Lots of good advice. Im in nj and most all the places here that are good fill up fast. So, we have been booking as soon as the place opens to get our reservations. Sometimes this is a year in advance. This was before the pandemic also. On a linger trip, as above, i het there in a day or so more then it really takes. So we have one last stop close to the final destination that we can use to ajust stuff. All in all , as we haven't really known better it works for us. I will say that I have had to cancle the odd trip, i know not good on many levels. But when you book a year out things come up, like work. Just because you have a scedual dosen't mean your held to it. I call if im going to be a day late etc, and places are usually accommodating.