Campsites booked solid but 75% empty: booking agents may force everything into lotteries
mobileraj · x · 2026-10-12
The author went camping and found about 75% of sites vacant despite being fully booked online. As a backpacker who already struggles to get permits for desirable hikes, he predicts that once agents can book the second a site unlocks, everything will move to lottery systems.
A concrete example of autonomous agents reshaping allocation of scarce public resources: automated sniping of campsites, permits, and tickets may force platforms to change their rules.
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