Reserve America: a minor rant.
For those of you who book ahead, what do you think of Reserve America's software format? Pa State Parks went to this service and I really dislike it. I've used it several times for other bookings in o...
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puttd wrote:
I wish that the cancellation fee weren't so high. i have had instances where I wanted to cancel, but because I had reserved with the disability pass, it actually cost me less to just not show up, sometimes by alot.
I reserved and stayed at a FL. state park last Sat.,Sun and Mon. Late Mon. evening, a friend who works at the park, invited me out fishing on Tues the 24th. I didn't want to drive home after a full day out on the water, so I went online (on my smart phone) and saw there was an open site (2 actually) for the following day, so I reserved one.
I went up to the ranger station Tue. morning, to tell them what I was doing, only to find out the site I had reserved, was for a Tues in April, not Feb. 24th. :S
They told me they might have 1 site open and to check in later. I went out fishing and was called by them (a courtesy call she said) about 12:40, and was told if I got right up there I could get the site. I told her that would be difficult and she said they weren't allowed to hold sites, but she would see what she could do and would call back later. She called back about an hour later and told me that if I got there by 5:00, I could still get the site.
I got there around 4:00 and paid for the site. It was very nice of them to "bend the rules" for me.
I ended paying $22.75 for the site (since I'm a "senior" Fl resident and get a sizable discount). It then cost $17.75 to cancel the reservation for the 1 day in April. :)
