ReserveCalifornia is a totaL RIPOFF. They take your money and then refuse to issue refunds. Their website gives out false and misleading information about how close the campsites are and there is no p... See more
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I would like to make a suggestion ReserveCalifornia! It would be so nice if we could search for campsites by entering arrival date, stay length, rental type, camping equipment, etc. and your site ca... See more
The calendar function is impossible to use. The site takes minutes to load results. Most sites list “No availability in the future” where “the future” is forever … so obviously wrong! Designers: do... See more
1 star is generous. It is 2026! WTF, we have had internet for 30 years. For the love of God, please rebuild this entire platform.... I cannot express through text how terrible the UX is. I NEVER revie... See more
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ReserveCalifornia is a not a fair system
ReserveCalifornia is a not a fair reservation system. I don’t why the state switched from ReserveAmerica, which was perfect. However ReserveCalifornia will sure bring in lots of money for the state parks in a way that may violate state park rules.
I can’t seem to be able to reserve any popular camp sites along the coast for weekends even 6 months in advance. After studying its reserve system for an hour , I now know why. ReserveCalifornia allows reservation to be made upto 6 months in advance. Its 6 month window is pushed out continuously everyday at midnight. Unlike in ReserveAmerica it’s 6 month window is pushed out by a week window, not on a daily basis.
Now under ReserveCalifornia , all the popular camp sites are fully booked even for Monday through Thursday. That never happened in ReserveAmerica. Most people don’t camp during weekdays but why are the sites are booked ? Here’s why: when the reservervation opens on Monday , you can actually reserve 7 nights. That means the reserved nights can be upto 6 months plus 7 days in advance. So people in fact book 7 nights starting Monday to cover the weekend. They will eventually waste 4 or 5 nights of money assuming they won’t camp Monday through Thursday. They will then need to call the park everyday during the checkin week to notify the park staff that they will delay the check in by a day.
Horrible system.
If you agree then write a complain to the state park. The park system is still getting money for those booked but unoccupied camp sites. We are being ripped by ReserveCalifornia.
11 February 2018
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Terrible, Buggy Reservation System
The wrong sites pull up for booking and error messages show up everywhere. This is a terrible, bug-ridden system that makes it very difficult to reserve camping spots. I wish they had never switched from reserveamerica!
16 January 2018
Unprompted review
Shocking experience
Shocking experience. I booked three nights accommodation via their website for camping in the State Parks this summer. The money was taken from my bank account but I received no confirmation of the booking. On the bookings Section of my account it states nothing to display. Looking at my bank account $120 has been debited from my account. I have sent many unanswered emails, no apology. Then followed expensive calls to USA. Again, no explanation and no apology. I am having to raise this as a fraudulent transaction with my bank. Complete disregard for the upset this has caused. BEWARE Of USING THIS WEBSITE. Who knows when or if they will explain or reimburse me.
23 December 2017
Unprompted review
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