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Big Sur, CA

Reviewed by Magnuslee on Feb 27, 2007 07:03 AM

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Site Type
Tent
Do you plan on coming back again?
No
When Did you go Camping?
aug 06
Short Summary
If yo like camping Beware!
Comments:
Ok so my opinion of this place is low. I was expecting alot more, the problems started when my girlfriend and I arrived for our week long stay, which I had reserved and prepaid for about 6 months in advance. When we got there around 12 pm we were told that the previos occupants had not vacated the site yet, AND that there was no place we could park and wait so come back later. 1PM I return after leaving my girl at the resturant up the street (which was yummy ) I am now told that they do not have a site available for us at all unless i want to swith sites ever other night. I informed the attendant that I had Paid reservations for a specific site booked 6 months ago, his attitude was pretty poor saying that if i did not want to switch sites 4 times in my 7 day stay that there was nothing he could do about it. I insisted on speaking to a manager or someone who was able to speak and act on behalf of the place with some type of authority. I was now waiting for another 45 minutes before a older lady approached me and asked how she could help, after explaining my situation (which the attendant had not even informed her of) she asked if i would be willing to wait for a few minutes while she check a few things. After about 10 minutes she returned and asked if I would like something to drink while i waited, which she sent right over to me. after about 20 more minutes she returned to me with 2 options, 1. I could take a site right next to the playground for the first 4 days then move to a different site, or 2 be put on "standby" to see if anyone cancels on one the other sites including 2 different "Premium" river sites at an addition 12 more dollars a night (now $45. per night for a tent site). As there was no way i wanted to be next to the playground I went with option #2, but having no confidence that we were going to get anything after another 2 hours and several more problems (like a premium site becoming available but a attendant renting it to a walk in who had arrived within the last 30-45 minutes)I was able to secure a "premium" river site for 3 nights and a different site for the remaining time. The "premium" site was not too terrible, it was very cramped (all the sites were pretty much right on top of each other) but the next morning all kinds of people were rudely tramping through our site to get to the river even though there was not a clear path at our site to the river and about 150 feet away the was a path meant to get to the river that did not go through anyones site, and another right up at the tube rental hut. Several times my tent was kicked, dust was raised and ended up in our lunch,our stove was knocked over, etc. i t was horribe and very trying on the nerves of someone who just wanted to relax and enjoy the outdoors. The facilities were dirty and the only real plus was the laundry room where we could wash the clothes that knocked into the dirt from the rude people and the closeness of the store and restaurant up the road. Unless i sell out and buy an RV I would never ever return here without a firearm to my head. I could go on and on about all the negative things that happened while here, but it may be different with an RV or in one of the cabins. All in all not a good tent camper site for a couple with no children.



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