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โJun-07-2013 09:51 AM
msmith1199 wrote:garyhaupt wrote:msmith1199 wrote:
Sounds like the OP didn't use the website so had no idea of the no cancellation policy. And even if they have a no cancellation policy for those days that is not a good policy. So the OP has every right to share this info with the rest of us. I would not make reservations there knowing this is their policy, but I was going anyway.
Think about it, if that week is so popular, how difficult a time do you think they are going to have renting the space out again?
Maybe look at it this way...if you have a business and you have been able to sell all of your product, how cool is that, eh? Especially if it was a no-refund product? Money in the bank account.
Gary Haupt
I have a business and if I ran my business that way I probably wouldn't have it very long. My business relies heavily on word of mouth and if I screwed customers over I wouldn't have it very long.
โJun-07-2013 08:55 AM
KCerling wrote:
I looked in Good Sam Campground Directory and booked by phone. Neither make mention of this policy.I have not looked at their website I look at Good Sam ratings.
โJun-07-2013 08:43 AM
โJun-07-2013 08:21 AM
westernrvparkowner wrote:happybooker1 wrote:Once you cancel, the site is available to the next person. He made his decision, he has to live with it. Do you think that when you cancel a non-refundable reservation on an airplane that the plane travels with your seat open? It is really easy to avoid any and all cancellation fees. Don't make a reservation. Of course, during Frontier Days the nearest available RV site will probably be 100+ miles away, but hey, no cancel fees if you decide not to attend.
Did the OP indeed cancel his spot? If so he should try calling and booking a spot NOW for that exact same time. Upon being told "we're all booked up" he should inquire about the site he cancelled which SHOULD be vacant.
Upon finding out that they have, indeed, rebooked that site he should then politely argue that a refund is due to HIM since they are getting paid TWICE for the same site.
I don't camp at private CG's much for that very reason. State Parks are 'always' willing to refund your money, minus a small fee (in Texas anyway)!
Cancel fees exist for several reasons, some even help the average RVer. If there were no fees and no time restrictions, people who plan in advance would be shut out of reservations by people who game the system and book several places at the same time and then make their travel decisions much later. When that happens, both the park and the people who were shut out lose. Making a reservation GUARANTEES that you will have a site. The park can't cancel your three day reservation to make room for someone who wants to stay 14 days. There is no telling how many reservations that park has turned away because it was holding those three days for those people and many of those unbookable reservations may have been for longer periods of time.
โJun-07-2013 07:49 AM
restlesswind wrote:
If it were my son returning there would not be a second thought about losing
$160 for a campsite reservation.Being there to greet him would be worth infinitely more than any campsite fee.
Forget the fee ! Enjoy the fact that your son came home alive!
I am really suprised that it seems like I am the only one to think this way.Camping/RVing is fun,but come on folks...5 tours and a son
or daughter returns home and a $160 refund is important ? I don't get it !
โJun-06-2013 08:48 PM
โJun-06-2013 07:37 PM
happybooker1 wrote:Once you cancel, the site is available to the next person. He made his decision, he has to live with it. Do you think that when you cancel a non-refundable reservation on an airplane that the plane travels with your seat open? It is really easy to avoid any and all cancellation fees. Don't make a reservation. Of course, during Frontier Days the nearest available RV site will probably be 100+ miles away, but hey, no cancel fees if you decide not to attend.
Did the OP indeed cancel his spot? If so he should try calling and booking a spot NOW for that exact same time. Upon being told "we're all booked up" he should inquire about the site he cancelled which SHOULD be vacant.
Upon finding out that they have, indeed, rebooked that site he should then politely argue that a refund is due to HIM since they are getting paid TWICE for the same site.
I don't camp at private CG's much for that very reason. State Parks are 'always' willing to refund your money, minus a small fee (in Texas anyway)!
โJun-06-2013 06:35 PM
happybooker1 wrote:
Did the OP indeed cancel his spot? If so he should try calling and booking a spot NOW for that exact same time. Upon being told "we're all booked up" he should inquire about the site he cancelled which SHOULD be vacant.
Upon finding out that they have, indeed, rebooked that site he should then politely argue that a refund is due to HIM since they are getting paid TWICE for the same site.
I don't camp at private CG's much for that very reason. State Parks are 'always' willing to refund your money, minus a small fee (in Texas anyway)!
โJun-06-2013 05:37 PM