APT wrote:
I can think of two simple changes to the rules to prevent this method. No changing checkin date of a reservation and have to checking by noon the following day following day or whole reservation is canceled/forfeited.
With the state parks it is already a rule that you have to check in by 3pm the following day of your first night or lose the entire reservation. Glad it's 3 and not noon. This 4th of July holiday I wasn't sure exactly what my work schedule would be and I was trying to figure out exactly how fast we'd have to drive and how early we'd have to get up to get there prior to 3 if I didn't get the day off.
The only abuse I have ever witnessed that upset me is when I was camping at Tawas Point over the 4th of July holiday 2 years ago and a group of people from 5 different sites actually booked an entire separate site for their cars! At least if you overbook, 30 days after you make the reservation you change the reservation and someone gets to use the site on the dates you don't need. But booking on a major holiday for extra space for your cars?! That's ridiculous.
