Ron3rd wrote:
For those of us that camp in California and reserve through ReserveAmerica, you will receive an email (if you have not already) that California campgrounds will now be booked through a new site, ReserveCalifornia effective 8/1/2017. You will not be able to book California sites on ReserveAmerica after 7/26/2017 as the state has dropped them as a vendor.
Any current reservations you have will be carried over to the new site, BUT, you will have to set up a new account on ReserveCalifornia.
FAQ info here:
ReserveCalifornia
Good news! You just cheered my day! Thanks for the info!
monkey44 wrote:
I believe RA priced itself out of the contract. Was once $3, now about $8 ... and that counts for short or long reservations. So, it adds $8 onto even a one or two day site. And, I never had a good experience with RA, and find them sometimes courteous and sometimes rude, and often knew little about the site.
California, and probably these other states, decided the $$$ it was losing for the reservation was a nice bundle - and personally, I've always been of a mind that RA was doomed as soon as states figured out a way to charge a camper for the reservation.
Again, personally. I'd rather employ a local group to earn the $$$, and at least anything left over goes into the park system (well, we hope that anyway) instead of some foreign entity...
I think every state will eventually set up its own system, and generate the revenue for itself.
Double ditto. RA is riddled with problems. I'm glad to see one state getting rid of them.
