TooLong, who did you call, KOA or the person in charge of the rally? You and I both know that there is a date by which cancellation must be made for a refund, which date is a reasonable period of time BEFORE the first day of the rally. However, if the registration fee included your campsite rental for the entire three or four days of the rally, I would never have made that call to cancel, because you had already forfeited your money after the cancellation date. By not cancelling, you would have left your options open; after all, you had already paid for the campsite lock, stock and barrel. I am going to assume you called KOA instead of the rally organizer; that call gave KOA the opportunity to rent the site twice and make double the money. Instead, if you intended not to show up at all, the group at the rally could have used that site for gatherings or whatever. Please extend my condolences to your wife; losing a parent is a trying and confusing time.
One other point, we never checkout at state campgrounds when we have to leave early because of an important reason. If we have a day or two left on our stay which is already paid for and not refundable, we look around the campground for sites near us which look a little crowded (say a tent pitched next to an RV, etc.) and ask those people if they want some extra space by moving their tent to our RENTED site, and if so, we give them that site before we leave the campground. We do not give the campground the opportunity to rent that paid-for site twice during the same timeframe.
Dee
Summerville, SC
Hi-Lo Classic 2509
. Ten states attended, represented by 8 clubs. Monday had a great Bar-B-Q welcome dinner with entertainment by The Tejas Hi-Lo'fers. Door prizes were awarded, also. Tuesday we boarded tour buses for the Houston Space Center. Had a fantastic time there, lots to see and learn. Wednesday was an optional tour to the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library at College Station. Those that went thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Thursday was more optional tours at Fernland Historical Park and the St. Frances Wolf Sanctuary. The ones that went on those tours had a great time. Had a catered farewell dinner of fajitas and all the fixin's. Great meal! The entertainment for the night was by the Groove Kings. They did oldies and country western. Lloyd and the guys did a super job with the music. Even had line dancing and the Texas two step going on. On Friday had a farewell continental breakfast of pastries, coffee, and juice. During the week, between the tours and such, craft classes & metal detecting classes were being held. My hat is off to Jean and the Texas Tejas Hi-Lo'fer Club for a job well done!!! I was informed that after the dust had settled and all the bills were paid (campground, tour buses, tour tickets, catering, etc) that all the people who had paid for the rally and had to cancel were reimbursed 100% of their registration monies. TooLong, I am sorry about the death in your family, but you were quick to criticize about not getting a refund. Now that you have it, I haven't seen an updated post from you stating that you received a full refund.
