Originally Posted by
Bassmanbob
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Thursday, I received an email from the Ft. Pierce KOA that my booking was cancelled and I received a refund. When I called to alert them of their mistake, I learned that they are cancelling all tent site bookings until further notice. The attendant mentioned that due to the tendency of tent campers to use more of their common area facilities, they are more likely to spread the COVID-19 virus than their RV guests who will use their own bathrooms and kitchens. ... ...
Wow. I have seen anti-tent camper attitudes with some campground staff before. Such as the time I had a small suggestion for a staff person at a California state park, and she loudly responded that you tenters are low revenue, you are lucky we let you camp here at all. But this is the first time I have seen an organization that caters to RVs show so much blatant contempt against a low revenue class of campers.
If that happened to me, I would let it sit for a couple of days so that I would be less angry when I write a very terse e-mail to their national office. I would probably not want to go to that campground anyway, they would find other ways to let you know you are not welcome, but a complaint to the home office may make things better for bikers in the future in that and other KOA camps.
I stayed at a KOA in California along the Pacific Coast for one night. In that case I was surprised that they offered a hiker biker price for bicyclists, even though we were staying in a regular campsite that they otherwise could have charged a car camper more for.
There are good places, and ... others.