Big Bend Resort — Hotel in Parker

Oct 2022 was our first year staying here at Big Bend Resort. For the last 20 years our family has stayed at Echo Lodge (just down the street) but after deciding to try something cleaner and friendlier we took a chance on Big Bend! What a GREAT choice! I am not sure where to start. We rented one of the small modular homes back behind the bar and my parents rented a small modular home on the waterfront (pic below). The first thing that strikes me is the cleanliness of the park. The bathrooms, showers, the grounds, and even the laundry room (has a coin machine) are super clean. The staff does a great job cruising the grounds for trash and debris to keep things looking great. The staff (Lisa and her family) do a great job welcoming guests and making sure they have everything they need to check in. Including responding to my incessant emails before we arrived and making sure we got checked in okay when we arrived late in the evening. Upon arrival our unit was super clean (and I am OCD) and the staff made sure to have the refrigerator and AC on for us. It was so nice to arrive to a cool, clean and ready to be used unit when getting in so late. Our stay was Awesome! The park was peaceful, relaxing but still so much fun. The views are stunning! Even though our unit was setback into the park a row, we had a full river view out our slider. The bathroom was clean and our bed was super comfortable. We had tons of storage and great amenities in the unit. The AC worked fabulous and everything in the unit worked. We even had cable TV!!! The pool area is the best! The pool area had tables, umbrellas, and it was the perfect temperature. The showers and bathrooms were super clean there too. We spent a whole day at the pool just to break up our trip. They also have a newly upgraded restaurant/bar/arcade. It has free Wifi and the food was so good! The staff was so nice and helpful, there was a huge variety of food choices, the prices were good and it was the perfect spot to let the kids play in the arcade while we had wings and watched the Padres game (go Padres!). The restaurant/bar/arcade had a small amount of groceries (a lifesaver) and had TV's and drinks inside and outside. They had misters on the patio too in case you opted to enjoy the heat outside. The park was pet friendly and everyone was so nice. They didn't have any huge grass areas for the dog but our puppy was fine tinkling on the rocks and sticks she found on our walks. Just a quick note, our group all had Verizon phone service and we didn't have a single bar of service while we were in the campground BUT we brought walkie-talkies for quick chats between our groups and then we would go down to the bar and get on Wifi whenever we needed to. We had such a great time that we have already re-booked for next year and I hope we can continue to come to Big Bend Resort every year! Thank you to the staff who made our...

Our new winter place so that we can miss the Canadian winter. We stayed in the new area (50AMP) due to our RV size (45 feet) which while a premium rate the space between sites is about 3 times the size of the older area (30AMP) of the park. Pool and hot tub available, with hot tub heated but pool is not. Laundry room and a clubhouse. Daily planned events from pickleball, line dance lessons to planned hikes as well as pool, poker and other card nights. No web site but hosts are very informative. We have extended this stay from 30 days to 75 days. Lake side bar open thurs-sun for drinks and food which is good. Older crowd in the winter months while younger crowd in the blistering hot months. Right across the road from the desert which is a UTv and Motorbike dream! One important thing to note, make sure you navigate through Parker, Arizona crossing the bridge and not the Parker Dam route if you have an RV, Trailer or oversized vehicle (over 9 tonnes) as Parker Dam does not allow crossing with those vehicles so only passenger vehicles, (no exceptions as guards at both sides). Also note that Parker Dam closed from 11pm to 6am. As well, caution to the Burro’s (aka donkey’s) who frequently crossing the road and walk along the shoulders. Drive under the 55 mph speed limit and yes the burro’s love an apple or two! Also caution over coyotes in the area as they will go after small pets. Incredible sunsets and amazing star filled skies. #WAndre #PrevostGuy...

My second favorite park on the Parker Strip. My first is Echo Lodge (both are owned by the same people) Echo Lodge is prettier, but terrible customer service, and the people in the office never know anything, and won't call you back. But here at Big Bend they do have one person who's nice and does return calls and can answer questions about the park she works at. The other person who works here works half time here and half at Echo Lodge, she's useless, never returns calls and when asked questions about this park, when we arrived (this is our first time here) she literally said I just work in the office, I don't know anything about the park 🤷😮 I was shocked. When this was relayed to the other office person, she wasn't surprised. She said her main job was to check people in and return calls. Return calls??? She's the reason we couldn't get into Echo Lodge this year...we called 3 or 4 times and left messages each time, she NEVER called back, and that's her main job??? We avoid going to the office here at Big Bend on the days she's there. The other person is friendly and helpful. They are adding a pool here soon, so that'll be nice. They have calendars of events here with something to do just about every day. Hard to believe they are owned by the same company. Echo Lodge does nothing, it's a beautiful park. But they offer nothing at all, for the snowbirders, and most of the workers there...