Incremental cancellation penalty

westernrvparkowner wrote:

CarnationSailor wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

4x4van wrote:
Charging an outrageous cancellation fee 3 months in advance of the camping date has nothing to do with trying to reduce people who are "gaming" the system; it is instead a way to make more money where it isn't warranted. Those sites WILL be filled up quickly.

Simply instituting a $10-$15 non-refundable reservation fee along with the additional requirement that refunds for cancellations will only be given if it is more than 15 (or 30) days prior to arrival date would solve the problem. Anything more than 15-30 days is plenty of time to fill those sites.

Spoken by the guy who has never owned or managed a park.

Popular Washington State parks fill up on every holiday weekend - guaranteed. They would still be filled up with a 15 or 30 days cancellation policy.

Owning or managing a private rv park doesn't make you an expert on state parks.

It seems you keep trying to make this thread about your policies and experiences owning a private rv park, but the OP initiated this thread to talk about Michigan state park policies.

And staying at a state park doesn't make you an expert on state parks. Furthermore, how can you make the correlation that a Washington park is full, therefore Michigan parks must be full?

You are absolutely correct!

I am not an expert on state parks.

And I know of no correlation between campsite availability at Washington State Parks vs. Michigan State Parks.