Fw: [Geysers] OF lodge cabin NOW available 5/30-6/3

[charles johnson]

Tour companies routinely bool large, really realy large, blocks of rooms far in advance.  Sometimes Xantera winds up overbooked for lodging.  But, that's OK because everyone knows the tour companies won't need all those rooms, and will eventually give them back.  It's a good thing if you are a late planner and can time it right to catch some of those unneeded tour rooms.  Some location manager explained this to me when I asked about snowlodge being overbooked.  Kind of like airlines but with a less insane pricing structure.

I think they also are required to hold a certain percentage of the rooms for people who walk in with no reservations at all.  That's good for really really late planners.

Or, for really really really late planners, you could try like I have done in the past.  I wanted additional nights, so to scare away some of the current guests I talked loudly about serial killers or bears on the prowl, or impending volcanic eruptions.  I don't know for sure if that works, but I have always been able to get the front desk to find one more night after one more night.  Ask at checkout time and smile nice.

Oh, and if they rooms should be available on a truly equal basis maybe they should be free.  Ability to pay cuts back on the Yellowstone trips for some of us taxpayers.  Which reminds me, I have to pay taxes this week.  Ugh.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Jensen" <mpjensen at lycos.com>
To: info-ynp at xanterra.com
Subject: Fw: [Geysers] OF lodge cabin NOW available 5/30-6/3
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 20:18:11 -0500

> 
> Dear Sirs,
> 
> Having planned a visit to Yellowstone National Park this summer, I 
> recently subscribed to an internet listserver run by a group of 
> informally organized geyser enthusiasts.  I was startled to 
> subsequently receive a number of messages such as the one following 
> below.  Apparently, this group routinely overbooks your company's 
> lodging facilities at Old Faithful, and then trades accomodations 
> amongst themselves.  I was appalled by the sentiment "...rooms in 
> the UGB seem extremely tight,we thought we should give...fellow 
> gazers first shot at it."
> 
> As a tax-paying citizen, I believe accomodations in a national park 
> should be made available to the the public at large on an equal 
> basis.
> 
> What is your company's policy regarding this situation?
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> 
> Michael P. Jensen
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [address deleted]
> To: geysers at wwc.edu
> Subject: [Geysers] OF lodge cabin NOW available 5/30-6/3
> Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:35:04 +0000
> 
> We have a reservation for an Old Faithful Lodge Frontier Cabin
> for this summer that we have decided not to use.  It has one
> double bed, $90.10 per night, arriving 5/30 (no longer 5/25) departing 6/3,
> FOUR nights in all.  Since rooms in the UGB seem extremely tight,
> we thought we should give late-planning fellow gazers (or  their
> friends and family) first shot at it.  I'm at billmb at att.net.
> 
> My first posting of this was for NINE days, but one of the gazers
> asked for the first five days, departing Memorial Day 5/30.
> The remaining dates are Mon, Memorial Day night, and the next
> few days through Thursday, departing Friday 6/3.
> 
> If I don't hear from anybody else I will probably release them
> about 4/30, but THIS IS NOT A GUARANTEE.  I hope that all
> the gazers who want to stay around OFI already have their dates.
> 
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From: billmb at att.net
To: geysers at wwc.edu
Subject: [Geysers] OF lodge cabin NOW available 5/30-6/3
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:35:04 +0000


>
> 
> (I don't think I ever saw this in my inbox so I am re-sending.)
> 
> We have a reservation for an Old Faithful Lodge Frontier Cabin
> for this summer that we have decided not to use.  It has one
> double bed, $90.10 per night, arriving 5/30 (no longer 5/25) departing 6/3,
> FOUR nights in all.  Since rooms in the UGB seem extremely tight,
> we thought we should give late-planning fellow gazers (or  their
> friends and family) first shot at it.  I'm at billmb at att.net.
> 
> My first posting of this was for NINE days, but one of the gazers
> asked for the first five days, departing Memorial Day 5/30.
> The remaining dates are Mon, Memorial Day night, and the next
> few days through Thursday, departing Friday 6/3.
> 
> If I don't hear from anybody else I will probably release them
> about 4/30, but THIS IS NOT A GUARANTEE.  I hope that all
> the gazers who want to stay around OFI already have their dates.
> 
> Bill Boyce
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