Price increase at our KOA

rlw999 wrote:

MarkTwain wrote:

Lantley wrote:
Everyone keeps mentioning contract there is no contract. The company that made the reservation is out of business. Kaput, gone, no longer exist.
The new owner does not assume liabilities of the old company. The new owner starts with a new company and a clean slate.
Maybe you could take KOA corporate to court but really would it be worth it.

While 1 incident of not honoring reservation may not seem reasonable to legal fight, Future buyers of KOA parks might be more cautious and read the fine print more carefully before they buy a KOA.

I bet that the purchaser *did* read the fine print carefully and determined that they don't need to honor the prices on existing reservations. I suspect that the only liability they have for existing reservations is to allow the reservation holder to cancel without penalty if they don't accept the new rate.

As I posted much earlier in this long thread, some KOA campgrounds have reservations terms that do say "All Rates are subject to change", so it really depends on which campground this is and what the terms were at the time of booking.

I would also be curious as to EXACTLY what was and wasn't in place with the OP's situation. Had they actually paid a deposit and had a firm commitment, in writing, for the exact site and a specific price? Of was it more of a "here is what we are planning for the rate next year and we are going to hold your site for you"? Our normal operating procedure was to tell returning guests that we would try to accommodate them in the same site but that might be subject to change. Same with the rate, we would give people first option on the site but the rate would not be set until a later date at which time we would take a deposit and only then would the commitment be firm.
For all we know, the new owner is going to remodel and change up site configuration and numbering and any commitment for a specific site number would be meaningless.