I'm Paying for WHAT?!

I like campgrounds. I prefer a campground to staying inMaine. I feel like I am getting something extra for my
a truck stop. But the more I camp, the more hiddenmoney. I get to look at the ocean with my morning
charges upset me. My latest one - we were chargedcoffee. If I don't want to pay extra for this, I can take a
because we brought our kayaks into a campgroundnon waterfront site and pay less. I'm happy to pay
on a lake. The campground rents kayaks so we wereextra for sewer hookup, 50 amp service, cable TV
penalized for bringing our own at $5 per boat.Iand instant telephone. I have the choice.When I was
remember the time we paid for 1 and 1/2 sites. When Iresearching campgrounds for the Las Vegas
looked up the campground in the Trailer Life Directory,prepackaged plan on my website, I found a
it said pull thru sites. I called to make the reservationcampground that had a price range of $22-$82. That
while we were on the road. When I asked for a pullis one heck of a range! I e-mailed the campground
thru site they said "We don't exactly have pull thruasking for an explanation of the price range. After
sites." When I asked what that meant, they explainedseveral e-mails back and forth, I still don't have a good
that the sites are back to back and so the firstexplanation. It depends on the day of the week, the
camper who pulls in can pull through but the otherlocation in the park, the size of the sites and the
camper has to back in behind you. If I wanted a pullamenities. It sounds like an a-la-carte menu to me.I do
thru site guaranteed, then I would have to pay for 1kind of wonder where the line is for false advertising.
and 1/2 sites. Not exactly a pull thru! Is that anything likeSome campgrounds advertise one price and when
being a little pregnant?We had to pay extra for ouryou check in there can be additional charges that you
dog at a campground in Montana. I did not argue. I wasweren't expecting. You always have the choice of
tired from a day of travel and the stress of crossingmoving to another campground, but that is not always
the Canadian border where we were searched. Ipractical.When I pay for something extra, I want to get
would like to understand why? When I pay extra, Isomething extra and I want the choice of not paying.
want something extra. Did my dog get anything extra?Hello campground? How much is it per night and I want
Not that I noticed. I still had to clean up after him in athe scoop, the whole scoop and nothing but the scoop
tiny, tiny dog walk area that was not even mowed.Ion the extra charges.Happy Camping!
happily pay extra for an ocean front site in Bar Harbor,