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The National Park Crowd Dilemma (dailyyonder.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Midnight to c/outdoor

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[–] poVoq 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Very often the booking sites just fake "last available" though. I was once the only guest in a hostel and I booked it as "last available" 🫠

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, the examples I was thinking of were through recreation.gov, which shows a calendar of sites and availability. A lot of National Park and National Forest campgrounds are on there.

[–] poVoq 1 points 4 months ago

Well I guess a government website would not cheat like that. But it is also likely that the campsite is reporting a slightly lower number of spots to the website, so that they have a bit more flexibility with people having emergencies or such.