Algonquin Adventures / How are sites booked more than 5 months+ from today?

**Posted by El_Dude_Brother** 2/20/2023 6:10 pm

I was scoping out individual campsite bookings at other parks for August 3rd of this year. I noticed quite a few sites are already booked up and unavailable; how are people gaming the site to be able to do this? When I click on the sites it tells me they won't be available to book until March 3rd.

It's less noticeable when looking at a map of Algonquin since individual lakes don't book up as quickly as individual campsites. Still, prize solo lakes like Little Eagle are already gone for the weekend after the Labour Day long weekend. How is this possible?

**Posted by Zemantics** 2/20/2023 6:40 pm

You can book five months from now and onwards so long as it's a contiguous set of dates.

Last edited by Zemantics (2/20/2023 8:43 pm)

**Posted by trippythings** 2/21/2023 12:45 am

It's 5 months from the trip start date. But your trip can be several weeks or months long. Many people use it as a loophole by booking extremely long trips, and then cancelling the first xxxx number of nights. It's very frowned upon and the park should have better preventative measures in place (booking limits, higher cancellation fees, etc.)

**Posted by scoutergriz** 2/21/2023 7:55 am

simple, you can book up to 23 days, so people with deep pockets can book more than three weeks ahead by paying for the extra days ahead of the date wanted.