| We spent a few nights at various Walmarts before | | | | to speak to the manager, after a few minutes he |
| we came across the first one that did not permit | | | | came and talked to me. I ask about spending the |
| over night stays in their parking lot. It caught me so | | | | night in the parking lot, and he said that it was fine as |
| far off guard that after we got home I decided to | | | | long as we stayed as far away from the store as |
| call Walmart's corporate office and ask what their | | | | possible. That is when I realized the corporate office |
| position was about over night stays in their parking | | | | knew what they were talking about when they told |
| lots. What I found out was that it is left totally up to | | | | me to speak to the manager. |
| each store manager, and their decisions are usually | | | | This is not a typical article for me, but I thought it |
| based on space and the affect it has on traffic. They | | | | was worth sharing, especially if it will help another |
| told me to make sure I talked to the manager, and | | | | Wallmart camper find a place to spend the night. |
| not an employee. | | | | There are a few Walmarts that have signs posted |
| A few weeks later we were traveling and needed a | | | | that over night stays are not permitted, that makes |
| place to spend the night, so I pulled into a Walmart, | | | | it pretty clear. As long as there are no signs, and |
| and went in to ask if it was alright to spend the night | | | | there are others set up and camping, I don't ask, but |
| in their parking lot. An employee told me no it was | | | | if I am the only one in the parking lot, I always ask |
| not alright, so I ask for the manager, he told me that | | | | the manager, and so far neither one has told me no. |
| the manager would tell me that same thing. I still ask | | | | |