Our group reserved 3 PRIMITIVE sites @ the Gitchee Gumee RV park in Marquette, MI for $817.00 for 7 days. When we arrived, the host, Ranger Jeff Glass insisted we pay up front in CASH ONLY & then refused to give us three sites. Even though the campground only had 4 tents there, he would NOT allow us to have more than 2 sites (for 3 families/18 people) because he said he needed to keep the sites open in case someone else wanted them later in the week, because (we just didn't understand) that is how he makes money in his limited season.
We specifically reserved 3 family sites w/water & electricity, but he wanted us to all squeeze on 2 small sites 20 feet from highway 28 (no fence separating) with NO water or electric & far from all the facilities. That way we could HOOP & HOLLER & our kids would not destroy the million dollar rigs parked on the other side of the RV Park. It was a 10 hour trip for us to get there, so we were VERY specific w/our questions, telling him how many people & vehicles we were bringing & in verifying our reservations - multiple times. Ranger Jeff Glass was VERY friendly until our second vehicle arrived & the ethnically mixed family emerged.
From that point, he started insulting our families & children & kept telling us he could throw us out of his park for any reason at any time & would not refund any portion of our money if that happened. He insisted that he never received our check for the entire $817.00, but he mysteriously knew the company name on the check, even though we never disclosed that. He pushed for me to NOT stop payment on the check & offered a pound of fudge it we did not. Of course, we did stop the check, because we felt he was going to take our cash, trow us out + cash the check later.
We were uneasy w/the way we were being treated & since we had come such a long way, could we pay for 2-3 days & then decide if we wanted to stay longer. He refused & said we had to give him ALL $817.00 up front & would keep it all if we chose to leave or if he asked us to leave. NO REFUNDS!!!!
The reason for this comment/concern is - There needs to be some organization or person that should check the Gitchee Gumee RV park out. We felt like we had driven into a KKK meeting + we were being denied what we had been promised. Long story short, this campground is run by a bait-&-switch artist & only allows white hetrosexuals to stay there. Someone needs to check out their CASH policy as well as NOT delivering what they advertise &/or promise.
Ranger Jeff needs to be investigated & an organization needs to send a multi-racial group there w/children & see how they get treated. Thank God, no matter how hard he pushed for our cash, we did NOT give it to him & left. We went back to Christmas, MI & stayed @ the Bay Furnace Campground (a much nicer facility) for $12/night per family instead & had a wonderfully memorable vacation.
We specifically reserved 3 family sites w/water & electricity, but he wanted us to all squeeze on 2 small sites 20 feet from highway 28 (no fence separating) with NO water or electric & far from all the facilities. That way we could HOOP & HOLLER & our kids would not destroy the million dollar rigs parked on the other side of the RV Park. It was a 10 hour trip for us to get there, so we were VERY specific w/our questions, telling him how many people & vehicles we were bringing & in verifying our reservations - multiple times. Ranger Jeff Glass was VERY friendly until our second vehicle arrived & the ethnically mixed family emerged.
From that point, he started insulting our families & children & kept telling us he could throw us out of his park for any reason at any time & would not refund any portion of our money if that happened. He insisted that he never received our check for the entire $817.00, but he mysteriously knew the company name on the check, even though we never disclosed that. He pushed for me to NOT stop payment on the check & offered a pound of fudge it we did not. Of course, we did stop the check, because we felt he was going to take our cash, trow us out + cash the check later.
We were uneasy w/the way we were being treated & since we had come such a long way, could we pay for 2-3 days & then decide if we wanted to stay longer. He refused & said we had to give him ALL $817.00 up front & would keep it all if we chose to leave or if he asked us to leave. NO REFUNDS!!!!
The reason for this comment/concern is - There needs to be some organization or person that should check the Gitchee Gumee RV park out. We felt like we had driven into a KKK meeting + we were being denied what we had been promised. Long story short, this campground is run by a bait-&-switch artist & only allows white hetrosexuals to stay there. Someone needs to check out their CASH policy as well as NOT delivering what they advertise &/or promise.
Ranger Jeff needs to be investigated & an organization needs to send a multi-racial group there w/children & see how they get treated. Thank God, no matter how hard he pushed for our cash, we did NOT give it to him & left. We went back to Christmas, MI & stayed @ the Bay Furnace Campground (a much nicer facility) for $12/night per family instead & had a wonderfully memorable vacation.