The Dyrt is reporting in a recently conducted survey that 70.7 percent of campers said they used all of their camping reservations in 2024, a significant increase from 58.9 percent in 2023. There was also a 16.7 percent decrease in cancellations and no-shows in 2024.
These statistics are from the newly released 2025 Camping Report, which The Dyrt reports “is the most comprehensive look at the latest trends, topics and figures for the U.S. camping industry.”
The Dyrt compiled the 2025 Annual Report from the company’s survey results with three groups, including 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 said it 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 a reservation date in 2024 was 25.8 percent, a decrease of 3.3 percent from 2023, with only 6.9 percent of campers canceling with less than two days’ notice in 2024, which is a decrease of 3.8 percent from 2023.
In 2023, 16.7 percent of campers left a campsite one or more days early, and that rate dropped to 12.8 percent in 2024. The percentage of campers who arrived one or more days late dipped slightly by a half-point to 3.7 percent in 2024.
“The fact that cancellations and no-shows went down significantly is very encouraging,” said 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 admitted to not showing up for a reservation without canceling in 2024 was reportedly 4 percent, down from 5 percent in 2023. The report identified some parallels between income levels and campers who were no-shows.
Among campers who earned over $250,000 per year, 5.8 percent were no-shows in 2024. Campers who earned between $101,000 and $250,000 per year were more than twice as likely (4.4 percent) to no-show than campers with incomes under $50,000 (2.1 percent). Of campers who earned between $50,000 to $100,000, 3.2 percent were no-shows on a reservation in 2024.
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