Campflare is a free service that will send you a text when someone cancels their campground reservation.
We need to talk about campground reservations. Bots and scalpers have plagued our National Parks and public lands by purchasing reservations as soon as they become available. Tech should not decide who and who doesn't get to enjoy the outdoors. It's time for a change. Regulation and captchas are not the solution — tech will always find a way around it. The only way to stop the scalpers is to drown them out. Campflare is a free service that will send you a text or email when a campground becomes available. It's free, and it always will be.
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Https://campflare.com/ it will tell you when camp sites open up due to people dropping. It will send you a text and a email. There is also an app, that I like better. It’s all free. Source: 11 months ago
Check out https://campflare.com to get a canceled reservation. Source: 12 months ago
Use https://campflare.com/, it will text you when a site is opened due to cancellation. Source: about 1 year ago
I’ve experienced the same frustration in California. I don’t think there’s much reselling as you can’t transfer a reservation in most places, but I have met some technical people who have built bots for themselves and friends. I remember when I was young and my mom would always refresh the reservation page every day and manage to find a site eventually when someone cancels. However this doesn’t happen much more as... Source: about 1 year ago
I have never done this personally, yet I have heard about people trying this to circumvent the system. In my opinion, this is the exact reason why its hard to find a site in the first place. It is a downward spiral. People are worried about getting a site/don't know when they can make it so they overbook, then this leads to more people doing the same until almost no one can reserve for their ideal dates. I would... Source: about 1 year ago
If you check recreation.gov, there's an "availability alert" at the bottom of the page for each campground? Source: 5 months ago
In the days before smart phones we used the wilderness press guide books and the PCT data book and also the pct water report, which is still out there at https://pctwater.com/. I've gotten local permits for section hikes in So Cal. It's not really very difficult to do. You can get the ones for San Jacinto by mail or in person or both (get the wilderness one in advance, get the state park one from the ranger... Source: 5 months ago
I have booked a lot of campgrounds through recreation.gov, and have never seen any canvas tents to rent. The only time I have seen something even similar is the teepee rentals at KOA in Flagstaff. Campgrounds in National Forest sites, which you generally book through recreation.gov, are not going to have anything like that. Source: 6 months ago
Hi there, heading to Rocky Mountain NP & Arches in a few weeks and both have only a few slots left that are later in the day. I want to book those as a last resort, but also want to try my hand to get a better time the night before. Is this possible to do on one recreation.gov account (I'm traveling alone)? Or, because of the 1 reservation max, do they not allow you to try a separate purchase process? I obviously... Source: 7 months ago
The friend I'm going with is a teacher and her school year ends early June, thus the plan for mid-June. Curious about temps and what to expect. Also, I know this is the first year they're doing permits through recreation.gov, so I'm not expecting solid answers on this, but any guesses as to how difficult it'll be to get permits? We're planning on entering the lottery (Jan 16 is the start date for the June lottery... Source: 8 months ago
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