Holloway’s Marina & RV Park

Holloways was amazing! We rented a fishing pontoon to have an early Father’s Day celebration, unfortunately my dad got motion sickness and didn’t make it on the boat. The staff was kind enough to offer coffee, and even let us borrow a water bowl and a towel for our dogs MAx and Rose. Overall we had an amazing time and will be back for another adventure

Holloways is pretty good. They have a decent Rv campground with full hook ups for around 50 $ a night. Rv lot is just a short walk to the marina.
They have decent prices for seasonal boat slips.

Loved the ease of arranging a rental– finding the place — friendliness of staff and most importantly — our captain — captain Karen the great — we rented a speed boat for 2 hours to tool around the lake — she was the captain– and ended up also being a historian for big bear. Great personality, infectious smile and such a wonderful person that my girlfriend and I felt like she was instantly a part of our small circle of friends ! I would go back just to be able to have her take us around the lake again! She apparently also captains the pirate boat as well– it was an amazing sat with a great person who had amazing positive /​happy energy, a detailed knowledge of the history of this beautiful lake city and was a kick butt boat Capt as well!

Thanks Holloway Marina staff especially Doug! Doug you made our trip to Big Bear memorable… you are funny, knowledgeable, and we had an incredible time with you! We will definitely come back and ask for you, you’re the best!

We rented a fishing boat today for 4 hours. Half way out to the lake the Boat just turned off and wouldn’t work. A worker was sent out to us and eventually got it to work. Five minutes later it happened again, the boat kept turning off and we would have to pump the gas line over and over to get it to work. This ruined our day. They wouldn’t even switch our boat out or give us any money back. We complained and I had to tell them to at least comp us for a free hour next time. But there won’t be a next time. This place is unprofessional and incompetent of what a business is. They are lucky I’m giving one star.

Holloways is great. The people are great and always willing to do the best they can for their guests. Cant say enough about this place. We have been coming here approx 10 years. Sue is the best. Owners are great people. Anyone that comes here will have a great time. This place can get packed sometimes but thats because its an awesome place to come too.

This place has been my home away from home every single summer since I can remember! I am fiercely loyal to holloway’s, but this wifi situation is not legit. There is no wifi … Ever. The bathroom situation is very redeeming. I have been in some homes that don’t have bathrooms as clean or nice as the community bathroom ! It’s always warm and clean, always well stocked. This campground really works hard to keep their residents happy. Which is why they better fix this wifi situation. Not cool
Homie. I still love you Holloways!

Nice folks and we enjoyed our stay in November. Sue was very helpful. It was real empty and we had to stay in full timer side which was loud due to boat winterizing operations.
The grounds and bathrooms were very nice.
I think it would be very different in summer.
I just a few random thoughts.

This is for RV park, well I am not one to complain, however I feel I need to leave my review to help others get a clear picture of what this park is and is not. The website info is very misleading. We stayed, begrudgingly for a week in October 2015.
* RV sites are short and very close together, ours is only 34ft and there was no room for our towed vehicle. We had the park mostly to ourselves, not including the long term «residents», except the weekend where we got totally blocked in by the campers on both sides of us.
***the empty sites all around us the marina were using for boat storage!!! We were looking for RV sites not a boat storage facility.**** Still Charged full price, they do not offer an off season rate, which they should just close the RV park in October to use as the boat storage, RVers are just a mere afterthought!!***
* The free Wifi, is basically nofi. We’re told they are «constantly repairing the lines.» What?!? No lines in Wifi!
* The Bathhouse is nice. They advertise metered showers, which we assumed meant timed, due to water shortage, NOPE, pay showers!
* The Big Bear Lake level was very low, I am not blaming them, but they could have at least told us when we were making our reservation. We would have stayed elsewhere.
In conclusion if you do not mind these little issues, then book with Holloway and enjoy your stay. If you care about your surroundings stay far away!
We will not be staying here again! We can only hope the summer experience is better for other RVers.
The best thing about this park were the friendly ducks!

Had an excellent experience renting a small pontoon boat from Holloway’s Marina over labor day weekend. As my group was waiting to have a crew member help us launch, we were witnessing a crew member shout and be quite nasty with a different group of boaters were were international tourists from Asia. It was disgusting to see that the crew member lacked any empathy or understanding of the language barrier of the party he was attempting to instruct. The group of tourists were having trouble steering their small fishing boat. A little patience goes a long way. Other than that my party had an excellent time on our boat. We were instructed very clearly which areas of the lake were shallow and which areas had nice beaches. Thanks for the great experience, I hope to book another pontoon in the near future.

I’m not sure why Unilocal is shelving my original post as not helpful. I would think warning others to consider not launching their boat here as to save them untold dollars in boat damage is quite helpful indeed. Also, I would not want to deal with such unprofessional and inconsiderate staff especially the kind that drop f bombs. They allow guests to launch their boat where there are huge rocks (which they admit to knowing about) not to mention trash, weeds and fishing line yet take no responsibility for the damage caused.

Time to update my review again, I’ve been camping here several times over the past two summers and just can’t get enough of this place! The staff is very helpful and friendly, the grounds are well-​maintained and cared-​for and the park seems to be in great shape! Every time I leave I can’t wait to return again!
Pros
Friendly staff
Great location, most sites not on the interior of the campground have nice views of the lake
Level spots
Every site has full hook-up’s
Most sites have gravel so you don’t track dirt into your RV
Marina is across the parking lot from RV office
Clean restrooms and laundry room
Open year-​round
Daily trash pick-​up from in front of your site
Cons
Some sites are a bit small and close together; some aren’t ideal for larger rigs
Book’s up frequently so reservations (in summer) are a must
No tents are allowed (that’s not a con for me but I can see how it would be for some)

We went on the pirate tour and it was fun!!! The kids had a great time (kids are 4 and 7) they got a little tired of sitting but overall it was great for kids and much more fun then renting our own boat and having to pilot it around not knowing the area.
Now we have done the tour I’m more familiar with the area and can’t wait to check out some of the places the pirates suggested around big bear :)
Leave it to pirates to be out of rum by the sunset tour, but they still had other drinks that made it that much more fun! Can’t wait to come back and do this again!

I was going to give 4 stars, but im going to be generous, because I don’t want the marina to take fault. When we went to get information the first day, the ladies helped us out and were so kind and informative. The next day when we actually rented the pontoon, the girl that helped must have been in a bad mood, but that didn’t stop us from having a great time. The girl that helped us get our pontoon out was so sweet! We stayed at the RV park on a week day, so they offered us a discount for 2 hours, we decided we wanted to stay longer, called and extended it for 2 more hours. The price was very reasonable and it was a great time !! I’d come back again, and I urge you to check it out!

Went Monday to rent some Kayaks and everyone was very friendly and helpful.
Decided to go back and rent a boat on Tuesday. Prices were very reasonable so we decided to rent a pontoon. What a great day. 2hrs on the beautiful lake and a comfy pontoon boat.
Thanks Holloway’s for helping make a great vacation.

I will have to say that the employees at Holloway’s are incompetent. I called for a refund of our camping site on July 21, 2015 and as of today July 28, 2015 no refund. Calling and trying to get answers is near impossible. Oh and they will hang up on you as well if they do not like what you have to say. I called back for the 6^th or so time and was told they only do refunds on Fridays, but neglected to inform us of this which would of saved me numerous phone calls. I say Mammoth is the place to go, great service, friendly staff and knowledgeable as well. Oh and the site are amazing with beauty surrounding you in all directions.

CAMP GROUND REVIEW: We’ve camped here twice and both times enjoyed both the park and the marina. The staff is friendly and relaxed. I can’t speak for the restrooms/​showers but the grounds are well kept up. Lots of flowers around the non-​lakefront sites. The playground is fun for the little ones but it could use some updating. It’s literally old golf carts and jet skis that are set aside for climbing on. But the kids like it. Swings available too. They squeezed two small camping spots (114 & 115 I think) between 93 and 94 which makes parking hard when all 4 sites are occupied. But if you have good neighbors or are with people you know, it’s fine. Just really tight. But the spots are prime for views.
MARINA REVIEW: We have done the pirate boat, kayaks and pontoon boats. All have been great experiences. The pirate boat is fun to learn more about the lake. Plus it’s entertaining for kids. Might be hard with very little ones though. Pontoon boats are always a must for us. Relaxing and fun to cruise around the lake on. We take out food and enjoy a couple hours out there. Staff was relaxed on our return time because they weren’t booked out. That was appreciated.
We will always be coming back here to camp!

Rented a pontoon for ½ day. Really had a great time.

Great marina — clean, friendly and very good service.
Had to stop in before the private charter in the marina for a 1 day fishing license and ice.
Nice, very helpful gals helped us out.
They rent the pontoon boats if you want to drive around the lake yourself…

Back in November I called the morning of to reserve a small pontoon boat for 6. The staff was friendly and knowledgable and once we arrived, it didn’t take long to fill out the paperwork, get our boat, and start sailing around the lake. The boats all seem fairly old, but ours was in decent shape.