how to contact wandering labs

lizzie wrote:
I'm having a hard time understanding how this could work. Florida State Parks has a contract with ReserveAmerica for camping reservations. Even the Rangers don't always know when there has been a cancellation. Unless the Watsons have a direct tie-in with the ReserveAmerica computer how would they know? Either that or stay on the computer all the time constantly checking? lizzie

Most likely they use either an API (Application Programming Interface) or a Bot that uses a script to check for reservations. My guess is they are using a Bot that mimics how a person interacts with the Reserve America web site to check availability at a certain State Park. Not hard to do.

Edited to add:
Actually, the developer makes it available on GitHub. You would just need to know Ruby on Rails, AngularJS, Bourbon and Neat to use it.

To the OP, it would seem the developer's web site, tiwatson.com is down. That is the only contact info I could find for him.

-Michael

I'm having a hard time understanding how this could work. Florida State Parks has a contract with ReserveAmerica for camping reservations. Even the Rangers don't always know when there has been a cancellation. Unless the Watsons have a direct tie-in with the ReserveAmerica computer how would they know? Either that or stay on the computer all the time constantly checking? lizzie

Wanderinglabs is a site a lot of people in FL use.
It repeatedly checks a specific state park for the dates you request, and lets you know when someone cancels.
For a "donation" you get a premium membership, and I'm told they check more frequently.
I've seen quite a few people on a florida rv facebook page who swear by it.

Their website states that they are in the Florida Keys.

you spent $20 for exactly what?
bumpy

You can try http://www.watsonswander.com/contact/

I've never heard of them, but my first thought was Walter White :)

Sounds to me like they wondered off.