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tomseeley
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Apr 30, 2014

How important are resv at campgrounds on Alaska Highway

I'm still only fantasizing about RVing the AK Hwy up and back in 2015. So I still only have big-picture "what if" sort of questions. I'll get to the specifics later.

IF I want flexibility to go where I want to, when I want to, and stay there as long as I want to, space permitting, then I know I do NOT want to sign on to a caravan.

But in that case, doing my own planning, how important is it to make advance campground reservations all along the way or at least part of the way? If I want the flexibility to stay at a certain spot after my first resv expires, is it your experience that I might expect to find spaces available, or is it more likely that most of the good campgrounds book up for almost the whole season well in advance, and when it's my time to leave I have to leave, whether or not?

What's your experience been, for those of you who do NOT do the trip in organized caravans?

Thx in advance, as usual!

Tom

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