Easy one: $$$$ to the vendorCan someone please explain why when you do all the work online to book a campground, you then get hit with an admin or booking fee after you've done all the work
Totally agree with your emoji! But I think it goes like this:Can someone please explain why when you do all the work online to book a campground, you then get hit with an admin or booking fee after you've done all the work
Because they can, and people pay it.Can someone please explain why when you do all the work online to book a campground, you then get hit with an admin or booking fee after you've done all the work
I've never come across a park host who had authority to handle reservations and then how are you going to pay? Using third party agencies to handle booking and payments is both more efficient and less costly but they're businesses and those fee's are why they're in it. Not sure, if you're on here why you can't make an online reservation. Aren't there temporary fixes to the phone thing, a burner phone or something?My point was this particular park has a park host, but you can only pay by reserving the vacant site you've found by going online.
What about traveller's touring from abroad that don't have roaming on their cell phone?
You can't even phone someone to take a card payment
You're quite right, for those of us who are able to stay long enough, we do have prepaid plans for calls and data.Not sure, if you're on here why you can't make an online reservation. Aren't there temporary fixes to the phone thing, a burner phone or something?
Personally, I prefer to pick up the phone and make a reservation directly with a real person. Unfortunately, lately, there seems a trend toward online reserving is your only option.
When booking using third party sites for a reservation, its not about owning a phone of any kind. To start with tiny screens do not always favor aging eyes for a broader view to me for any campground. But the booking sites never take into consideration getting into a site with certain rigs.I've never come across a park host who had authority to handle reservations and then how are you going to pay? Using third party agencies to handle booking and payments is both more efficient and less costly but they're businesses and those fee's are why they're in it. Not sure, if you're on here why you can't make an online reservation. Aren't there temporary fixes to the phone thing, a burner phone or something?
We always look at the site map and pictures and then call with the web page still open to find out what sites are available. Two times we made reservations online and when we arrived our site wasn’t empty. Not saying that couldn’t happen if we had made the reservation by phone, but it hasn’t happened yet.Different strokes; I eschew places I can't see the layout and the site I'm reserving online.
Its simple it is the way the booking sites sell their services to the campground / rv park owner, look here we will take over your reservation system, make life easier on you, and it will not cost you anything, you don't need to raise your rates to pay for it, etc.Can someone please explain why when you do all the work online to book a campground, you then get hit with an admin or booking fee after you've done all the work
We do the same thing. The park we just stayed at last weekend has been around for 50+ years but has expanded so quickly recently that Google satellite view only showed about 1/3 of the park and Bing about 2/3. Our group of 5 sites was in the last expansion and was not on either view! Turned out to be great sites, though.We always look at the site map and pictures and then call with the web page still open to find out what sites are available.
It's not about agreeing to anything, it is what it is. Cope with third party booking or don't and be mad about it, the outcomes regardless will be unchanged. The liklihood that Park Systems are going to hire and train operators to staff a call center just in case someone who's stuck in the last century and demands personal interaction might happen to call, is zero to none.When booking using third party sites for a reservation, its not about owning a phone of any kind. To start with tiny screens do not always favor aging eyes for a broader view to me for any campground. But the booking sites never take into consideration getting into a site with certain rigs.
A computer knows nothing about the true details of the access roads, angles of a site and other factors like if people may be traveling with other units looking to book together in favorable sites. This is where talking to a human being on hand comes into play for me anyway. Of course this sounds like non-issues related to finding a hole to park for the night or for several days of taking a break from the road.
But having service is the mainstay if you truly need to search the web as you are traveling from one place to the other and possibly deciding your route in advance in spotty reception regions.
There are just some things that point and clicking on a mindless screen will never be replaced personal interaction. Of course there are those that like to use the tired talking point that we have moved past buggy whips and covered wagons too. I consider this yet another discussion that a lot of folks will never agree on.
Did I forget to tell you I HATE BOOKING SITES? I have grown to feel a similar way about online booking Harvest Host locations, but I do give them a small pass since rv sites are a second importance to their daily operations. So I put up with it for the price and actually experiencing some really cool places unlike well manicured concrete patios.
It's not economically feasible for park systems to hire, train and retain operators any longer. Those days are over, contract it to third party vendors and no more sick time, vacation pay, human resources headaches, pay raises, etc.You're quite right, for those of us who are able to stay long enough, we do have prepaid plans for calls and data.
For holiday travellers maybe not so much.
I guess at my age I'm used to dealing with actual people, not getting charged to do someone else's task.
Gee, this is just a discussion on another rv related topic. But all of us either agree with a person's point of view or we are dinosaurs . There are things in life that's not always cut and dry and computers lacks some element of truly getting the job done when it comes to specific details .Normally I get the buggy whip comparison though..It's not about agreeing to anything, it is what it is. Cope with third party booking or don't and be mad about it, the outcomes regardless will be unchanged. The liklihood that Park Systems are going to hire and train operators to staff a call center just in case someone who's stuck in the last century and demands personal interaction might happen to call, is zero to none.
Wonder how that could happen?Normally I get the buggy whip comparison though..
What point of view? You either accomodate yourself to the online booking system or you don't. One way you'll get a camping space if one is available, the other way you won't regardless, how you feel about it is irrelevant.Gee, this is just a discussion on another rv related topic. But all of us either agree with a person's point of view or we are dinosaurs . There are things in life that's not always cut and dry and computers lacks some element of truly getting the job done when it comes to specific details .Normally I get the buggy whip comparison though..