Va State Parks & Dog fees
A while back we had a thread going with the pro's and con's of the Va State Park Dog fee's ($5 per night, per dog-max 3 nights) there were a lot of thoughts of better ways to offset the "cost" of pet'...
Forum Discussion
dahkota wrote:
If Virginia had site specific reservations, they could limit the sites people with pets can use (such as MD and PA) and charge more for those sites, $5 per day perhaps. The upcharge might discourage non-pet owners from reserving those sites, would keep all the pets in one area thereby lessening complaints, and would give the parks the added funds they need. The downside is that sites would become site specific.
An alternative would be: in the reservation system, one can book specific sized sites (>40, <40, tent). There could be a section of pet sites of various sizes, with the upcharge per site per day. This too would limit the number of sites allowing pets and confine them to a specific area but it would not force site specific reservations.
Our close state park does not have enough campsites to do that..... I really do not understand the big deal that is being putting on pet charges or why they are there in the first place the deer, bears , raccoons, possums etc. still do there thing in the campsites......The Rangers don't pick up after them LOL........ I do see the charges for the Cabins or not allowing them all together in the cabins.... I do realize the there are pet owners that do not pick up after their pets & should..... I can see a one time fee though.......
