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Parks director flags high transaction fees on proposed online camping system; commissioners weigh rate increases and Airbnb for cabins
Summary
Parks staff presented online-camping vendor fee calculations showing per-transaction fees that would increase customer costs for parking and slips; commissioners discussed modest rate increases, using ARPA/contingency for dock/cell projects, and whether to list cabins on Airbnb given staffing limits.
Sherry, the county parks/Marina administrator, presented a spreadsheet showing how an online reservations provider’s transaction fees would raise the effective cost to campers and marina customers for parking and boat slips. She said Firefly/VINTech would charge a per-transaction service fee (reported as roughly $3.50 per transaction) that would raise daily parking fees from $5 to about $8.85 per day for casual fishers, creating concern that the county could lose transient visitors.
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