Harrington Beach State Park Port Washington Wisconsin
Unbelievable Scam being perpetrated by official park rangers! This is a state park that provides electric only hookups for $33 a day no discounts for seniors. But wait there's more. You can only reserve thru reserve America and pay in full for all days. But what you won't be told is there's a secret additionall $11 a day fee to park your tow vehicle at your campsite!
When you show up and check in at the office, you still won't be told of the secret $11 a day add on fee. I even specifically asked are their any other fees I owe and was told nope you prepaid everything thru ReservAm. We were given a receipt tag and told to attach it to the post at our campsite. My wife asked what about a dash card or something for our truck and the reply was that it wasn't needed.
Then later that night about 8pm Park Ranger Tom Kultgen came to our campsite and wrote us a ticket for $44 the amount he said we owed for 4 days parking for our tow vehicle. When I explained the park said nothing about any such fee when Ranger Robin checked us in he said camping and parking were separate and it wasn't his problem that we weren't told by the Park checkin, not told by reserve America. He advised we could park our vehicles about 1 1/2 miles away out on the state highway outside the park.
In the last 12 months we stayed at Wissota State park in Caddott WI and at Miller RV park in Dubuque WI both public WI parks. Never did we get scammed for a Rangers Vehicle Fee like we did at Harrington Beach State Park in Port Washington WI by ranger Tom and get this, he said it was a WI state fee
Please understand, none of this made up. It is all true. If you think $44 a night is a good rate for elec only state park then just make sure you force the front office to fess up and take the money, otherwise stick around to meet Wisconsin Park Ranger Tom Kultgen.
When you show up and check in at the office, you still won't be told of the secret $11 a day add on fee. I even specifically asked are their any other fees I owe and was told nope you prepaid everything thru ReservAm. We were given a receipt tag and told to attach it to the post at our campsite. My wife asked what about a dash card or something for our truck and the reply was that it wasn't needed.
Then later that night about 8pm Park Ranger Tom Kultgen came to our campsite and wrote us a ticket for $44 the amount he said we owed for 4 days parking for our tow vehicle. When I explained the park said nothing about any such fee when Ranger Robin checked us in he said camping and parking were separate and it wasn't his problem that we weren't told by the Park checkin, not told by reserve America. He advised we could park our vehicles about 1 1/2 miles away out on the state highway outside the park.
In the last 12 months we stayed at Wissota State park in Caddott WI and at Miller RV park in Dubuque WI both public WI parks. Never did we get scammed for a Rangers Vehicle Fee like we did at Harrington Beach State Park in Port Washington WI by ranger Tom and get this, he said it was a WI state fee
Please understand, none of this made up. It is all true. If you think $44 a night is a good rate for elec only state park then just make sure you force the front office to fess up and take the money, otherwise stick around to meet Wisconsin Park Ranger Tom Kultgen.
