Changes are in store for the B.C. Parks Discover Camping reservation service, the provincial government said Monday.
Beginning in 2017, the mid-March "opening day" for reservations will be eliminated and the three-month rolling reservation window will be extended. Reservations can be made four months in advance of an individual campground's first reservable date.
Other changes include new measures to prevent the reselling of reservations, restrictions around altering arrival dates to prevent the practice of "overbooking" where coveted reservations, including long-weekends, are unfairly secured, and implementing a pilot project in select parks to reduce the maximum length of stay to seven days during the peak camping season in order to provide more camping opportunities in provincial parks.
The changes being implemented are in response to concerns raised during the 2016 camping season and will take effect Jan. 2, the government said.
