Camp ground full sign

That sucks if u are right! Campers would not do that, we are the friendliest, most honest people on mother earth!

rickm wrote:

bguy wrote:
The Provincial campgrounds here have adopted a policy this year that you pay in full when you book. The complaining about empty sites at a "full" park has been
greatly diminished.

Not sure what Province u are in ...... we have been paying full pop at time of booking in Ontario since the beginning of time. This year was the worst for "full park with empty sites". It all comes down too...... if you can't show for any reason, cancel, let the next guy have the site! Aren't campers the nicest people on the planet?

His location says "The Rock" so he's in Newfoundland.

As for empty sites, I've noticed a bizarre (to me anyways) trend developing.

People are 'scalping' Provincial Park reservations. Especially on long weekends.

I've seen numerous ads on various 'for sale' sites.

bguy wrote:
The Provincial campgrounds here have adopted a policy this year that you pay in full when you book. The complaining about empty sites at a "full" park has been
greatly diminished.

Not sure what Province u are in ...... we have been paying full pop at time of booking in Ontario since the beginning of time. This year was the worst for "full park with empty sites". It all comes down too...... if you can't show for any reason, cancel, let the next guy have the site! Aren't campers the nicest people on the planet?

The Provincial campgrounds here have adopted a policy this year that you pay in full when you book. The complaining about empty sites at a "full" park has been greatly diminished.

The other issue not mentioned is the last minute cancels (Within 4 days of the arrival date,) and those campgrounds on a national reservation system.

These cancels take four days to appear, so the general public does not know that the space is available. It appears reserved, meanwhile the site is empty.

If a reservation is made, the full amount should be deducted and if you cancel, you lose the entire amount. This would slow down those making reservations at four campgrounds and then canceling three at the last minute.

Well this topic reminds me to remind my fellow forum peeps: if you haven't done so already, make your reservations now for the Labor Day weekend.
By this time next week pretty much every "good" campground will already be booked.

hope that next time you try to book a site, and you can't...... u'll think about why!

X2. Although a few of the sites may be unoccupied due to emergency issues, I suspect that many book then decide not to go for various reasons but don't cancel. There's also the issue that's been brought up of some booking every weekend then just cherry picking. Why so many people feel they have the right to be so selfish is mind-boggling. It's not about the money the campground makes if all sites are sold out, so don't even start with that argument. It's about people who have no respect for others but will kick and scream if the same thing happens to them.

same thing when we were at wheatley first weekend in june. Ontario parks are so popular that booking is usually done 5 months in advance when it opens. good luck. that's also how they get away with charging 105 bucks for 2 nights

here is the website page

long weekends are a bi### to get a site even 5 months ahead of time, though this is not a stat holiday so not everyone has it off.

I FEEL your pain Rick been there myself, but they have to wait till 8 the next morning for the no shows.

just a little side on that to let you see what happens to some of the no shows or cancellations, We were at Awenda a couple years ago, and by the second day decided to stay an extra 3 on top of the 5 we had booked, so at the office we inquired as to how to do that, at about 8:30 each morning you can find out the cancellations and no shows, as well as what non-reservables will be vacated that day, and use those availability's to lengthen you stay by changing sites, or booking onto another and moving say the next day or what ever. It helped us to easily stay the extra 3 days. as our site we had booked onto was to be occupied the same day we were originally set to leave.

After showing up the Friday night, your better to (re)inquire on Saturday morning.

Ontariariario,, or ontar-we-ow parks ,, which this park is one of, still has a few loopholes in the reservations system which people can use to block sites, there is some light penalties for date changes, personally I think they should track or red flag people who make allot of changes, and if it looks or resembles roll-over booking or site blocking and it happens more than say twice, that person should be barred for 5 years from reserving.

That aside, here I'll post that portion and a related portion of the reservation policy


- A minimum of 15% of the total number of sites at a park are available on a first-come, first-served basis for those visitors who do not have a reservation.
For an updated campground vacancy report, call 1- 800-ONTARIO (668-2746) during July and August or visit the Ontario Parks website (www.OntarioParks.com).
- The following parks do not accept reservations and are available to campers on a first-come, first-served basis: Aaron, Lake Superior - Crescent Lake Campground, MacLeod, Missinaibi, Ojibway and Pakwash.
Car Camping Reservations
- To make a site specific reservation, where a specific campsite is booked, payment of all fees is required at the time of booking.
- For a non-site specific reservation, where a non-specific campsite is booked only the reservation fee is collected at the time of booking. This option is only available through the call centre and must be paid with a credit card.
- A campsite can be reserved for a maximum of 23 nights.
- Reservations can be made up to 8:00 p.m. on your day of arrival.
- Reservations are only held until 8:00 a.m. the day following your scheduled arrival date. Reservations not claimed by this time will be considered a “no show” and the park can re-sell that site. No show penalty charges apply.
- No more than six people can occupy a campsite unless these people comprise a single family of parents and their children.
- Where space permits, you are allowed up to three pieces of shelter equipment plus one dining shelter/tarp on your campsite. Only one piece of shelter equipment can be a tent trailer, house trailer, motor home, or self-propelled camping unit.
- Check in time is after 2:00 p.m. and check out time is before 2:00 p.m.
- Campers with reservations who shorten their stay after arriving at the following 20 most popular parks will be refunded 50% for any unused camping nights: Algonquin, Arrowhead, Awenda, Balsam Lake, Blue Lake, Bon Echo, Charleston Lake,Grundy Lake, Killarney, Killbear, Long Point, MacGregor Point, Pinery, Point Farms, Port Burwell, Presqu’ile, Sandbanks, Sauble Falls, Sleeping Giant, Rushing River


notice the part also about the maximum 6 people occupying a site, an earlier poster had mentioned about people reserving 4 sites and staying on one.

even if it says full I would still go to the office and ask directly if the has been cancellations, or if there is a "non-reservable" site available, even for one night then move to a canceled site the next day or whatever