Site Lock Guarantee

[Neal]

Up next...your campground fee may increase after reserving.

 

[Old Bubblehead]

Article about site lock

Want to reserve a specific campsite? Then pay up!

You wearily pull your 40-footer and toad into one of your favorite parks. All you want is to set the stabilizers down at that wonderful site on the pond you res

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written by a shill for the side that wants the revenue generation potential.

 

[Jim]

Hey RV’ers! We’ve listened and we’re responding. We know you don’t want to get caught with your locks down! No sir!
So, hang on to your hat as Deer Springs RV Park is now offering our exclusive Lock-A-Lot system.

Excited? Yes, we know you are! Feel that tremoring going up and down your spine? Yep, that’s the thrill of using the Lock-A-Lot system.

But wait! That’s not all! Now you can lock your lot as many times as you wish. Multiple lot lockers will be given a discount for locking their currently locked lots. Remember, the more times you lock your lot, the bigger the discount. Lock that rascal a dozen times and receive your next lot lock at ½ price.

Don’t get left out. Lock early, lock often and lock-a-lot.

Thank you!

 

[AbdRahim]

Hey RV’ers! We’ve listened and we’re responding. We know you don’t want to get caught with your locks down! No sir!
So, hang on to your hat as Deer Springs RV Park is now offering our exclusive Lock-A-Lot system.

Excited? Yes, we know you are! Feel that tremoring going up and down your spine? Yep, that’s the thrill of using the Lock-A-Lot system.

But wait! That’s not all! Now you can lock your site as many times as you wish. Multiple site lockers will be given a discount for locking their currently locked sites. Remember, the more times you lock your site, the bigger the discount. Lock that rascal a dozen times and receive your next site lock at ½ price.

Don’t get left out. Lock early, lock often and lock-a-lot.

Thank you!

You forgot to mention;
and thit’s not all. Lock two sites and you get to lock the third site FREE (just pay a small administrative fee).

This is only available for a limited time, So call now!

 

[Neal]

 

[Skipper N Martha Bishop]

I'll input on this thread. I'm retired Army. I've slept on the ground, in pup tents, and one time in Vietnam I laid down on the ground and slept in the rain, I use my steel pot helmet to rise my head out of the flowing water and covered my face and rifle with a cardboard box. So now I spent a little money to buy a nice travel trailer and spent some making the inside comfortable. We go camping as much as we can and I always book full hookup sites. So far we haven't had to pay extra on a site but if we are traveling on a long trip then if I'm required to pay an extra fee to make sure I get the site we want then so be it. No boon docking here. I camp with comfort. Skipper

 

[Neemer]

Ha! Skipper, I can relate. My service cured me of any desire I may have harbored for roughing it, so to speak.

 

[Skipper N Martha Bishop]

Ha! Skipper, I can relate. My service cured me of any desire I may have harbored for roughing it, so to speak.

I hear that bud

 

[GypsyR]

I find "locks" off putting. My first thought on hearing about them is "what part of reservation don't they understand?" My second thought would be to wonder what else they would nickel and dime me for? Dump fees? Wifi access? Metered power and water usage? Just gives me the urge to go elsewhere.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

The Campground Owners argument:

Park space is in high demand these days. If someone rents site #1 from the 1st-5th and someone else rents that same site from the 8th - 12th, then there is a 2 night dead spot that will end up as lost revenue to the campground. So if the campground can move either of the visitors to another site, then they may be able to rent the dead space and recapture the revenue that would have been lost. Campground owners argue that the "lock fee" is hardly enough to compensate for the actually lose they take by not being able to move their guests around.

If you need to charge more to turn a profit, then figure it out and average that cost over all customers, or according to precieved value of the site.

When you accept a contract you should honor your word.
People without honor don't deserve to have a business!!!

 

[MFJ]

I guess it depends on how they use the site-lock system, but I can see the argument both ways. Depending on how a campground uses a system it can be okay, like don't book me for a specific site then move me out of it later. At the end of the day though it all depends on what people are willing to pay for. If it deters enough people from camping at certain places because they have policies in place the we'll see them disappear. However I think most are willing to suck up the extra cost if they want to lock their sites, so that's on them.

 

[Neal]

We need to remember that a site type and a specific site are two different things. I may pay for a pull thru and I should get that without any lock needed. Now if I want a site on a corner near the river, lake, whatever then that may be worth paying to secure that very specific site that is going to make my stay more enjoyable. It's business, they are out to make money, I get it. It just depends on your desires and the specific setup for that campground.

 

[Buc]

Can you imagine having tickets for a sporting event, let’s say on the glass in the corner at a hockey game; and then getting to the arena only to be told that someone else got your seat? There’d be riots.

 

[bpaikman]

i paid a lock fee for a particular site we wanted, at a popular park. it was a very long, easily accessed site directly across from showers and laundry, and I could see a possibility that we'd be moved to a smaller site because we're only 35 feet. we wanted the site for its view, and we were staying several days, so $10 more was no big deal. That's the only time, though.

 

[Boat Bum]

Don't get me started.

I would cut off my nose to spite my face.

If your reservation systems shows me available spots to choose from for my stay and I select one and pay in full upfront I expect that site. If it is not available to me when I arrive there will be some spirited conversation.

Unless I was OK with the swap, I would refuse the site and tell them I am stopping payment and leave even if I had nowhere to go. And then let my feelings be known in my review.