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Subject:Reservation fees? Wish I'd thought of that.
From:Pensioner
Date:Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:26:34 -0700

If I can conjure this up, some clever entrepreneur has figured out how to
suck more cash out of the VW Camping Crazies by running a gummint approved
database business that charges NINE DOLLARS to type in an entry into a data
base.  Clever AND since it's the only game in town it's a gummint sponsored
monopoly.  I hate it when they do that.  Not likely this stuff will go away
easily.  So to camp in a FEE'd campsite in the Parks you have to pay not
only the campsite fee but a NON-REFUNDABLE reservation fee.  For Jellystone
it's 25$ to get in, 16$ for the first night and 9$ skimmed off your wallet
to some clever outfit.  Hmmm, that's $50 for the first night, no HBO, no
wifi, no free Coffee, no clean as a whistle shower no fresh towels, french
milled soap...Makes Motel 6 look pretty good, discounting the location of
course.

But then it wouldn't be camping in the 'wilderness'.