BIBCO posting for a friend
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:12 am
I am posting this for a friend. She wanted me to use her name but I choose not to in case their was retribution by the powers that be on BI. I had the same issue after always paying $20 to have my vehicle valeted to the airport on arrival. Also, we had a rental that canceled this fall because the cost for four adults, two children, and an auto was just too expensive. I am writing a letter to BIBCO as well in hopes that enough letters will force the board to have to look at this.
I have lived full-time on Beaver Island for 34 years. My family has been coming to visit me on Beaver Island every summer since I moved here. They drive to Charlevoix, put their car on the ferry and fly to the island. They have a 13-14 hour drive to Charlevoix, so they don't want to add another 4 to 4 1/2 hours that would be required to take the boat after that very long car ride. It's not a realistic choice.
I find it incomprehensible that you now charge people who put their car on the ferry but do not take the ferry. I appreciate your transfer service that picks up at the airport and delivers them back to the airport, but to charge us NOT to ride the ferry seems ridiculous, unfair and is frankly, maddening.
I did hear that you justify the charge because people are leaving their cars in your parking spaces for several days and you don't have room to accommodate that. I can understand you wanting to charge those people, but what about people who send their cars over and immediately pay your transfer service to bring them to the airport? They are not leaving their cars in your parking place. They are paying you to have your transfer service take them directly to the airport. Charging them seems like double-dipping.
Also I'm not the only person who thinks charging for NOT riding the ferry is just dead wrong and I bet you are going to continue having to explain it to people because it just makes no sense. I'm not the only person who thinks charging for NOT riding the ferry is just dead wrong and I bet you are going to continue having to explain it to people because it just makes no sense.
I'd like to ask you to reconsider your decision to charge for NOT taking the ferry. Come on guys, this just isn't right. And by the way, I tried to use your online form to email you but it didn't seem to be working.
I have lived full-time on Beaver Island for 34 years. My family has been coming to visit me on Beaver Island every summer since I moved here. They drive to Charlevoix, put their car on the ferry and fly to the island. They have a 13-14 hour drive to Charlevoix, so they don't want to add another 4 to 4 1/2 hours that would be required to take the boat after that very long car ride. It's not a realistic choice.
I find it incomprehensible that you now charge people who put their car on the ferry but do not take the ferry. I appreciate your transfer service that picks up at the airport and delivers them back to the airport, but to charge us NOT to ride the ferry seems ridiculous, unfair and is frankly, maddening.
I did hear that you justify the charge because people are leaving their cars in your parking spaces for several days and you don't have room to accommodate that. I can understand you wanting to charge those people, but what about people who send their cars over and immediately pay your transfer service to bring them to the airport? They are not leaving their cars in your parking place. They are paying you to have your transfer service take them directly to the airport. Charging them seems like double-dipping.
Also I'm not the only person who thinks charging for NOT riding the ferry is just dead wrong and I bet you are going to continue having to explain it to people because it just makes no sense. I'm not the only person who thinks charging for NOT riding the ferry is just dead wrong and I bet you are going to continue having to explain it to people because it just makes no sense.
I'd like to ask you to reconsider your decision to charge for NOT taking the ferry. Come on guys, this just isn't right. And by the way, I tried to use your online form to email you but it didn't seem to be working.