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Old September 22nd, 2009, 02:52 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Marsha[_2_]
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Okay, here is what my reservation confirmation from Xanterra says:

"Thank you for your deposit of $416.70. Your reservation will be held
throughout your arrival night. Cancel within 2 days - 1 night lost."

This sounds like I would not get a full refund, even if I cancel within
2 days. Correct? If so, I wonder how much money they keep every year
just from cancellations, even though you know they can probably fill
that spot in two seconds.

Marsha
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Old September 22nd, 2009, 05:20 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Marsha;3022852 Wrote:
Okay, here is what my reservation confirmation from Xanterra says:

"Thank you for your deposit of $416.70. Your reservation will be held
throughout your arrival night. Cancel within 2 days - 1 night lost."

This sounds like I would not get a full refund, even if I cancel within

2 days. Correct? If so, I wonder how much money they keep every year
just from cancellations, even though you know they can probably fill
that spot in two seconds.

Marsha

If you are within 2 days you loose one night's cost. If there is more
than 2 days you can get a full refund. Where are you staying?


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Old September 23rd, 2009, 12:12 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Marsha[_2_]
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Dymphna wrote:
Marsha;3022852 Wrote:
Okay, here is what my reservation confirmation from Xanterra says:

"Thank you for your deposit of $416.70. Your reservation will be held
throughout your arrival night. Cancel within 2 days - 1 night lost."

This sounds like I would not get a full refund, even if I cancel within

2 days. Correct? If so, I wonder how much money they keep every year
just from cancellations, even though you know they can probably fill
that spot in two seconds.

Marsha

If you are within 2 days you loose one night's cost. If there is more
than 2 days you can get a full refund. Where are you staying?



Okay, I get it now. Thanks. We are staying at Old Faithful Inn.
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Old September 23rd, 2009, 04:49 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Marsha;3023308 Wrote:
Dymphna wrote:
Marsha;3022852 Wrote:
Okay, here is what my reservation confirmation from Xanterra says:

"Thank you for your deposit of $416.70. Your reservation will be

held
throughout your arrival night. Cancel within 2 days - 1 night

lost."

This sounds like I would not get a full refund, even if I cancel

within

2 days. Correct? If so, I wonder how much money they keep every

year
just from cancellations, even though you know they can probably fill


that spot in two seconds.

Marsha

If you are within 2 days you loose one night's cost. If there is more
than 2 days you can get a full refund. Where are you staying?



Okay, I get it now. Thanks. We are staying at Old Faithful Inn.

As long as you did not book to stay in the original part of the inn you
are ok. It needs a great deal of remodeling. A cabin would be better.
There are buffalo that do go through that area. The week I was there in
July there was a woman who was not paying attention as she was talking
on her phone. (You can get some phone coverage in a few places in
Yellowstone, but most of the park is dead zone.) A buffalo came up
behind her and gored her. Please be careful of the animals! If you stop
to see a buffalo, check the wind direction. You want to be down wind
from it!

Yellowstone is an amazing place. If you look in the camping thread I
have some picture posted from my trip.


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Old September 24th, 2009, 12:58 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Marsha[_2_]
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Dymphna wrote:
As long as you did not book to stay in the original part of the inn you
are ok. It needs a great deal of remodeling. A cabin would be better.
There are buffalo that do go through that area. The week I was there in
July there was a woman who was not paying attention as she was talking
on her phone. (You can get some phone coverage in a few places in
Yellowstone, but most of the park is dead zone.) A buffalo came up
behind her and gored her. Please be careful of the animals! If you stop
to see a buffalo, check the wind direction. You want to be down wind
from it!

Yellowstone is an amazing place. If you look in the camping thread I
have some picture posted from my trip.



We have two high-range rooms. Do you know if those are in the original
part? Thanks.

Marsha
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Old September 24th, 2009, 12:49 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Dymphna wrote:

There are buffalo that do go through that area. The week I was there in
July there was a woman who was not paying attention as she was talking
on her phone. (You can get some phone coverage in a few places in
Yellowstone, but most of the park is dead zone.)


Actually it depends on the carrier. For GSM (AT&T and T-Mobile) most of
the park has no coverage. On CDMA (at least Verizon) most of the roads
have coverage. When we were there last year we had a group of three
families. One family had AT&T and we could rarely reach them, while the
other family with Verizo we (with Verizon) could usually reach. Also,
there was still some AMPS (analog) only areas (even though by that time
carriers were permitted to turn off AMPS they were not required to turn
it off and smaller carriers, like one of the ones that covers
Yellowstone kept it on because you can cover large areas with very few
towers).

When traveling outside of urban areas, if your primary carrier is AT&T
or T-Mobile, it's a good idea to get a prepaid tri-band (CDMA 800/CDMA
1900/AMPS) phone on PagePlus which uses Verizon and other CDMA networks.
It costs as little as $2.31/month, and you can use any old Verizon
handset (they'll sell you a refurb if you want). Activation is under $6
with 100 minutes included (you can also get it activated for free if you
know how). See "http://prepaiduswireless.com" for details.
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Old September 24th, 2009, 09:21 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Dymphna[_30_]
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Marsha;3023872 Wrote:
Dymphna wrote:
As long as you did not book to stay in the original part of the inn

you
are ok. It needs a great deal of remodeling. A cabin would be better.
There are buffalo that do go through that area. The week I was there

in
July there was a woman who was not paying attention as she was

talking
on her phone. (You can get some phone coverage in a few places in
Yellowstone, but most of the park is dead zone.) A buffalo came up
behind her and gored her. Please be careful of the animals! If you

stop
to see a buffalo, check the wind direction. You want to be down wind
from it!

Yellowstone is an amazing place. If you look in the camping thread I
have some picture posted from my trip.



We have two high-range rooms. Do you know if those are in the original

part? Thanks.

Marsha

Not from that description. Need to know if it says Rough Rider Cabin or
something like that.


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Old September 28th, 2009, 02:11 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Marsha[_2_]
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Dymphna wrote:
As long as you did not book to stay in the original part of the inn

you
are ok. It needs a great deal of remodeling. A cabin would be better.



We have two high-range rooms. Do you know if those are in the original
part? Thanks.

Marsha


Not from that description. Need to know if it says Rough Rider Cabin or
something like that.


That's the only description I have, which comes from this site:

http://www.travelyellowstone.com/old...ul-inn-96.html

My reservation room type says only high-range room with 2 double beds.

Marsha

 




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