Campground Reservation Woes

[Reverse_snowbird]

The reason you see empty campgrounds in Texas is the cancellation fee structure.

Most sites are around $18 per night and the cancellation fee is $10 per night (max. $50). So if you're booking for a weekend, you only save $8 per night to cancel and for some sites that cost $10 or less, you don't save any money.

IMHO The more the penalty, the less incentive for people to cancel. There is also no incentive for the campground to resell the campsite if they've already been paid for the site. A private campground that is profit driven might resell the campsite, but a state operated campground has less incentive to resell.

[PHISHN2]

Originally Posted by Chaplain Kent

This thread has taken a turn into how the human nature has turned from the commonwealth to the individual.

Amen. It's disgusting. Americans can claim to live by the Golden Rule all they want, the vast majority live by the Me Rule. Which is the very reason that when I go camping I do my best to boondock far, far away from the herd.

[dedobias]

Originally Posted by Homebrew

It’s very upsetting wasting hours trying to get in to a campground and it’s booked up during the time you want.
Then you get lucky with a cancellation for part of your trip. When you arrive and find half the campground empty for your entire stay and most of the nicest sites.
There needs to be a change and people that cancel a week or two before there scheduled arrival should be charged full price regardless if someone fills there reservation.
Also to make it better the person filling the reservation should get it half price if it’s a a couple weeks before.

Reservations in Michigan can be made 6 months before the date being reserved.

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