camping policy at national parks

Reddog1 wrote:

Freep wrote:

Reddog1 wrote:
I have had a similar experience. Camp ground was full, my buddy and I easily had room to park end to end in one space without sticking out of the space. I ask if we could pay for two spaces, although we only needed the one. The answer was no. A different time, we had the same experience at a privately owned Campground.

Did you ask why paying for two spaces while using one was not acceptable? Paying for two spaces seems like a win-win. What could possibly be the issue?

I did ask why could we not pay for two and only using one was not acceptable. Both times the response was because it was the rules. No other explanation.

A very good reason would be the park's managing entity does not want to offer any opportunity for employees to accept payments that are "off the books". Management can easily check the computer to see what sites are occupied and then extrapolate how much money should be collected. Allowing more than one would open up the opportunity for "yes, no problem, $20 cash and you can park the other TC on the site" with no one the wiser. It is a form of inventory management.