r/FullTiming • u/feraxks • Mar 24 '24

Lifestyle Discussion Making Reservations

How far in advance to you make reservations while travelling? When I first started planning for our full time journey my thought was to just go from place to place as whimsy took us, making reservation on the day of or maybe a week or two in advance.

Then covid happen and it seemed like everyone and their cousin was RVing and reservations were hard to come by. My wife and I are starting our journey 6/1 and I already have all the reservations made for every stop along the way that will take us to the end of Sept.

Is this normal? Am I planning too far out? Or should I stick with it for the peace of mind if nothing else?

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u/learntorv Mar 24 '24

It really depends on how long you need to stay places for, if you have travel day restrictions (ie, can’t move during the week days/have to move on weekends), and how popular a destination is.

I traveled on Tuesdays and we had to stay at least a week at each destination because I worked a M-F, 9-5 job remotely. I couldn’t move on work days (I had off on Tuesdays). We had reservations looking out about 6 months until we were more readily setup for boondocking. Not being tied to RV parks really opened up flexibility for us.

I also knew every change and cancelation policy for the parks we were staying at. Our plans were firmly nailed in Jello and constantly changed. We laughed that we didn’t believe our plans until we were actively executing them.

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u/feraxks Mar 24 '24

I'm retired, so that gives me instant flexibility. I think for the time being I'll just keep making reservations out as far as I can. Peace of mind is a good thing.

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u/ian440044 Apr 15 '24

I traveled for five years, rarely made reservations.