We only make reservations in popular tourist areas, weekends or holidays. Otherwise, we arrive during the week Sunday thru Thursday, arrive early (before 4pm) and haven't had any problems finding campgrounds. We do plan our route and plan our stops. We locate the city, look on www.woodalls.com for a couple of RV parks in the area, then narrow it to 2 on www.rvparkreviews.com. We have a first and second choice ready in case the first one is booked up. During the day enroute we call to make sure they have an opening. So far so good.