clubhouse wrote:
With a major change that reservations are not being released a month at a time, but rather each day the corresponding day 6 months out will become reservable as an arrival date.
My gut says weekend reservations will become non-existent come Aug 1. I am guessing everyone who wants to make a weekend trip will start reserving Wed/Thursday - Sunday and just eating the cost for the extra nights just to ensure they get the weekend they are after.
Doesn't matter the system, CA needs more campsites developed along the coast and popular mountain locations.
Typing this from Seacliff SB, where we tried for months before getting a spot.
Currently, if you do not show by noon the 2nd day of you reservation, they will cancel your reservation and open the site to walk-ins.
So, if you reserve Wednesday thru Sunday and don't show up by noon on Thursday, you lose your reservation for the weekend.
I don't believe that policy will change with the new system.
USFS in California operate this way and it hasn't been a problem. Seems Californians don't tend towards gaming the system like other regions.
