Aramark surprise voice mail today

[sandman]

A couple of us received voicemails from Aramark about our trailer reservations being cancelled for this trip.

I contacted them directly for clarification and got a story that changed when Dave called later. Dave updated below.

Old trailers have been hauled off and new trailers are in place. They did not foresee any problem with our reservations until just now. Seems the National Park Service cannot commit to the date/time that they will do the hookups (plumbing and electrical) on the new trailers. For that reason, they had to 'cancel' our reservations.


This will be across the bay at Bullfrog.

There is only one trailer available for 4/29 - 5/6.

There are hotel rooms with two queen beds available.

The current hold that I put on is:

One trailer 4/29 - 5/6


What we need to decide today/tonight is what to do about hotel rooms. The hotel rooms do not have kitchens. We can cook at the one trailer.

Please advise tonight as I told the guy that I would call back tomorrow to lock in the number of hotel rooms.

I need to close on this tomorrow.

Please post below what your preference is.

Thanks

Post edited in an attempt to eliminate confusion

[sparkchaser]

Important update.....Brian, the contact up there had his dates wrong.

There is only ONE trailer available as Kelley said from April 29th through May 6th at Bullfrog

There will be ONE other trailer available from April 30th through May 3rd. The rest are sold out. He is going to try and contact people reserved to see if they will opt for hotel rooms in order to accommodate us.

Everyone not in a trailer, or opting for a partial week will be put up in a hotel room. There is power available in the parking lot at a first come first serve option for your boat. I asked about security, and he said he had been there for a year, and not heard of any problems.

He is willing to provide as many rooms as we need for the group. Could not give a price, but said they would be heavily discounted to somewhere in the tune of 50 dollars a night.

The drive around versus taking the ferry would take 20 minutes longer

There is diesel, and gas available

[freshwater]

Lois and I would take a motel room bottom floor if there is not an elevator as stairs would be rough for me.  But whatever works.  April 29th to May 6th for us.

[cousinlll]

So by saying hotel room you're talking about the Defiance House Lodge at Bullfrog and not some flea bag roach motel up the road, correct?

http://www.lakepowell.com/lodging/defiance-house-lodge/

Billy Ho & I texted about this - our thought is as much as this freakin sucks, this just might be an interesting change for the positive.  You just never know how things will turn out.  Might as well make the best of it and make it work for us & the group.

So with only one trailer available for the entire week, my thought would be to fill that trailer and use it as a kind of home base.  If the group still wants to go forward with the meal planning use that trailer as the nightly restaurant & gathering area?  There is, however, a restaurant/bar in the hotel.

Bill & I are good with a motel room......

[on the rocks]

guys, I am going to bail this year. It has nothing to do about the situation we are facing now. I have been sick this month and had to take time to attend a family members funeral To attend I would have to take the time off unpaid no vacation left. It just seems to be the best thing to join next years trip. I have been looking forward to this trip and will surely miss you. I am only speaking for myself I know Marvin and Sievert are still going cannot speak for Timbo

[sandman]

guys, I am going to bail this year. It has nothing to do about the situation we are facing now. I have been sick this month and had to take time to attend a family members funeral To attend I would have to take the time off unpaid no vacation left. It just seems to be the best thing to join next years trip. I have been looking forward to this trip and will surely miss you. I am only speaking for myself I know Marvin and Sievert are still going cannot speak for Timbo

We'll miss you Mark but you gotta take care of business.

[sparkchaser]

So by saying hotel room you're talking about the Defiance House Lodge at Bullfrog and not some flea bag roach motel up the road, correct?

http://www.lakepowell.com/lodging/defiance-house-lodge/

Billy Ho & I texted about this - our thought is as much as this freakin sucks, this just might be an interesting change for the positive.  You just never know how things will turn out.  Might as well make the best of it and make it work for us & the group.

So with only one trailer available for the entire week, my thought would be to fill that trailer and use it as a kind of home base.  If the group still wants to go forward with the meal planning use that trailer as the nightly restaurant & gathering area?  There is, however, a restaurant/bar in the hotel.

Bill & I are good with a motel room......

That's the one thing I forgot to ask. I will ensure I get that info tomorrow. Again, Brian assured me that he is going to try and take care of us any way he can. There may be another trailer that comes available, but as of now I think we should just go with the idea of one trailer for the entire week, and use it like you suggested.

I'm very disappointed, but there isn't much I can do to change anything. This is something that I look forward to every year. Although there is a kink in the rope this time, I'm willing to give it a try. So I am up for a hotel room

[sandman]

So by saying hotel room you're talking about the Defiance House Lodge at Bullfrog and not some flea bag roach motel up the road, correct?

http://www.lakepowell.com/lodging/defiance-house-lodge/

Billy Ho & I texted about this - our thought is as much as this freakin sucks, this just might be an interesting change for the positive.  You just never know how things will turn out.  Might as well make the best of it and make it work for us & the group.

So with only one trailer available for the entire week, my thought would be to fill that trailer and use it as a kind of home base.  If the group still wants to go forward with the meal planning use that trailer as the nightly restaurant & gathering area?  There is, however, a restaurant/bar in the hotel.

Bill & I are good with a motel room......

Agreed. It will definitely be different. We need to get a price locked down per room though.

I would like a lower-level boat access one as well. I can't be carrying stuff up and down stairs.

Meals may take a different turn with less full-sized refrigerators available.

[mjhewitt]

Debbie and I would go for a couple of nights at the motel, then switch to a trailer. If everyone stays in the motel we will have a problem with freezer space and the cooking in one trailer would suck. Who else would like to share a trailer with us from the 1st to the 6th?

[mjhewitt]

Or we could stay in a trailer the whole time