getting campground reservations

NYCgrrl wrote:
This is a head scratching moment for me.

I just put in the opening date of 05/12/17, for Nevada Beach Campground and Day Use Pavilion. Filtered my request for a flexibility range of 4 weeks, and 1/2 the sites opened up as available as of a start date of 5/12/17.

No idea what dates you are trying for.

Maybe you need to switch to a different browser.
I can open reserveamerica.com in Firefox successfully.

:C

Good, as I've never had a problem making a res on their site in the past.

Hopefully the OP can figure it out.

This is a head scratching moment for me.

I just put in the opening date of 05/12/17, for Nevada Beach Campground and Day Use Pavilion. Filtered my request for a flexibility range of 4 weeks, and 1/2 the sites opened up as available as of a start date of 5/12/17.

No idea what dates you are trying for.

Maybe you need to switch to a different browser.
I can open reserveamerica.com in Firefox successfully.

Another suggestion, especially for state parks: suppose you want a site for a week in a specific park. Ask instead for 3 or 4 days only and click off that you are flexible (even if you're not). Then scan around for what's available, including sites for 4+ days. Also, you may have to move sites partway through the week.

I may be wrong, but it seems to help.

Us out West wrote:

F450 wrote:

Us out West wrote:
Shouldn't be a problem making a res.

If you do try this;

Contact Information:
Mailing Address:
Nevada Beach Campground and Day Use Pavilion
P.O. Box 9047
South Lake Tahoe CA 96158
Phone Number:
Information: (775)588-5562

Can you make reservations thru that address?

You'll have to give them a call...then let us know.

No answer

I'm curious as to what the actual issue is:

1. Is it that the system keeps kicking the OP out, etc.?

2. Is it that the OP is trying to reserve past the 6 month open res period (yes, Nevada State Beach has the 6 month limit)?

3. Is it that the OP is trying to reserve before the campground open date of May 12, 2017?

4. Is it that the OP is trying for specific dates and the system is indicating that there are no available campsites for those dates?

If #1, the OP should try contacting the campground directly.

If #2 or #3, the OP needs to pick appropriate dates between May 12, 2017 and 6 months from the date he tries to make the reservation or wait until his desired dates fall within the 6 month period AND/OR ensure the campground is open for the dates he wants.

If #4, the OP should review the list by "date range availability" and see what the reservations look like during the dates he wants. It may be that there is no one campsite available for all the dates, but that he could move after the first X days to another site and get all the dates reserved.

It's been a nightmare securing sites anymore & costly. Many times last year we ended up booking a site a day and moving to a different site each day so another booking fee. 36 days of camping at 28 sites. Its odd that we saw sites empty when the reservation system said it's all booked !

I read somewhere a set of articles on the fact that the RV sector, rv'ers, RV manufacturing, dealerships & camp grounds are on a non sub stainable course. We're here as camp sites go.

Rant over

Cheers

WNYBob wrote:
Reserve America has a "when available" notification email.

I was not aware of that email function, so I looked it up. It only applies to some states, not including the one I book the most, Florida. That is likely the reason I had not noted the feature. Still it is good to know.

"Note: Availability Notifications are currently available for the following only:
California State Parks
Connecticut State Parks
Delaware State Parks
Idaho State Parks
Massachusetts State Parks
Maryland State Parks
Montana State Parks
New Hampshire State Parks
New York State Parks
Ohio State Parks
Orange County, CA
Pennsylvania State Parks
Santa Catalina Island, CA
South Carolina State Parks"

F450 wrote:

Us out West wrote:
Shouldn't be a problem making a res.

If you do try this;

Contact Information:
Mailing Address:
Nevada Beach Campground and Day Use Pavilion
P.O. Box 9047
South Lake Tahoe CA 96158
Phone Number:
Information: (775)588-5562

Can you make reservations thru that address?

You'll have to give them a call...then let us know.

Reserve America has a "when available" notification email.

I used it for an October reservation (NY has a 9 month window), most of the good sites were gone when I was notified, but I could have gotten a site.

Letchworth SP here in NY has a 3 day Craft & Art Show over Columbus Day weekend, the last 3 years I could only get a site starting on Sunday, when booking in April! This year I started right after Christmas, finally booked on the Thursday before for 5 days.

Not sure if this will work, but it has for me twice last year. I was looking to book via campground website.....when I put in 28 ft. for camper length, there was nothing available....put in 30 ft. and sites were available....try different combo's