Recreation.gov website
I just got done making reservations at five different National Forest campgrounds. I was able to do all this through Recreation.gov it was very easy. We make almost all of our reservations for Nationa...
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Each federal agency has a different fee policy with Reserve America who runs the Recreation.Gov web site.
The US Army Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service do not pass on a service fee to the customers, just the fee for the campsites.
The OP mentioned National Forests reservations. The USFS does impose a $9 fee for each reservation made.
Sorry - a myth.
Reserve America gets set fees based on their contract with the various agencies.
The highest fee per reservation I'm aware of is approx $3.25 per reservation for a small state with low business such as Louisiana.
For federal agencies - the COE probably pays RA about $1.50, the NPS about $1.75, the USFS about $2.
The rest of the fee goes to pay the extra equipment the agencies had to install in the campgrounds to link with the reservation contractor a few years ago, and the maintenance on such systems.
Various states and agencies impose cancellation fees to simply try to keep people from making reservations on a 'maybe' basis.
It really doesn't work as a deterrent in my opinion.
The US Army Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service do not pass on a service fee to the customers, just the fee for the campsites.
The OP mentioned National Forests reservations. The USFS does impose a $9 fee for each reservation made.
Oasisbob wrote:
I read somewhere a large percentage of that fee goes to the software developer.
Sorry - a myth.
Reserve America gets set fees based on their contract with the various agencies.
The highest fee per reservation I'm aware of is approx $3.25 per reservation for a small state with low business such as Louisiana.
For federal agencies - the COE probably pays RA about $1.50, the NPS about $1.75, the USFS about $2.
The rest of the fee goes to pay the extra equipment the agencies had to install in the campgrounds to link with the reservation contractor a few years ago, and the maintenance on such systems.
Various states and agencies impose cancellation fees to simply try to keep people from making reservations on a 'maybe' basis.
It really doesn't work as a deterrent in my opinion.
