Bogus campsite reservations
Recently, there was a post in another forum where the OP questioned the honesty of campground operators who swore he was getting the last site, only to find the CG half empty when he arrived. This ...
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rwbradley wrote:
This scenario reminds me of one up her in Canada that really angers a lot of people (myself included). In the Ontario Provincial Park system, many campgrounds are very busy and getting any site is very competitive. You can book up to 5 months before your arrival date. One of our big summer holiday weekends is Canada Day July 1. Most normal people would book at 8am March 1 (the first day of booking for that weekend) to try to get a site for the long weekend and often would be out of luck. The problem is the park is already full for July 1 because you are allowed to book for 3 consecutive weeks. People will book a start date of around June 11 thru to July 1. This allows them to start booking on Feb 11. They will then wait 3 weeks and cancel the entire reservation except the long weekend at the end of it, with only a 10% penalty.
Washington State and likely others fixed this by only letting you book when all days fall within the window. I had to book a 4-day stay one time by booking each day separately 9 months out, paying a reservation fee each time. If I waited 4 days to book them all, someone could have booked the first 2 or 3.
