monkey44 wrote:
Comments folks make here are opinions and never irrelevant or inaccurate. I don't make reservations because the system does not work as we need it to work AND because we watched it raise rates over and over - and many of the employees are rude when you try to go beyond the typical "Which days do you need", and "Oppps, we're full" ... and checking back over time, that hasn't changed - just because we don't make reservations and use a system that remains archaic doesn't make us ignorant of how it works.
You still don't seem to get it that the individual parks/agencies set the reservation and other fees that are charged to the clients using RA. One example is Florida State Parks where a few years ago there was no reservation fee charged on RA, but now we're charged $6.70. On the other hand, the fee at the National Forest Service Salt Springs Campground in Florida is $10.00, while South Carolina State Parks are $7.76 and New York State Parks are $9.00. As already said several times here, the individual parks/agencies set the rates we are charged, not RA. RA only gets to set the rates the parks/agencies are charged per their contracts. I've never had occasion to call RA, so I have no idea how their CS folks behave. Online has always worked well for me...
