NCWriter wrote:
Haven't seen site prices vary within a SP or other public campground for a premium location so far, but private parks usually charge more for sites on the water and less for those noisy sites right by the highway. So it's not surprising state officials are looking at marketing their wares as if they were privately owned.
Many of the Vermont state parks do have premium sites that are a few dollars more than the other, non-premium sites. They're clearly indicated on the campground maps (dark circles with white site numbers, vs white circles with dark numbers, if memory serves).
I don't have any problem with such variable pricing schemes, particularly if the costs overall are kept fairly reasonable. In fact, I would generally be in favor of having some more expensive sites if it means the rest are less expensive than they would otherwise be, so that there are more options available for people of relatively limited means.
I'd also prefer be able to get into a popular, nice park, even if it means paying a little more, than forever be excluded because all the sites were booked up within 17.3 milliseconds of them becoming initially available for reservations. Maybe a sliding scale where the initial reservation prices start high and gradually go down as time progresses would work out decently well.
