Originally Posted by
donttread
So my son, grandson and son-in-law are camping this weekend at a state campsite. probably for the last time. I'm old and the ground is harder than it used to be so I'm only there during the day. Don't judge me! LOL
So first off you have to book the sites online and pay a "registration fee" in addition to the site cost. Then Reserve America offers you a discount for accepting a 30 day trial membership. Instead it appears to wind up being some rebate it takes weeks and Lord knows what hoops to get your 10.00 bucks back. Of course before that happens the trial membership automatically converts to an up front $90.00 annual fee . Not if you request it but if you don't cancel
My beef with this? If NYS is going to farm out the registration process they should hire a company who's in the business of booking reservations not scamming campers for memberships.
I have not really camped in years ( except a little cabin camping, ) and before that I had used "wild sites" for years. So when it took the clerk several minutes to list the rules it was a bit shocking. But the thing that really caught our attention was this. "If plastic is burned it is a 300 dollar fine AND a misdemeanor!
Can you imagine?
"Sir we would like to hire you, but you have this criminal record can you explain?"
"Well I was camping and I dropped my red solo cup in the fire."
Chances of being believed outside of NYS= zero.
When my son-in-law got there and we told him he summed it up perfectly "This $#@!ing state"