We’re dreading asking you this question because we know our hearts will sink with the answer. Have you cancelled any or all of your camping reservations for this upcoming summer?
If you have cancelled your reservations, is that because the parks advised you to or because you feel like you won’t be able to camp anyway? If you haven’t cancelled yet, do you think you will be forced to? Do you think the parks and campgrounds will still be closed?
Many campgrounds and parks are starting to reopen, some just for local residents and others with restricted access. We can’t say for sure where we’ll be by July or August, but we sure hope we can sit around a campfire somewhere…
What campground/RV park were you most looking forward to camping at this summer? Were your camping reservations part of a larger trip or were they for a weekend close to home?
After you vote, please leave a comment.
We have not canceled any reservations ourselves, but have had three so far cancelled by State Parks.
We have a camping reservation in May at a private campground.The showerhouse/bathrooms are closed. Our camping club will practice social distancing. We won’t be able to gather for breakfast and potluck dinner. I have some other reservations. Waiting to see what our state does. I would rather the campground cancel us out as we then would get a full refund. Do you think it is fair to have to pay full price when you can use the swimming pool ect. I don’t think this is fair to us. Would rathert stay home and social distance at home. DH is elderly and I am imunocompromised.
All our early (May) but one and several June reservations were canceled for us. We have received several Reserve America notifications
we generally don’t camp/travel in the summer anymore. we leave that to families. our routine has been and is to travel in winter/spring (snowbird) and in fall when school is in. few to no families.
We still camp in the summer but try to avoid high traffic areas for families. national Parks etc. we do these high tragic areas in the spring and fall.
Our first stop this summer was to be Moab Utah for two weeks starting May 24th. I don’t expect Utah will reopen by then and it’s a bit too soon anyway, so we cancelled our trip. But, we’re still optimistic for Yellowstone in June.
Our first camping trip will be in August and hopefully several more before the years end. My biggest concern is getting reservations. It is getting very hard to get reservations anywhere. I have faith that this shall pass and we should be able to get back to “normal” living. Our life’s will be different, maybe for the better, at least we will have to make changes that will put everyone at ease. Trust in our doctor’s, nurses, and all that work behind the scenes to keep our “normal” life moving forward. Stay safe and stay healthy, and see you down the road!!
Cancelled all the ones we had for May, June & July. Hopefully when all this is over, there will still be places left to go that won’t be overcrowded with last minute summer holiday seeking folks.
Not knowing South Dakota and it’s absence of cities, I had made reservations at a COE campground at the opposite end of the state.
We live in Florida. My kids and I are asthmatic. I felt the safest thing to do was not to travel this year.
What we did not cancell or make, the campgrounds cancelled.
We had planned all Winter, detailed maps and a list of things to see and places to stop in Canada, on our way to Alaska and return. All a memory now.
cancelled plans
We spent this past winter in south Texas with plans to summer in N.E. Ohio, taking 6 weeks to get there. We cancelled all reservations and are going to stay in this CG in Texas. If we feel safe and things open up, we may make a few short trips out and about.
We camp Spring and Fall, and during the three -four months in Summer we travel all over for work and pleasure. We vend at Irish Festivals. We canceled Spring as we are in NJ and trust me no one wants to see our plates. Summer is canceling left and right, Fall looking good so far, I would leave and hit the road tomorrow, but it would not be responsible of me, as I am not traveling, full time or needing to travel for work right now. My best to all those on the road, be safe.
We had to cancel our first reservation here in Washington. We were scheduled for may 10 – may 16 at cape disappointment. No choice here. Could be a while before beach cities open even for day use. We made these reservation last Sept. hoping our others in June, July will be ok
Had to keep moving the date back but kept the reservation at the RV park.
The places we would have reserved weren’t yet open to reservations when things started shutting down. We do have fall reservations, but crossing our fingers they won’t be cancelled on us.
Just delayed our annual trip back to Michigan to visit our kids/grandkids until June instead of May, as Michigan was harder hit by virus than most states. Those are the only reservations we make each year in our fulltime travels. Otherwise we just wander, & are tentatively planning to wander again this fall & winter, depending on recurrence of the virus.
I have/had 4 reservations; 1 Iowa, 3 Illinois. 1 Iowa and 1 Illinois were all ready cancelled by CG. 2 Illinois are questionable as I am waiting on state’s decision.
We’ve had campgrounds cancel our reservations for May in Texas and Colorado. I’ve cancelled a reservation for NM. We are staying put in Arizona.
Hard to believe that 55% “have not cancelled any reservations” according to this poll. With all the closures at the federal, state, counties and city level, guess it wasn’t you that cancelled but they cancelled it for you. The vast majority who’ve commented tend to disagree with you 55% or you “boondock” so that’s cancelling, right, lol.
We had a 7-month trip planned which tanked after the first three weeks. Activities and campgrounds where we planned to go started closing, and the Canadian border shut down (we were going to the Maritimes, among other places). So we had no choice but to head home and I’ve canx’d all of the reservations. Which took me a couple of weeks to do! Ugh…
We had planned to visit Colorado this summer, with stops to see family in SC and TN. Now we will only go as far as South Carolina for 2 graduations, a wedding, and a 1st year birthday party for our great granddaughter; all events have been scaled waaay back! Our reservations at 2 COE campgrounds in SC were moved from mid-May to end of the month and hopefully those won’t change again; however, we were lucky enough to find a small, private cg near the wedding venue where we can stay a little longer if we need to. Then we’ll head back to our “snowbird” Florida site where we’ve been staying for the past 3 years. We are full time RV’ers.
I may have messed up the poll because I answered that I didn’t cancel any reservations. That would be because we didn’t MAKE any reservations. We rarely do.
We have reservations at the end of July at a state park in Colorado and so far the state has not canceled them, so we are still planning to go.
Not yet. Waiting to see what the status of thing will be in August.
Should have had an option for those of us who don’t make reservations. Would be interesting to see how the reservation vs. “wing it” crowds split out
Fingers crossed the Indy500 will happen on the rescheduled Aug 23rd date. We show up early, staying at a campground to attend practice & qualifying. Then move to the track for 4 days. When the May Indy was cancelled and rescheduled, I was about to make the call to change our 10 day reservation at the CG. Up popped an email from said campground asking if we wanted to reschedule. They made it so easy. So got our new dates and our fav site. Also, have reservations for CG’s on the way out from CA to IND. Haven’t decided on return trip. We try to take different routes.
I was supposed to leave today. Two months across the west. Reservations have been cancelled by several state campgrounds, including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, South Dakota. A few others we have cancelled and many were “winging it” stops. Our trip seems to be in the category of, you can`t get there from here if you have a travel trailer.
I cancelled a reservation inCoos County Oregon for late June, might have to cancel another in Florence, Or. in July. Hope not.
We LOVE our Oregon trips and unfortunately the Oregon Governor has extended the lockdown till July 6th https://www.oregon.gov/gov/admin/Pages/eo_20-24.aspx
After much thought, we cancelled a 9 night stay at Cherry Hill Resort, the closest park to Washington, DC. This anticipated trip was scheduled for our Grandaughter and friend. Both are 13 years old and we thought it was time to bring American history to life! Maybe next year!
We had a 3800 mile, 40 day trip planned which was to begin today, May 4th. 80+% of the campgrounds we had reserved announced they were closed and/or cancelled which forced my wife and I to cancel our planned trip. We have however booked 4 nights (May 11th-15th) at Cava Robles in Paso Robles for a quick getaway with two other coaches while practicing safe and physically distanced camping. Hoping to do a trip to Oregon and Washington in late July/early August. Stay safe and healthy RVTravel friends!
That WAS my plan as well leaving San Diego May 4th and going up the coast for the summer staying in Vancouver and coming back down in the fall to San Diego.
We have several weekends reserved at our favorite campground. As restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic have been imposed/extended reservations for impacted dates have been cancelled with no penalty. We will continue to keep our reservations in the hope that we’ll be able to go on a future date :-).
Last January made reservations at campgrounds in Colorado, Montana and Washington state
starting early June ending middle of September. Have not heard from the campgrounds as far
as cancellations so we plan to go. Will take extra caution wearing masks and gloves when checking
in at campgrounds, handling pump handles when getting fuel and practice social distancing. Before leaving we will call all campgrounds (15 total) to make sure they are open. Will keep socializing to a minimum.
Couldn’t vote in poll with just those choices. We cancelled 3 reservations in June and moved 2 others from June to July. Going on a simpler trip, staying in one place and seeing the sights around there.
Regarding ditching our campground reservations. We nixed them all and decided to stop full timing altogether. We were just short of four years on the road full time. We’ve taken the opportunity to lease a Casita in Tucson. After the first of the year we will start camping again but only part time maybe 3-4 months at a time. All good things must end. At least for now.
My Memorial day reservation was cancelled by the state parks. Fortunately, I lucked into a recently cancelled spot in a nearby county park so we still have our weekend.
We had not made reservations due to COVID-19.
We haven’t cancelled any YET, but ours start in July and go into October. We waiting and watching.
We got bored early in the quarantine so we shifted planning and took part-time gig at Yellowstone. Two nights on the road and made reservations each morning for the night. Now in Yellowstone for the summer. 28 degrees and snow last night but all will be fine.
We usually take our first camping trip in May, but never made the reservation due to the Rona. We have a June reservation.
I didn’t answer the poll because none of the choices apply. All of my spring camping trips were cancelled. I have not made any summer reservations yet, but I am chomping at the bit to do so soon. I just bought my first RV in December, and I have only had it out for one weekend.
Congratulations on your 1st RV. Advice, take your time there’s no hurry, and enjoy. Keep up with maintenance, don’t forget oil changes.
We were heading to British Columbia and then Alaska for the whole summer, trip was supposed to begin on May 10, so sad!!
Your survey needs a FOURTH choice: Reservations were cancelled by the campground (leaving me to fend for myself).
Again the poll lacks at least one category. I didn’t make any camping reservations, and if I answer No I didn’t cancel any reservations, it’s true and misleading. Could be I didn’t have any or Could be I had some and didn’t cancel.
Since I do not usually plan until the end of May I have not made any reservation or cancelled any (yes I like a challenge in life and sometime just point my vehicle in a direction and go). I think since a lot of foreign vacationers will not be out in force this year, it should be light this year (I hope, maybe)
Too much uncertainty to predict if the campgrounds we had reservations at would be taking campers in the months we reserved, so we cancelled all reservations while we could get 100% of our payment refunded. If we waited any longer we would get only 50% of our payments refunded.
I had two reservations, one at a CORPS campground, the other at a private park, both in April but both were cancelled by them not me.
Sadly, my reservations were cancelled for me by the parks and organizations involved in the rallies I attend. I still hope to do some camping out east this year (MA, CT, VT and Canada) if I’m able.
No, I didn’t cancel. but the national parks cancelled my reservation.
June family gathering (wedding) delayed because of virus (no, the “kids” didn’t get it) so we cancelled a State Park one-nighter and several days at a private camping resort. Got full refund from private campground, but because some rather odd regulations got only $4.80 refund from the $24 State Park res (cancelled through the internet). Called the State Parks and was told that if the park was closed on the date of the reservation call them back for a full refund. Go figure. Today it is not listed as being closed then, but you can’t make a reservation for that date at that park because it might be closed then. It’s really crazy.
Actually I cancelled all of the reservations I had in place as of March. Now I have booked new reservations based on changes in travel plans.
No, we didnt have any trips planned for this year.
I didn’t cancel any reservations, however the IN DNR cancelled one in May.
We don’t make reservations except when we are on the road and call ahead of where we’re going. In other words we wing it. We had planned to go to Quartzite, Arizona in march but of course postponed the trip. No reservations. We’re planning on some trips soon. Again, no reservations. Reservations provide too much structure. We head to where we think we might go and end up wherever. Didnt participate in the poll as no answer really fit us.
We usually wing it too, reserving a spot as we travel. It works for us because we’re not on anybody’s schedule but our own. See my note above. We planned to travel with friends and had to cancel May reservations.
I have cancelled all my reservations for the summer. I would like to note that only some CG in Fl, did not return the deposit. I don’t know if this has happened to anyone else. I understand and when I asked about it, they told me it could be used at a future date against CG fees when I do stay there, and they sent me an email with a “reservation number” on it, for want of a better phrase.
No, nope, didn’t do it. Life goes on. I refuse to live life afraid of things that are out of my control. I will take precautions, I’m not stupid after all. Social distancing, mask when appropriate, washing my hands, etc. But life is too short as it is to waste it waiting for something that may never come. I’m a believer that when your time is up, your time is up. So when my bell rings I will thank God for what I was given and on to meet him.
We have not cancelled any of our National Park reservations because they will notify us if they cannot accommodate us due to Covid19. In which case we get a full refund, no cancellation fee. Having pre-paid for our reservations is not causing any hardship so we will wait it out. Let the parks make the decision. The parks decision will be governed by regulations as laid out by our provincial government concerns about Covid19 precautions. Stay safe, everyone!
I have cancelled all my reservations in Canada. Of special note is that even tho’ we can’t cross the border to take advantage of our reservations, Canada is keeping $42 of each one of my reservation fees.
Yeah…pretty pissed off about that. Bastards.
Regarding today’s poll, we had reservations for campgrounds in Kentucky and Tennessee in May. We live in a state with a high number of covid19. My husband has cancer and we decided the smart thing to do was cancel. We’re grateful we live year-round on a beautiful lake.
We had reservations at a Thousand Trails park for the last week of May and first week of June. We didn’t cancel, but Thousand Trails did it for us.
We haven’t cancelled our reservations in Ct.We’ve been in contact with park manager and are still staying in place for now in FL where we’ve been since Dec.Waiting until things calm down and things open slowly in Northeast.
Had not made any reservations yet. One rally in June was canceled, though.
I think you should have added. “have held off making any reservations, for now”
It is easier said with reservations that were cancelled by law rather than choice, that is us. We lost reservations this week for cape disappointment.
We had not made any reservations, but we usually don’t! However it has changed where, when, and how long we may travel this summer. We are in Texas and were going East as far as NY state, however that plan is out. We are going north and west, but not to CA. Midwest and over as far as Utah west. Plans after that thought are flexible and subject to change, easily
Hank, Utah is open for business…we just stayed at Aspen Grove rv park in Tremonton, UT. It’s a fairly new park. 2 years so the trees are still young but the pads and patio are cement and large grass between sites…owner is following all guidelines and is holding his winter pricing over to summer. Many sites available, this young owner need help. Please patronize his park…don’t want to see him go bankrupt.
We want to cancel our Washington State Parks reservation because we now plan to not travel to that area due to the heavy Covid-19 cases. If we do we lose a big chunk of what we paid. Their example on their website gives this example:
If you cancel or reduce nights on a reservation seven or more days prior to your scheduled arrival date you will pay a cancellation fee, lose the reservation fee and 30% of the camping fees. So if you paid $98 your refund is reduced to $55. The percentage you lose can be up to 50%.
We are hoping the state cancels camping for the month of June. If they do we will get our $384 dollars back versus about $150.
Maybe you should have also asked “Have you made any summer vacation reservations” .