Unfair Reservation System?
Looking ahead to the 2020 season, one of the parks we stay at every year has a new way for reserving sites that I never encountered before. Aune Osborn (awesome park for ship watching) which is a cit...
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doxiemom11 wrote:
Big Katuna , we have been noticing the same problem with the Corp of Engineer parks. The locals book the weekends from spring until it's too cold (depends where it is) and if you would like a week or two, there are no sites that can be booked! This is thru reservations.gov. Used to be reserveamerica, then they took over their own bookings and it's still happening ! Hate it and they need to do something about it. Sites are sitting empty M-F as people have found somewhere else for their week or two which includes weekends that they wanted.
Too bad I guess. The system works the same for you when trying to book two weeks as it does for the "locals" as you call them trying to book for two days.
Since most if not all public campgrounds were originally created for "locals" to provide recreation within a certain distance of populated areas less National parks, maybe you should lighten up a little. Most were not built for accommodating full timers, overnight travelers, or long term renters and Snowbirds. While you're on a site for an entire two weeks you could very well be taking up a weekend a local wanted because they work 50 hours a week and it's the only days off they get.
