Camping Cancellations and No-Shows Decreased in 2024

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dyrt, the only camping app with all of the public and private campgrounds, RV parks, and free camping locations in the United States, has found that 70.7% of campers say they used all their reservations in 2024, a significant increase from 58.9% in 2023. There was also a 16.7% decrease in cancellations and no-shows last year.

These statistics are from the newly released 2025 Camping Report Presented by Toyota Trucks, the most comprehensive look at the latest trends, topics and figures for the U.S. camping industry. The latest version of The Dyrt's annual report is compiled from the results of surveys conducted with three groups — thousands of members of The Dyrt camper community, a representative sample of U.S. residents, and camping property managers across all 50 states.

"I think there's increasing awareness of the fact that it hurts other campers to reserve a campsite and leave it empty and the camping community is stepping up to do better," The Dyrt founder Sarah Smith wrote in the report. "New legislation in California and Washington to incentivize advanced cancellation might be helping as well."

The Dyrt measured multiple types of cancelations and no shows, which decreased across the board in 2024. The percentage of campers who canceled two-plus days ahead of time in 2024 was 25.8%, a decrease of 3.3% from 2023. And only 6.9% of campers canceled with less than two days notice in 2024, which is a decrease of 3.8% from 2023.

In 2023, 16.7% of campers left a campsite one or more days early, and that rate dropped to 12.8% in 2024. The percentage of campers who arrived one or more days late dipped slightly by a half-point to 3.7% in 2024.

"The fact that cancellations and no-shows went down significantly is very encouraging," says The Dyrt CEO Kevin Long. "Obviously some situations arise for people where cancellations are inevitable and unavoidable, but the stark drop from one year to the next is a clear indication that campers are figuring out how to navigate a more competitive camping landscape with compassion. Fewer sites are going to waste, more campers are able to secure a spot, and property owners and managers have more predictability. It's a positive for everybody."

The percentage of campers who admitted to no-showing a reservation without canceling in 2024 was 4%, down from 5% in 2023. The report identified some parallels between income levels and campers who no-showed. Among campers who earned more than $250,000 per year, 5.8% no-showed in 2024. Campers who earned between $101,000 and $250,000 per year were more than twice as likely (4.4%) to no-show than campers with incomes under $50,000 (2.1%). Of campers who earned between $50,000-$100,000, 3.2% no-showed a reservation in 2024.

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