At 05:29 PM 24/12/2002 -0600, you wrote:
Pat,My first Specialty! The specialty being on the west coast and not more than a 7 hour drive away from us, this is perfect, WRONG! I have made contact with the hotel and RV parks and even the names of the people to contact on the Specialty internet site and hear the same words, ALL FULL. Waited too long to call. How dumb I feel.
Don't feel dumb.
I sent my reservation form in to reserve a room for two people at the Host Hotel. I sent it Expresspost which has a guaranteed delivery time (and is trackable) so that my application would reach the hotel by the first day that they were accepting bookings for the hotel. (can't remember the exact date, mid-june beginning of july?)
In August, I received a letter to say that the the hotel was sold out, but they were establishing a waiting list. Fine, I thought, there are alway people dropping out when it comes to stumping up the deposit.
I've just been doing a little tidying up and filing on my day off today and just found the letter. I re-read it. The third paragraph down tells me if I want to be put on the waiting list to telephone or e-mail and I'll be put on the waiting list in the order that the request is received. When I read the letter back in August, I stopped reading at the bit which said "as we already have your reservation request".
Now who feels dumb!
(if you're reading this - Sorry Chantal! I'm a dozy so-and-so!)
Wendy
Boris Beard
Ottawa, Canada
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