Yosemite Reservations?
How does one make reservations? Am I going against computer bots? I was on before 7, logged in, had the site, clicked reserve at 6:59 ("not time to reserve" message) and again right at 7am. Every...
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I think I got really lucky. I was able to reserve a specific site, but my brother-in-law was not. We were both refreshing (F5) our computers as 7am approached, but for some reason I was able to reserve a site in June and he didn't. So I guess that's one trick; have others in your group trying too.
I practiced the day before: I checked out the reservation website and picked some random day and site that was available just so I can see how the site works. When the morning came, I was in and out of there super quick. Unlike Ticketmaster that holds your tickets for a couple of minutes while you decide, Recreation.gov doesn't seem to do that until you're a couple of layers into your transaction. That means someone else may be looking at the same site at the same time. Ya gotta be quick.
I practiced the day before: I checked out the reservation website and picked some random day and site that was available just so I can see how the site works. When the morning came, I was in and out of there super quick. Unlike Ticketmaster that holds your tickets for a couple of minutes while you decide, Recreation.gov doesn't seem to do that until you're a couple of layers into your transaction. That means someone else may be looking at the same site at the same time. Ya gotta be quick.
