Louisiana State Parks Reservation Fee
I am concerned about paying a $6 reservation fee for the first night staying at any Louisiana State Park when checking in as a drive up. As a visitor I move from park to park often. When I asked why t...
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dahkota wrote:
Just an FYI, the people who work at each park are/were NOT the ones who created the software for camp site reservations, were not the ones who maintained the server hardware, don't maintain/fix the software, don't update the software/website, don't answer the reservation hotline, etc.
If you want to be able to go online, pick and choose campsites, find out the latest information,look for availability, all from the convenience of your home, you will need to pay.
No the software/system was already created and functioning well in many states. It was a basic format that never had any problems as long as the info was entered correctly - GIGO. Ergo maintenance was almost nil; and the state systems did this without additional fees. So no, we do not need "to pay". Basically someone sold a bureaucrat a scheme somewhere, the bureaucrat bought it without a close examination of actual costs and facts and now we have this mess. FWIW, and it's no secret, I don't support those commercial res systems. The state systems we've used over 40+ years worked just fine and they didn't require any extra personnel to run them.
