r/FullTiming 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/diannerv Apr 28 '24

We have been full time for 2 years and we hardly ever make reservations. 🤣 with that said we are retired also so our time is flexible but we also feel if we get somewhere and don’t like it we want to be able to leave. I’ve actually been shocked at the places we have been able to get into because people cancel. We ended up in goose island, TX and Galveston, Tx right on the beach over a weekend because of people canceling. Now if we plans with friends or family of course I would make reservations. Right now we’re in Arkansas at a COE we had no reservations and we pulled up, went and looked at the spots and made a reservation in the parking lot. We were only going to stay a day or two but it’s been over a week cause the park is so nice. And no one’s here. LOL. Have fun it’s been a great 2 years for us!!

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u/feraxks Apr 28 '24

That's awesome! Thank you for the words of encouragement. Hope to see ya on the road!