Tucson, Ariz.’s two Rincon Country RV Resorts have won the Park of the Year Awards from the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds.
The 460-site Rincon Country East RV Resort won the Large Park of the Year Award, while the 1,100-site Rincon Country West RV Resort won the Mega Park of the Year Award.
It was the first time in the 40-year history of the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds that the large and mega park honors were given to same owner.
“Personally, I feel very humbled by our achievement,” said George O’Leary, 86, who built the two Rincon Country resorts with his family in the 1970s and 80s.
O’Leary immigrated to the U.S. from his hometown of Nenagh, in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1957 after briefly living and working in Canada. He came to Tucson in 1970 and developed the Rincon Country Mobile Home Park before developing Rincon Country East RV Resort in 1979 and Rincon Country West RV Resort in 1983.
The two Rincon Country resorts are among the most highly rated RV resorts in the U.S., earning perfect 10-10-10 ratings from the million-member Good Sam Club.
Both resorts have also received numerous industry awards, including “Park of the Year” awards from the Arizona Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds in 2006, 2007 and 2016. George O’Leary also received “Operator of the Year” awards from the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds in 1999 and 2002. But the national “Park of the Year” awards had remained elusive until now.
“There is an old Irish proverb that says, ‘It’s a long road that does not have a turn in it,’ meaning that no matter how good or how bad things are, sooner or later one can expect them to change,” O’ Leary said.
O’Leary credited his staff and quality customer service for helping him to achieve the national awards. He noted that many of best staff members have spent much of their adult lives working at his resorts, which ensures not only excellent customer service, but consistency in the quality of his RV resort operations.
