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    Business ProfileforAllegany Mountain Resort

    Campgrounds
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    2/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    2 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 2/28/2014

    Years in Business: 50

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

    Overview

    This business offers an RV & camping report.

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    6994 Plato Rd, East Otto, NY 14729-9741
    BBB File Opened:
    9/12/2012
    Years in Business:
    50
    Business Started:
    1/1/1974
    Business Started Locally:
    1/1/1974
    Accredited Since:
    2/28/2014
    Type of Entity:
    Sole Proprietorship
    Alternate Business Name
    • Allegany Mountain Resort at Rainbow Lake
    Business Management
    • Mr. Dave Geddes, Owner
    • Ms. Michelle Holt, Manager
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Dave Geddes, Owner

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Dave Geddes, Owner
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (716) 699-2882
      Primary Fax

    Phone Numbers

    Customer Complaints

    2 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    07/12/2022

    Complaint Type:
    Customer Service Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    End of July 2021 entered into a "cabin only" lifetime (capped at 80 years) camping membership with Alleghany Moutain Resort at Rainbow Lake in East Otto, NY which was paid in full (around $11,000) within months to avoid the high interest of the credit card they immediately set you up with. Along with this there are yearly maintenance fees of about $200. Booked a 3 night stay for Memorial Day weekend 5/27/22-5/29/22. By the evening 5/28 I had a line of bites going from my pinky to my neck on my left side and just a few on my right. I checked the sheets and found 4 bed bugs. One that I killed and 3 that I bagged to show the office. I called the security gaurds office as soon as I realized what we found at midnight and they said there was nothing they could do until the office opened in the morning at 8am but someone should be in there around 7am and be left the information to give me a call. I waited until 8:15am, no one called. I called and Michelle answered. Said she was waiting for a more reasonable time to call. That she was actually going to walk over but was waiting for a more reasonable time. She almost immediately started telling me that they have had bed bug issues in the past but thought they had it taken care of. Supposedly new matresses were brought in and our mattress was checked throughly including by her before the stay. She offered to refund our entire stay. I asked that they cover the bedding too since we couldnt bring that home, She agreed. After leaving I found over 30 bites, went to urgent care, missed work, etc. I called a few days later and said I wanted to cancel the membership for a refund. They came back with upgrading my membership to full camping. But we dont tent camp or have an RV. Then a few weeks later she said they were going to start providing the linens for the cabins and offered a free week stay and would call me back in a day or so. That was 6/12 and havent heard from her since. I have left several messages.
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    Customer Reviews

    1 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Joshua C

    2 stars

    08/17/2023

    The property is beautiful, but the sales tactics to get you to buy the membership are high pressure. The pitch that you always have a site is false and the sites are small. This membership is geared more towards RV and big fifth wheel owners. We have a pop up. You can never get the nicer sites as people bring their campers there and "park" them for days before they are even camping there. There are not enough sites for the number of memberships they sell. We were told that if we don't pay the dues for the year it's fine, but we can't camp for the year, but we got a notice that our dues were being sent to collections for not paying it this year. Based on what others have said, we were charged more for the membership, even after they said we were getting discounts for coming there on a "promotion". Like I said, the property is beautiful but you can get the same amenities at other campgrounds without the outrageous price for a membership.

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