Trailblazers vs Trail Manor Owners Forum

08-24-2010, 06:48 PM

Hello Bill,

I paid via personal check on July 30. In fact, yesterday, Monday I received the TrailManor Trailblazers Directory along with The Tidings from Gary Lewis. Thank you for assisting.

Norm and Pat Lehrer
2008 2619 Swing tongue
2003 GMC Envoy

08-24-2010, 06:56 PM

Wanderer

Membership in the forum and trailblazers are two different things. If you sent a check to Trailblazers, you did not join this forum. This is a very common confusion. Go to the link below for the details on joining.
http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...ead.php?t=1064

mcgyver210 · 08-24-2010, 07:37 PM

It is only $12.00 even though I usually wont pay for being a member of a board I have paid it since buying our TM.

08-25-2010, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mcgyver210

It is only $12.00 even though I usually wont pay for being a member of a board I have paid it since buying our TM.

We get almost no SPAM and it is quickly removed.

There is also very little in-fighting here. Just sometimes a difference of opinion.

I used to also hang out at RV.net but gave up because those folks are not nearly as polite as this group I have given up. Besides, it was not TM specific.

But there is some good information there. Just related to general RVing.

mcgyver210 · 08-25-2010, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by PopBeavers

We get almost no SPAM and it is quickly removed.

There is also very little in-fighting here. Just sometimes a difference of opinion.

I used to also hang out at RV.net but gave up because those folks are not nearly as polite as this group I have given up. Besides, it was not TM specific.

But there is some good information there. Just related to general RVing.

Darn Wayne I was just thinking of starting a fight with you!

scrubjaysnest · 12-02-2010, 04:38 AM

Just finished looking at the Trailblazers info, what little there is if you are not a member. Beyond the 10% discount on parts and service I don't see a real value to the group. They appear to hold group camp outs at places we have no desire to camp at. We bought our TM to camp in more natural settings not parking lots with maybe a little landscaping.
Just our $ .02

12-02-2010, 07:51 AM

DW and I sort of felt the same way about Trailblazers - we bought our TM to use on basecamping canoe trips. A few years back we were contacted by members of the Charter Chapter when they were planning an activity in our home town and just wanted some local knowledge. We felt sort of obligated to attend. We were surprised to have a great time and now regret when we can't make one of their rallies. There is no problem with a TM that someone at a rally can't fix. Sometimes the rallies are at urban locations we probably wouldn't visit on our own but sometimes they are held at really great locations we wouldn't have known about otherwise. (And it's about the only organization were we at 60ish are relative youngsters!) So I'd encourage our friends on the forum to try a rally and see if you do like it. - camp2canoe

ThePair · 08-25-2010, 07:19 PM

This is the only board I have ever paid to be a member of, and I will continue to pay for as long as I have a TM. Worth every penny and then some!

Virginia Deacon · 05-19-2011, 06:41 AM

We joined Trailblazers, several years ago, and have attended several of the rallies. IMHO, as the saying goes, "You get out of it what you put into it."

We never would have met the Bennetts, if we hadn't gone to our first rally, in Jacksonville, FL. They are wonderful people who originally lived in and near the small hometown where my wife grew up! We met Dennis and Sue (inventor of the Trailmanor screen door) at a rally in Gettysburg, PA. Dennis died unexpectedly, last year; we will miss not being able to see Dennis again, but are better off for having met them both.

The annual fee is very small, but the possibilities for fun and fellowship are "priceless."

Happy Camping!

05-19-2011, 07:02 AM

Well maybe I might have to look at Trailblazers again if I can get 10% off parts and service. I doubt it would save me money this year between joining and what I will get back on service this year at Lake City, but at least I would find out if I want to remain a member.

I use to be a member of Good Sam's but I did not stay at enough trailer parks to make it worthwhile and their online mapping service was mediocre to say the least. AAA has been much more valuable to us than Good Sam's ever was.

So I guess we will give the Blazers a year to sell us on them...