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9750 Monterey Rd, San Jose, CA 95037-9331
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OK so I've been staying here for six months now. The place has good eye appeal and is well kept. The reviewer that said there was black mold in the pool and that the place was not well maintained was incorrect. The staff (other than the owner) is very helpful and responsive to your needs and requests. The facilities are up to date and the restrooms / showers are clean and well maintained. So the problems? Well first off their "deluxe" sites are sized too small. Their premium sites are a very good size but there are none available and if there were the price up-charge is substantial. Parking for additional vehicles? It is a joke. Too few spaces, too skinny spaces and they charge you extra to park your vehicle off of your RV space, yet there's barely room to do so! For monthly renters they also charge you for electricity at an inexcusable rate of 26 cents per Kw. Added to the monthly rate and you are looking at $1,050 to $1,300 to stay here. Definitely highly priced. Major complaint? Internet. This is the Tech capital of the planet and the WiFi system here is barely sufficient for basic tasks. Don't plan on streaming Netflix here! The owner is unresponsive to such complaints and seems unwilling to upgrade to a decent system. Very willing to collect steep rental fees and bone you on your electricity usage, though. Just be aware before you plan your stay here. For the most part it is a nice place, but there is no excuse for the deficiencies. Not at these rates.
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Date of stay: August 2014Trip type: Traveled with family
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Just off US101, this place has a lot going for it, except for the skinny RV sites. Our awning almost covered our neighbor's sewer hookup -- not acceptable. It's not that the concrete pads themselves are narrow, it's that the space between the pads is only about two feet. No tables, no outside fire pits, so they are pretty spartan sites as well. The service is good, staff friendly and helpful. The swimming pool and hot tub are very nice, the big TV meeting room is cool and was great to watch the Super Bowl with other campers. The laundry is very clean and the machines fairly new and average price -- they have quarters in the office. The store is stocked with lots of junk food, some beverages, and some RV essential supplies....but smaller than many resort stores we have seen. If you are coming south on Monterey Road from US101 be aware that you will have to make a u-turn on a two lane highway. We were in a 31 foot Class C and from the left hand lane (not the turn lane) had to turn and back up blocking traffic. I imagine if you made the u-turn from the right hand lane you might make it (but probably not in a really big Class A, but it really is a problem. I can't imagine why the California highway department can't fix this issue for the resort. It is dangerous.
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Date of stay: February 2015Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Room Tip: wi-fi is pretty good...there are many on-site services available -- wash and wax, repairs, etc.
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First off, be careful you don’t miss the park! The signs are small and faded and the main one is partially covered by a tree.
POSITIVES:
The park is quiet (apart from the train), clean and well kept. There didn’t appear to be any trouble during the 5 months we were there, and we felt very safe. We had good neighbors also, and there was a potluck Thanksgiving dinner during which we got to meet other residents.
Most of the staff seemed nice, and Laura is very sweet and helpful. It’s a shame she only works on Fridays and Saturdays!
The walking/biking trail out the back is great and there is a plethora of wildlife, including a bobcat who was almost sitting on the trail one morning.
If you have dogs, Leslie is the resident dog trainer/walker and is lovely. She took good care of our dogs while we were out of town, and is very reasonable.
NEGATIVES:
The actual sites are very tight, and we could barely fit our car next to our 42ft A-Class without the door hitting the car. My husband had to almost park in the bushes, and we had to trim a tree to be able to get off the road. Even so, the bay doors hit the hedges the other side and got all scratched up.
I asked Carmen, the office manager, if we could move to another site, but she said it was too much hard work (really?!) and to ask again after Christmas, which I duly did, only to be told “No” while she smiled almost sarcastically. No explanation, so I asked why. She replied that there were a number of people ahead of me who had asked to move. When I asked her how many, she said she didn’t know. I found that a little strange since she was sitting right by the computer. I was later told by someone else that a wait list probably didn’t even exist. Carmen just decides who can move and who can’t, depending on how she feels. She was very dismissive, and was either on a personal call or playing on her phone most of the times I went in, and some people, including me, she completely ignored.
If you want to wash your RV, you can’t. They only allow one company to wash your RV and we paid over $300 to get ours done!
The laundry room seemed ok, but the washing machines were pretty small, so I had to go to the local laundromat to wash my comforters. Sunlight, down in Morgan Hill was good.
I find it interesting that this is listed as a “10” resort with luxury amenities. I’m not sure what they are, but I didn’t find any.
Don’t be mislead by the monthly rates. There are none, unless that was just a rule for us. We were also charged an extra $50 per week for our car and dogs, so in all we were charged just under $2,000 per month for parking here.
Lastly, it would be nice if people adhered to the speed limit!
POSITIVES:
The park is quiet (apart from the train), clean and well kept. There didn’t appear to be any trouble during the 5 months we were there, and we felt very safe. We had good neighbors also, and there was a potluck Thanksgiving dinner during which we got to meet other residents.
Most of the staff seemed nice, and Laura is very sweet and helpful. It’s a shame she only works on Fridays and Saturdays!
The walking/biking trail out the back is great and there is a plethora of wildlife, including a bobcat who was almost sitting on the trail one morning.
If you have dogs, Leslie is the resident dog trainer/walker and is lovely. She took good care of our dogs while we were out of town, and is very reasonable.
NEGATIVES:
The actual sites are very tight, and we could barely fit our car next to our 42ft A-Class without the door hitting the car. My husband had to almost park in the bushes, and we had to trim a tree to be able to get off the road. Even so, the bay doors hit the hedges the other side and got all scratched up.
I asked Carmen, the office manager, if we could move to another site, but she said it was too much hard work (really?!) and to ask again after Christmas, which I duly did, only to be told “No” while she smiled almost sarcastically. No explanation, so I asked why. She replied that there were a number of people ahead of me who had asked to move. When I asked her how many, she said she didn’t know. I found that a little strange since she was sitting right by the computer. I was later told by someone else that a wait list probably didn’t even exist. Carmen just decides who can move and who can’t, depending on how she feels. She was very dismissive, and was either on a personal call or playing on her phone most of the times I went in, and some people, including me, she completely ignored.
If you want to wash your RV, you can’t. They only allow one company to wash your RV and we paid over $300 to get ours done!
The laundry room seemed ok, but the washing machines were pretty small, so I had to go to the local laundromat to wash my comforters. Sunlight, down in Morgan Hill was good.
I find it interesting that this is listed as a “10” resort with luxury amenities. I’m not sure what they are, but I didn’t find any.
Don’t be mislead by the monthly rates. There are none, unless that was just a rule for us. We were also charged an extra $50 per week for our car and dogs, so in all we were charged just under $2,000 per month for parking here.
Lastly, it would be nice if people adhered to the speed limit!
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Date of stay: October 2017Trip type: Traveled on business
Room Tip: Big sites are at the front, but so are is the busy road and the noisy train.
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Monthly sites at 2300-2600/mo....for a slab of concrete! Bay area rip off artists! Didn't even take the time to ask if this was with utilities included, not worth it. Why do people allow this to happen? I'm rich so I'll pay overwhelming prices for a concrete slab and pull us mid income levels out.
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Date of stay: January 2024Trip type: Traveled solo
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Nicest location near South Bay. First visit since they expanded facility to the North. Very quiet except for the occasional train. Fortunately, the frequency goes way down at night. It seems that everyone has at least one dog, but they are pretty quiet.
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Date of stay: March 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Nice large sites, pretty OK pool.
NOISY from trains, drag racers
Noisy from ongoing construction
Dog policy sucks, dog park has uncomfortable gravel, was closed for several days for lame reason
Hot tub was nasty dirty
Laundry room has small crappy machines
Owner's attitude is the worst part. Screwed around my Aunt and Uncle also on a previous visit.
NOISY from trains, drag racers
Noisy from ongoing construction
Dog policy sucks, dog park has uncomfortable gravel, was closed for several days for lame reason
Hot tub was nasty dirty
Laundry room has small crappy machines
Owner's attitude is the worst part. Screwed around my Aunt and Uncle also on a previous visit.
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Date of stay: September 2020
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This park is a joke, the owner is a horrible person, very unprofessional.. The pool and hot tub have black mold growing in them and the grounds are very unkept. The price is ridiculous, and they charge more than what PG&E charges for electric. The owner trades labor for space rent..which is against the law in the state of California.. so I've been told. The state of California is in a drought and yet the owner waters her olive trees and the grass at the entrance everyday twice a day...hmmmm. I would give this park a - 5 rating
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Date of stay: August 2014
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Booked RV spot by phone with office manager for two nights in November. Took our RV to the Stanford football night game and arrived back at the park around 10 pm. Our electrical plug in box had a pad lock placed on it. Went to the office which was closed. There was no sign indicating any RV designated as a park manager. There was no phone number to call other than the sheriff in event of an emergency.Walked around the park for nearly one half hour looking for a sign indicating someone at the park who would be in charge, no signs. There was an emergency call button at the office, tried it, but it was not connected to anything. The office attendant the next morning said it was disconnected. Walked around again asking people walking their dogs if they knew anyone in charge. Finally found a person after an hour of trying who directed me to a woman's rv that worked there. Asked that person to go with me and stand next to me so they would see a familiar face, so I wouldn't look like a burglar. That woman then called another person at 11:30pm who finally showed up with a key to unlock the electrical box. Went to the office in the morning, and met a surly manager at the desk who seemed uninterested in my prior night's adventure. I asked that she have the manager contact me. Never received a call. Seems as though this park primarily serves a group of monthly or longer guests, and one or two night guests are looked at as more of an annoyance. Must have a problem with theft to be locking electrical boxes, especially on pads that are paid for. The explanation I received was that there was no one on the pad at 9pm so they locked the box. Poor customer service, no emergency contact, no effort to contact me after personally requesting a call from the manager. Never go back to this park again!!!
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Date of stay: November 2015Trip type: Traveled with family
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My wife and I stayed for one year while she worked in Menlo Park. The commute time to travel 35 mi north/south on 101 could be between 45 min and 2 hours each way, often 4 hours a day in the car.
The park is poorly managed however when you have the only park you can do that and have zero customer service skills.
Get all communications in writing or you will find they will not honor any promises.
Internet is poorly configured, you will need another option if you are a techie.
Had to deal with off leash pets often, it is the law in that county to have all animals on a 6 foot or shorter leash including cats.
Pool was often broken and looks awful needs paint.
Hot tub was often broken and or closed by health dept.
In general the park could be very nice if owned by someone who cared about customers and resolved issues quickly.
The park is poorly managed however when you have the only park you can do that and have zero customer service skills.
Get all communications in writing or you will find they will not honor any promises.
Internet is poorly configured, you will need another option if you are a techie.
Had to deal with off leash pets often, it is the law in that county to have all animals on a 6 foot or shorter leash including cats.
Pool was often broken and looks awful needs paint.
Hot tub was often broken and or closed by health dept.
In general the park could be very nice if owned by someone who cared about customers and resolved issues quickly.
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Date of stay: March 2014
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14 nights June -July, 2019 - $1072.69
Coyote Valley Resort is located on a 4 lane highway with a barricade in the middle, so to enter from the North you have to make a U-Turn about 1 mile south, this is impossible with a full size truck & especially pulling a trailer. Plan ahead to enter from the South. There is no gate into the park and there is no security. There his also no after hours/emergency number for any issues that come up after the office closes.
We checked in on a Saturday, Ashley did allow us to check in about 30 minutes early and did not charge us the early check in fee. She was friendly & helpful. Jeff helped us back into our spot - he is also really nice. The park is clean & well maintained. The road is NOISY. It is a highway, cars are driving really fast - the road is in horrible shape and there are no noise breaks between the park and the highway.
Our first night was Saturday, and we could not drown out the sounds of drag racing. At about 11:00 pm 10-15 young adults pulled up in front of our site to load up a car on a flatbed trailer. They were loud, revving their engines, drinking beer - leaning on our cars & our trailer for about 45 minutes. Remember - no security at the park, so no one to call unless we called 911.
On Monday morning the park’s sewer system started backing up all over our site. and covered everything that was touching the ground in raw sewage. With no emergency contact, after hours number or security guards, my only option was to leave a voicemail for the front office. After waiting for a little more than an hour with no reply, I went to the office and let the front desk lady (I think her name is Kristy) know about the sewer backup and was met with blank stares/eye rolling and a generally uncaring, horrible attitude.
After another hour I was informed by the maintenance guys that the sewage wouldn’t be stopped/cleaned up until sometime around noon, but we were probably going to be approved to pack up and move to another site (maybe, the office hadn’t figured out if there was a site available yet). I let them know that our truck was not available to move our trailer that morning and was told that they could probably move our trailer for us, but the office staff said we couldn’t tell Elaine (the owner of the park).
After dealing with the smell and the grossness of it all for over 2 1/2 hours, I finally loaded up my kids and went to the park for a few hours to escape while we waited for the sewer cleanup to happen.
Jeff went above and beyond to find another guest with an Anderson hitch to move our trailer and the guest was kind enough to move our trailer to the new site. Damon & Jeff power washed everything that could be salvaged. But, our rug, spare hose and fresh water hoses were ruined and we were without water to our trailer until almost 8:00 that night while we waited for Damon to track down enough hose to reach the spicket. Damon gave us a bottle of wine and got approval from Elaine to credit us for 1 night stay and reimburse us for the rug & other hose that were ruined. But, I needed to find the hose & rug then submit a receipt to the office for reimbursement. Again, Kristi in the office had a horrible attitude about the whole situation. I lost my temper and yelled (most definitely not my finest moment). Their sewer backed up and ruined my things, while creating a really hardship for our family after paying $1,000+ to stay for 2 weeks & her attitude was the last thing I deserved to deal with.
Later that day Elaine left me a voicemail thanking me for my graciousness and patience, which was appreciated. I assumed it was all done and we could finally just relax and enjoy the remainder of our stay.
I was mistaken. The very next morning I received another phone call from Elaine that she had been told we homeschool our children, which she does not allow in her park. She told me I needed to go register my children with the school district or we would need to leave. My children are 5 & 2 years old. Neither one is school aged. It was June-July, so summer break and we were only there for 2 weeks. It is absolutely none of her business where, when or if my children attend school & it felt very discriminatory and aggressive after everything else we had dealt with.
While the sewer backup was gross and unwelcome, it is not the reason I have given a negative review as things happen that are outside of the park’s control. The way we were treated and the absence of after hours support is a real problem and completely unacceptable.
Coyote Valley Resort is located on a 4 lane highway with a barricade in the middle, so to enter from the North you have to make a U-Turn about 1 mile south, this is impossible with a full size truck & especially pulling a trailer. Plan ahead to enter from the South. There is no gate into the park and there is no security. There his also no after hours/emergency number for any issues that come up after the office closes.
We checked in on a Saturday, Ashley did allow us to check in about 30 minutes early and did not charge us the early check in fee. She was friendly & helpful. Jeff helped us back into our spot - he is also really nice. The park is clean & well maintained. The road is NOISY. It is a highway, cars are driving really fast - the road is in horrible shape and there are no noise breaks between the park and the highway.
Our first night was Saturday, and we could not drown out the sounds of drag racing. At about 11:00 pm 10-15 young adults pulled up in front of our site to load up a car on a flatbed trailer. They were loud, revving their engines, drinking beer - leaning on our cars & our trailer for about 45 minutes. Remember - no security at the park, so no one to call unless we called 911.
On Monday morning the park’s sewer system started backing up all over our site. and covered everything that was touching the ground in raw sewage. With no emergency contact, after hours number or security guards, my only option was to leave a voicemail for the front office. After waiting for a little more than an hour with no reply, I went to the office and let the front desk lady (I think her name is Kristy) know about the sewer backup and was met with blank stares/eye rolling and a generally uncaring, horrible attitude.
After another hour I was informed by the maintenance guys that the sewage wouldn’t be stopped/cleaned up until sometime around noon, but we were probably going to be approved to pack up and move to another site (maybe, the office hadn’t figured out if there was a site available yet). I let them know that our truck was not available to move our trailer that morning and was told that they could probably move our trailer for us, but the office staff said we couldn’t tell Elaine (the owner of the park).
After dealing with the smell and the grossness of it all for over 2 1/2 hours, I finally loaded up my kids and went to the park for a few hours to escape while we waited for the sewer cleanup to happen.
Jeff went above and beyond to find another guest with an Anderson hitch to move our trailer and the guest was kind enough to move our trailer to the new site. Damon & Jeff power washed everything that could be salvaged. But, our rug, spare hose and fresh water hoses were ruined and we were without water to our trailer until almost 8:00 that night while we waited for Damon to track down enough hose to reach the spicket. Damon gave us a bottle of wine and got approval from Elaine to credit us for 1 night stay and reimburse us for the rug & other hose that were ruined. But, I needed to find the hose & rug then submit a receipt to the office for reimbursement. Again, Kristi in the office had a horrible attitude about the whole situation. I lost my temper and yelled (most definitely not my finest moment). Their sewer backed up and ruined my things, while creating a really hardship for our family after paying $1,000+ to stay for 2 weeks & her attitude was the last thing I deserved to deal with.
Later that day Elaine left me a voicemail thanking me for my graciousness and patience, which was appreciated. I assumed it was all done and we could finally just relax and enjoy the remainder of our stay.
I was mistaken. The very next morning I received another phone call from Elaine that she had been told we homeschool our children, which she does not allow in her park. She told me I needed to go register my children with the school district or we would need to leave. My children are 5 & 2 years old. Neither one is school aged. It was June-July, so summer break and we were only there for 2 weeks. It is absolutely none of her business where, when or if my children attend school & it felt very discriminatory and aggressive after everything else we had dealt with.
While the sewer backup was gross and unwelcome, it is not the reason I have given a negative review as things happen that are outside of the park’s control. The way we were treated and the absence of after hours support is a real problem and completely unacceptable.
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Date of stay: July 2019Trip type: Traveled with family
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Room Tip: Choose somewhere else to stay
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Frequently Asked Questions about Coyote Valley RV Resort
Which popular attractions are close to Coyote Valley RV Resort?
Nearby attractions include Andy's Orchard (4.9 miles), Santa Teresa County Park (4.3 miles), and Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve (2.6 miles).
What are some restaurants close to Coyote Valley RV Resort?
Conveniently located restaurants include In-N-Out Burger, Regal Bagel, and Sushi Ichiban.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Coyote Valley RV Resort?
Yes, guests have access to a pool during their stay.
Are pets allowed at Coyote Valley RV Resort?
Yes, pets are typically allowed, but it's always best to call ahead to confirm.
Are there any historical sites close to Coyote Valley RV Resort?
Many travelers enjoy visiting Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum (6.0 miles).