Congaree Nationwide Park Boosting Tenting Charges To Cowl Reservation Prices

The price of a reservation system to deal with front-country tenting at Congaree Nationwide Park in South Carolina is driving the price of tenting there a bit greater.

Starting January 1, nightly reservation charges will likely be as follows:

• The price of reserving a campsite on the Bluff Campground will go from $5 per evening to $10 per evening.
• The payment for reserving a typical campsite on the Longleaf Campground will go from $10 per evening to $15 per evening.
• The price for reserving a gaggle campsite on the Longleaf Campground will go from $20 per evening to $25 per evening.

The necessity to elevate the charges is to allow the park to cowl the price of utilizing www.recreation.gov to handle reservations on the campgrounds, the park stated in a launch.

“Recreation.gov costs contractor line merchandise (CLIN) prices, starting from $6-8 per reservation made by way of both the net reservation system or name middle,” the discharge identified. “At present, the park assumes these prices, that are deducted from the charges collected for campsite reservations. By recovering these CLIN prices, the park will have the ability to reinvest these funds into enhancing customer companies and bettering amenities at Congaree.”

Expanded amenity charges charged to guests for using amenities just like the park campgrounds present funding that may be straight invested into the advance and upkeep of those self same amenities. Over the previous a number of years funds generated by campground reservation charges have been used to:

• Buy and set up new fireplace rings on the Bluff and Longleaf Campgrounds
• Construct and set up new picnic tables within the Bluff and Longleaf Campgrounds
• Buy and set up new lantern hooks in any respect campsites within the Longleaf Campground
• Mitigate ponding points on sure campsites within the Longleaf Campground

Funds generated by expanded amenity charges have additionally helped with different park tasks such because the design, constructing, and set up of a brand new desk within the Harry Hampton Customer Middle and the clearing of encroaching vegetation from across the picnic shelter. One-hundred-percent of all funds generated by way of expanded amenity charges stays inside the park and can be utilized by Congaree Nationwide Park to proceed offering the very best expertise doable for guests.