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 there was a reservation fee when I was a drive up? I was told that LSP was a member of a national reservation system and it was a requirement to pay the fee regardless if the registration system was used or not. I use the National Park System and many State Parks Systems and I feel that this is a rip off fee as other systems do not charge this fee . I would like to find out how others think of this extra fee. Have some of the other National and State parks been charging this "extra fee"?

Many states do this move on or camp in a commercial park are your only options.

So had you rather them go up 6 dollars.Pay the amount enjoy a clean safe park or go camp at walmart or a trashed park

Common fee but that doesn't mean you have to like it.

I just made reservations this morning through reserve America for a North Carolina state park. Camping fee is $22/night, but there is a $3 reservation fee. Total cost at check out was $50. We were charged the reservation fee for each night. I don't know if they charge it for walk ups as we never do that. On the other hand, I made reservations on recreation.gov this morning for a COE campground in Georgia. Camping Fee was $24/night, but no reservation fee. Total cost for 2 nights was $48. In October we are going to Cades Cove in the GSMNP. I don't remember if there was a fee for there, but I want to say there wasn't. Some locales charge more than others. I just look at it as a total cost. I do not care if they say camping is a certain price and the reservation fee for using the reservation service is a mother fee, but yet charge the same price if not using the service. Would make much more since for them just to make the camping fee $6 more all the way around and skip the reservation fee.

When state employees were handling reservations, they were friendly, helpful, and there was no "reservation fee." Then the politicians got involved. They took away this job from the state employees and now pay an outside source to do the same thing for an additional fee...I believe it was $8 or $9. I have to wonder about their thinking. Course, our politicians don't have to use logic. Cat Lady

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wbwood
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Jul 13, 2013
I just made reservations this morning through reserve America for a North Carolina state park. Camping fee is $22/night, but there is a $3 reservation fee. Total cost at check out was $50. We were charged the reservation fee for each night. I don't know if they charge it for walk ups as we never do that.

On the other hand, I made reservations on recreation.gov this morning for a COE campground in Georgia. Camping Fee was $24/night, but no reservation fee. Total cost for 2 nights was $48. In October we are going to Cades Cove in the GSMNP. I don't remember if there was a fee for there, but I want to say there wasn't.

Some locales charge more than others. I just look at it as a total cost. I do not care if they say camping is a certain price and the reservation fee for using the reservation service is a mother fee, but yet charge the same price if not using the service. Would make much more since for them just to make the camping fee $6 more all the way around and skip the reservation fee.
bgum
Explorer
Jul 13, 2013
Common fee but that doesn't mean you have to like it.
newman_fulltime
Explorer II
Jul 13, 2013
So had you rather them go up 6 dollars.Pay the amount enjoy a clean safe park or go camp at walmart or a trashed park
rr2254545
Explorer
Jul 13, 2013
Many states do this move on or camp in a commercial park are your only options.

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