is Penticton - Daily Activity and beaches. The staff from what I saw were amazing, always around cleaning and maintaining the washrooms. Office staff are super helpful and were excellent and getting back to me with timely responses to email questions (and I had many) The office staff manage a lot of things from serving Ice Cream to many people at once, helping you with something you forgot (they will rent it to you) and please understand this campground turns over sites all day long, campers are coming and going everyday and this staff manage it all and make it look effortless. This is a thankless profession and they deserve more for all they do so you can enjoy your trip. So again, I say reserve judgment and taper expectations and adjust as you go. You're more likely to enjoy yourself. This campground does a good job, bathrooms are good and clean, Laundry on site and WIFI, what more could you need? Oh ya! the pool is nice, I'd say mostly for lil kids to enjoy and the beach is an easy walk from your site. Free air hoses to inflate rafts or tires! read more

Save yourself a lot of Grief an look elsewhere ! Out of necessity we have stayed here several times over the past couple of years. We just completed two days there last week. At this point I would feel negligent if I did not speak up. This is not an place to enjoy yourself. We call it the Gravel Pit, as we usually are placed up top, however, we have stayed down below where your dealing with either Mud or Dust with extremely loud Highway noise thrown in. I get bottom line economics for the Survival of the Park, but at what cost ? They have jammed far to many sites into the Park $$$. There is no space to sit in your site without being in your neighbors face. The absolute worst is your neighbors Sewer Dump is IMMEDIATELY next to your sitting & outside eating area. Makes me ill every time I think about it. I could go on & on, however, I will end this with one last observance. How much effort would it take to level their roadways ? I have been on back roads that are better maintained. My SUV bottomed out ! Did I mention save yourself a lot of Grief and look elsewhere ! read more

Worst experience we have ever had. The owners were horrible, and the place is a dump. Don't have any fun at all or you will be evicted. The spots are on top of each Other, The septic tanks are ancient and in alarm daily which leads to horrific smells. If you complain they evict you. I have never been so poorly treated in my life. I would never go back and would never recommend that anybody stay there. Just the worst. read more

Don't recommend this campground management is rude and unwelcoming. First time out with our new old RV and tried this place on our inaugural trip end of May. We towed a boat and wanted to leave it on shore for our stay for which the check in girl said we could do and asked for a nice site that we could still see our boat. It's May so campground less than 1/3 full. We paid $55 a night, yikes!! No campfires allowed, no access to public washrooms or showers until June 1, the pool was out of order too as heater was broken. Had 3 little Boston terriers with us, and paid extra per dog. The next morning, we were Coming off the boat from the water people came down the path with another bigger dog. My littlest dog jumped off the boat and ran towards her dog. The lady ran around in a circle with her dog on her leash swinging him by his collar. My husband ran after the dog right away and apologized to her and all was well - so we thought. My dog sniffed her dog as dogs do. Our site was super small and my husband was too claustrophobic there, our neighbors left after our first night and that site was better.. no neighbors to our door side and nice lakeview and easier access to our boat. There was nobody below us as all the tenting beach front sites were closed. so a few hours later we walked to the office and asked to change to that site. As we left the office some management "lady "- (rather nasty Bitch ) approached us and asked us if we had dogs and she aggressively told us " our dog bit somebody".. and threatened to kick us out if our dogs weren't on a leash or unattended. This is your first and final warning, "you will have to leave". We asked when who and how.. our dogs were with us. then she said our dog bit someone's dog and we left our dogs unattended as we had just walked to the office. (2 dogs were leashed at the RV and secured and we were gone maybe 10 minutes tops and we had no neighbors at all- they were sleeping quietly when we returned ) our dog did not bite that ladies dog..we were not asked what happened or given any common courtesy. We were offended and upset over her behaviour and not treated with respect. Later that night at exactly 11 pm my husband and I were sitting at our camp site talking when we saw some teenager flashing his flashlight back and forth below us. My husband called out " what are you looking for?" Then he proceeded to tell us he was security and there's been complaints of us being too loud and he can here us from the office. We need to be quiet. Yet down the hill 3 sites left of us was a group of people that we could here laughing talking etc.. and they were closer to the office than us. We said we were just talking but would be going to bed soon. Then every 15 minutes there after he circled us with his flashlight until we went into our RV at 1145pm. Yet we saw him walk by the larger group down below and never stopped at there site to complain to them. I read other yelp reviews now about this being a party place and no security.. not our experience were both 50 years old and felt like we were being policed by the Gestapo in a pretty empty campground. Felt very unwelcome, Mistreated and won't be back. More of a parking lot than campground and way over priced. I'm surprised I didn't get a rap on the door in the night complaining that I snored too loudly! My husband was very upset that they never warned us that 400 m down from their campground on the west side of the lake we're deadheads and rocks we went boating down the side of the lake the 2nd day and took the leg out of the motor on our boat needed an emergency tow back to the beach and boat launch. Nobody on this lake would help us because they're in brand new boat and don't want to come near us to help . After we called and paid for help from a jet ski rental.. saw the jerk who passed us by on the water .. called him out .. you don't leave people stranded in the water! Doesn't deserve a boating license! Then we get back to retrieve the trailer and someone hit our trailer and busted off the post to guide the boat! read more

Many upgrades this spring. Camp is looking Good! read more

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Can't even sit around a fire with family past 11pm Security guard "older larger gentlemen" comes barging into camp sites just to see if there is anyone TALKING around a fire that he can complain about and power trip with his double AA battery flashlight and clip board. Comes barging into the sight screaming "ARE YOU FRICKEN KIDDING ME" at 11:30 pm while we are holding children in our arms who have fallen asleep while sitting around the campfire. I get quiet hours are after 11pm.... but when you literally can't talk around a camp fire past 11 pm .... that's just ridiculous... (non partying) NO LAUGHTER ALLOWED HERE Also a family members campsite was robbed during their stay this past weekend... "what 24hr security?" read more

I had made attempts to book 2 campsites on Aug 27th.... with 6 weeks of notice. The reservations we mistakenly made for July. After repeated attempts to make amends. Wrights Beach kept our deposit totalling $500. They were also unable to give us the dates we had asked for. Their reception is hard to get a hold of and there responses are always late. Reception made it clear that we couldn't speak to a manager and they were not interested in coming up with a solution. This place basically scammed us out of our money. Avoid Wrights Beach!!!! read more

I do not recommend that anyone patronize this camp site because of the numerous unacceptable issues we encountered during our Labour Day weekend. #1. You cannot book anything in advance if it's less than 5 days, they are very vague if sites will be available for long weekends and the only thing they can say is call that morning to see if there's anything available. - Not ideal when you are driving 8 or 9 hours to come here or have a big group and don't know if you can get sites together. #2. It is RIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY. About half of the sites are right next to the highway and it is so loud you cannot have a conversation, let alone sleep. We had to move sites the next day because the noise was unbearable. There's only a little wire fence separating you from the highway. #3. The owner and staff could care less about providing a safe and pleasant stay. At check in they bragged there was security all night and it was a safe place - there was NONE after 11 pm on Saturday night Aug 31 2013. At 1 in the morning we bolted up because our site was being sprayed in 360 degrees by the sprinkler at site 121 right beside my friends tent. We could not get it to stop, nor change it to spray away from us like the rest of the sprinklers in that row. We had to hold it and get soaked until it finally stopped! My friend's tent was completely soaked and she had to clean up all the water that pooled inside. Then there were people partying by the beach from 1-3 am. And again we could not find any security guard. They were SCREAMING "Living on a Prayer" and singing along very loud. We had to call the police, who didn't show up until 3 am and finally told them to stop. They didn't know why there was no security here either. - This is unacceptable! They charge these prices and brag they have security and they don't OR the guy is gone and sleeping somewhere and doesn't care. When we told the girl at the check in desk about this no one was kicked out, they didn't find out where the security guard was and they didn't care! #4. The cleaning guy they hire is a rude pervert! My friend was showering in the bathroom by the beach and it was her first time and she did not see the sign saying cleaning from 10 am to 11 am (so no using the bathroom right before checkout?! who's idea is this?) and she went to have a shower as no one was in there and there was no cleaning sign put up nor cleaning supplies. The guy comes in, HEARS her showering, whips open the curtain and stares at her for a bit and then slams the curtain closed. - No apology nothing. My friend was mortified! #5 The sites are SO packed in together, really they are very tiny and so many big rvs are crammed in there it's not really like camping. We felt like we were staying in a parking lot, so much gravel and dust and sparse trees with no privacy. #6 They nickel and dime you for everything! We were tenting and were charged $50/night for 1 tent plus an extra $17 a night for 1 person! For tenting that's kind of ridiculous. They don't allow any firewood and charge $17/night to rent a propane fire, and showers are $1 for 6 minutes. It was the most expensive camping we have ever encountered for tenting and on top of that we got NO SLEEP the entire weekend because of the highway noise, sprinkler incident, people partying and screaming. We told the girl/women at the front desk all of this stuff and asked her to talk to the manager. She said she would. At check out we asked if she did and it sounded like she was either lying, or confused. She said she didn't remember, and then "oh uh yeah yes I did". I said can we get any kind of discount or reimbursement for being sprayed by your faulty sprinkler in the middle of the night and having to call the police to get a party to stop because there was no one around to help us? And she said "no we don't do that". So I said fine. I will be leaving a bad review warning people of how they will be treated here and won't be coming back. I mean how disrespectful can you be to your customers when they are just asking for information and help after paying crazy prices? We felt taken and will not make the mistake of choosing Wright's Beach Camp again. I am being 100% honest, we are quiet good campers and just wanted to relax and we feel like we had the weekend from hell by staying here and went home exhausted. We tent camped almost every weekend this summer all over the place and never had any problems except for Wright's Beach. Please consider your options and heed the bad reviews on google. P.S. On top of not being able to empathize, apologize or care, the girl at the desk couldn't even tell us where a gas station was nearby. I have never dealt with someone in charge of a place that was so clueless. Perhaps review your staff? read more

I've been going here for years since I was younger with my family and my father has been coming here since he was a kid to! The people are great and I love being here I've been coming here 2 summers in a row now and plan to keep coming. The spots are a good size we bring along our boat so we tent and we fit two decent size tents with plenty of room to sit and make food! We love this place it's like a second home to us! read more

I stayed at this campground with my family June 10th and 11th, because my brother was getting married at a nearby venue. General complaints about the campground: - Washroom facilities were closed the entire time we stayed - The front office was only opened from 5pm to 9pm, giving a four hour window to go in and pay for the campsite. It would have made more sense to have daytime hours at least. - Very expensive, $37 per night, plus an extra $15 per adult, plus $7 for an extra vehicle, etc. Every other campground I stayed in didn't charge extra for these things. The owner stated that the rates were posted on the office door, but they were not. He also said the rates were available on the company website, which was also not posted anywhere and since we had basically just stumbled upon the campground we had no idea there was a webstie. - My mother emailed the owner of this campsite with some of our concerns, and she was very polite and proffesional in her email. The owner responded to her email with one of his own, which was extremely rude and defensive. Not really a great way to deal with a customer's concerns. She did not ask for a refund and simply wanted him to be aware of some concerns she had about the campsite and rates, etc. Overall, DO NOT stay here. There are tons of other campgrounds around Penticton. The best idea obviously is to call ahead and make reservations, even if it's not busy. read more

Overall not a great campground. Very tight spaces, dirty sites, old washrooms, men's washroom reeked of urine. Very overpriced and very noisy next to the highway. They are known for being un co-operative if even a reasonable request is made. Super inflexable. Partying late at night is a known problem at this campground. read more

In all fairness, the campground has a nice waterfront location. Cue the HOWEVERS and BUTS. BUT, the grounds are quite ugly, it is way over-priced for tent camping, and worst of all, the owner is a jerk. ALSO, we could have stayed in a motel 5 minutes down the road for the same price. A motel with operational bathrooms and showers that aren't coin-op I might add. We were only allowed to camp on the abundant gravel, but the owner who checked us in declined to tell us this. When the sprinklers woke us up by soaking our tents in the middle of the night (which the owner also didn't tell us) he basically said we were idiots for not pitching tents on the gravel and wouldn't compromise a dime. If you need to camp near Penticton, give this place a pass. You will have a bad experience at Wright's, where the customer is always wrong. read more

I completely agree with all the other Yelpers regarding cramped spaces and dusty sites. However, I would like to add that our power went out twice yesterday and once today. I've called twice today and no resolution in 2 hours. Not acceptable when your paying premium prices for power in a site. Other campers close by told us they also had issues with power over the last 2 weeks and had to continuously call the office. Frustrating! read more