Beware Of Encore Park Reservations Options

[kthorn]

Recently had a bad vacation experience. Reserved 12 days at Encore's Pioneer Village in Fort Myers in early Jan. for Feb.12-24. We also prepaid. This was all done by phone through Encore central reservations. We drove 1400 miles from Toronto. When we arrived we were told that they had overbooked and had no sites. They claimed that Encore just keeps taking reservations and has no idea when park is full. This is hard to believe. They also offered no compensation because as they put it "you do have your RV to sleep in." I'm sure that everyone knows how difficult it is to find a place in Florida in Feb. After calling over 20 parks we found a spot in Lakeland, but we spent 5 days of our vacation moving from day to day until we found it.
We have stayed in Encore parks before with no problems, but when you have a problem you really find out a lot about an organization. In this case Encore and Pioneer rate a big fat 0.

[Galli]

Interesting subject and fortunately I was never involved in this kind of scam.
In reading several entries I noted that people had made a reservation , had paid the deposit and once arrived there was no the space as contracted.
QUESTION = Considering the above correct as quoted , wouldn’t be the park Owner liable for this breach of contract and pursuable by law ?
The fact that the park owner wants a deposit in order to cover himself for a possible no show, this should be a usable tool by the camper if not provided with what was agreed upon in the first place.
I would appreciate the forum opinion on this specific subject