http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2006/03/02/sound-advice-for-travelers/ The Insiders Guide to Yosemite Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:23:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2006/03/02/sound-advice-for-travelers/#comment-52687 Two-Heel Drive » Blog Archive » Some Friday links Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:53:35 +0000 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2006/03/02/sound-advice-for-travelers/#comment-52687 [...] industry. (Guiding theme: stop giving people the idea it’s so damn hard to do this stuff.) Yosemite Blog cautions that paid-in-advance lodging can seem quite expensive if you don’t show up to use [...] [...] industry. (Guiding theme: stop giving people the idea it’s so damn hard to do this stuff.) Yosemite Blog cautions that paid-in-advance lodging can seem quite expensive if you don’t show up to use [...]

]]> http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2006/03/02/sound-advice-for-travelers/#comment-234 mike deal Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:47:08 +0000 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2006/03/02/sound-advice-for-travelers/#comment-234 complain like heck, don't give up. do not take the first person who answers your call, they only read what the canned response is. ask to speak to the supervisor on duty, the the manager. be persistant, but not rude, rudeness will not help at this point. keep restating the fact the you did in fact try, but where turned around the NPS. call the nps for concessionaire contrant person. i have forgotten their exact title, but they will connect you. complain, complain, complain. you might even call your local congessman. the conessionaire contracts are approved by congress. they have the oversite. i worked for four years in yosemite for the nps, and have found that if you a persistant, you can most always have your complaint resolved in your favor. complain like heck, don’t give up. do not take the first person who answers your call, they only read what the canned response is. ask to speak to the supervisor on duty, the the manager. be persistant, but not rude, rudeness will not help at this point. keep restating the fact the you did in fact try, but where turned around the NPS. call the nps for concessionaire contrant person. i have forgotten their exact title, but they will connect you. complain, complain, complain. you might even call your local congessman. the conessionaire contracts are approved by congress. they have the oversite. i worked for four years in yosemite for the nps, and have found that if you a persistant, you can most always have your complaint resolved in your favor.

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