Later and Later Check-in times
I have just noticed as I plan for a trip that the COE parks (and some others) are having a later check-in time: many at 4:00 pm and one, at least, with 6:00 pm. These are all in Arkansas, but I think ...
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valhalla360 wrote:time2roll wrote:
Could book a day early and check in 6am the next day? ;)
Not sure about COE but I know some state parks, if you don't occupy your site, they can give it away. People were booking Thursday night but arriving Friday. Why? The reservation systems open up sites X number of days out, so if you book Thursday as your first day, you got into the reservation system a day before everyone else.
The vast majority of state parks we were used to operated mostly on the honor system with no full time monitoring of who comes in or out. The camp hosts have limited duties and authority, none of which have anything to do with check ins or check outs. You might see a ranger drive thru once per day.
PA is a good example. Some of the large really popular parks near urban centers may be manned full-time from Memorial day to Labor day, but most are not and those are not manned in the shoulder seasons, and both check in and check out is 3 PM. Been that way for 50 years or longer and works well.
