Complaints At Work

Very early in the morning yesterday a woman came into our office with a long list of complaints about the travel trailer she was renting. We had been in a couple of them over the last 2 weeks and know they are old and very used. This woman was describing problems in hers that would make it a give-away in most campgrounds. She mentioned a hole in the floor, right next to the dinette in the kitchen, water faucet problems, shower problems and just about every item in the unit. There are probably 8 or 10 travel trailers in the campground that are used as rentals and I'm sure they are all the same. They have signs on several of them that they are for sale - starting at $10,000. Wow! There isn't one of them that is worth more than a couple thousand, if that. It is consistent with the rip-off prices that are charged for everything here. They charge $155 per night to rent one of these trailers. I don't think the corporate offices realize what they are doing in this place. Just about everybody that comes in to get a price sheet comments about the high prices for the sites. The cheapest site - now, in the off season - is $65 per night, plus 12% sales tax, plus $3 per night Resort Fee for people staying less than a month. If you stay a month or longer, your electric use is metered and you pay that when you leave. The "Elite" sites, along the water, are $88 per night plus all the extra charges. The real kicker is that any and all of these sites are rented to people camping  in tents on these sites- and are charged the same rates as those with a 45 foot motor home. The tenter's won't even use the hookups - except for water - but they pay the same, including the Resort Fee.

The summer program people have started to arrive - the Cubans from Miami - and they are already partying and playing their music loud. One person came into the office yesterday complaining about a bunch of teenage boys that were in the bathhouse behind her site carrying on and making all kinds of loud noise - at around midnight Friday night. This is just the beginning. We don't want any part of what is about to happen in this place - especially after the final manager leaves. Even when they get a replacement manager, that person will not know how to handle the problems that are unique to this campground.

There appears to be an opportunity at the sister park of the Bethpage Campground we came very close to working for in Virginia. The sister park is called Grey's Point, and is very similar to Bethpage. We will know more about that opportunity early in the week. That would probably be a very good alternative if we determine the costs to go to Cody are prohibitive. They are only 15 minutes down the road from each other and are operated by the same company. We are keeping a close eye on gas prices.

Our last day of the week is today - hallelujah! We hope to relax and enjoy this time off for the next 2 days. We will figure out a plan to let them know at work about our decision to leave. That's about it for now...