Bogus campsite reservations
Recently, there was a post in another forum where the OP questioned the honesty of campground operators who swore he was getting the last site, only to find the CG half empty when he arrived. This ...
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GordonThree wrote:4X4Dodger wrote:
The simple no-cost solution to this pretty simple problem is to not allow more than TWO reservations by a HOUSEHOLD at any one time.
Then as many states do, insist the site is occupied on the first day of the reservation before midnight.
How do they confirm a household? For state parks in michigan all I need is a new email address and I can create as many households as I want. I doubt they even bother to cross check mailing address or vehicle license plate numbers. I know I'm in the system twice, once because I created my own account online and again because their call center created a new account for me with a misspelled name.
Now if the reservations required official ID, and that ID holder had to claim the reservation in person - maybe that would cut down on the abuse...?
My extended family loves to camp together and need 4 or 5 sites. Usually one person books them all so they're together (though names need to be provided for each). So long as the "household" limit doesn't mean each household has to book, it could work. Now verifying is another story...
