We have been rving for 12 years now, and unless there is somewhere special we want to stay at we NEVER make reservations. You say you want to drive for 8 hours and then stop, what if at 7 hours you are just to tired and want to stop and your reservation is an hour away? Depending on traffic and road conditions, when we get to the point we are thinking of stoping we ( I should say DW) checks the RV guides and finds somewhere close that she like and calls them to be sure we have a place, if all else fails we look for the camping sticker on the exit signs, if the place looks decent we stop! Never had a problem, and I do not want to be under pressure to get somewhere specific at a given time, just laid back and nice and easy!