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Open Roads Forum  >  Snowbirds  > Reserve America Fees Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next Tripalot • View posts Golden Horseshoe, Ont. Canada Senior Member Joined: 02/06/2001 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 03/08/10 06:43pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We pulled into a Louisiana S.P. - without reservations (unnecessary) and were charged $3.00 for non-reservation. We were told this went to Reserve America. Why should they get a fee when they had nothing to do with our decision to stay at this S.P. - the park did all the necessary paperwork. We are from Canada and don't have a lot of experience with state parks. Do all state parks charge a drive up fee? I don't remember paying a fee in Texas when we stayed in one of their S.P. a few years ago but I do think N.Y. State Parks added a similar fee. I don't mind paying when someone does the work, but in the case of drive ups, why should an additional fee be added to support Reserve America? I must say, the Louisiana S.P. fees are extremely reasonable but I would rather them get the money than Reserve America. 2007 Holiday Rambler Admiral 30 SFS with lots of good stuff! skipnchar • View posts Topeka or somewhere else Senior Member Joined: 12/17/2003 View Profile Posted: 03/08/10 06:51pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator It was more than likely negotiated into their contract to get a lower contract price from them. 2004 F-250 SCREW Long Bed 20,000 towing miles (MANY REPAIRS) OR 2004 F-150 HD 85,000 towing miles (No repairs) 2007 Rockwood 8314SS 34' travel trailer We have enough YOUTH...how about a fountain of SMART JoeGood988 • View posts S.Dakota Senior Member Joined: 03/04/2005 View Profile Posted: 03/08/10 07:16pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Just wondering what the total price you ended up paying....better than the $35-$50 at a KOA or Jellystone Park? 2003 3330 Jayco Legacy CISCO8325 • View posts Peoria,az. Senior Member Joined: 07/21/2006 View Profile Offline Posted: 03/08/10 07:51pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator seem like everyone needs to get their cut.JMHO fchammer1 • View posts FL, PA & points in between Senior Member Joined: 08/19/2003 View Profile Offline Posted: 03/08/10 08:13pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator It's an epidemic of thievery disguised as administrative fees. activation fees, re-activation fees, transfer fees, set-up fees, etc., and on and on and on. The person who figures out how to successfully combat such machinations will be the country's next millionaire. jules6 • View posts New Jersey New Member Joined: 01/11/2010 View Profile Offline Posted: 03/08/10 08:19pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator New York state parks also charge a drive up fee Jules msredneck84 • View posts Southeastern U S (habitually) Senior Member Joined: 10/09/2006 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 03/08/10 10:26pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The state of Mississippi contracted w/Reserve America recently and I sure do like it so far. Reserve America is in complete charge of reservations now. Think for a moment, when you rented your campsite in the SP then this info had to be entered into RA's computer reservation system, taking the site just rented out of available sites. Unlike state parks Reserve America is a for profit business and I guess the $3.00 charge is what they must charge to handle entering your transaction into their system and remain profitable. Drinking out of my saucer! BillandCarole • View posts Vacaville, CA,, USA Senior Member Joined: 07/26/2004 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 03/08/10 10:29pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Reserve America is just another form of "monopolistic competition". Not a big fan. Few good experiences and avoid them like the plague. Bill 2K8 Chevy LTZ Turbo Diesel 4x4 Our "Travel Paws" Cat, Vino Transfer Flow Tank 2K7 Komfort 241fs Reese 16K Slider Honda EU2000 to power the toys Garmin GPS's "And were still wandering..." fla-gypsy • View posts North Florida Senior Member Joined: 04/19/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 03/09/10 05:35am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The State is the one to blame for this, not RA. They are just a business providing a service that the State can use or not 09 SuperDuty Crew Cab 6.8L/4.10(The Black Pearl) 06 Keystone Hornet 29 RLS/(The Cracker Cabana) Camping Photos BillB800si • View posts S.E. MICHIGAN Senior Member Joined: 01/09/2006 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 03/09/10 06:32am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator States don't know how to run campgrounds. Never have. Just last week, here in Michigan, we drove down to Sterling State Park to check out the campgrounds. It's right on Lake Erie and looked nice. When we got home I went on the Internet to check out available sites on different days. Every full hook-up site was taken for the WHOLE season. I thought this very strange so I contact the DNR reservation system and explained the situation. Here's their reply: "Thank you for contacting the Michigan State Park Reservation Center. We are not able to check availability through web correspondence. Please contact the reservation center, toll-free at 1-800-447-2757. Our operators are available 8AM-8PM, Monday through Friday and 9AM-5PM, Saturday and Sunday. We will be able to assist you at that time. Thank you." No reference as to when they expect to have the system running if ever!!! When people complain about "Government" I always explain that it's NOT government it's PEOPLE in government who don't care....... Bill B. (Michigan) 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 MegaCab CTD 2007 Jayco Eagle TT Model 322FKS Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next Open Roads Forum  >  Snowbirds  > Reserve America Fees

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