Live now · Selected campsites · 26 tee-time courses

Everything worth having sells out. We watch it all.

A sold-out campsite or tee time can come back just as quietly as it vanished when someone cancels. itOpened scans selected Recreation.gov campgrounds and 26 TeeOff courses around the clock and texts you when a matching spot opens. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price.

  • Instant SMS the moment a matching opening appears — not an email you'll see tomorrow
  • Live coverage is deliberately narrow today — selected campsites and tee times; every other category below is labelled by its real status
  • We never book, hold, or resell. You always book it yourself
Half Dome with Eastern Yosemite Valley — Yosemite National Park Watching now — Upper Pines Campground, Yosemite
Yosemite National Park. Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Create your first watch — free

Tell us what sold out on you. If it is in live coverage, we scan it; if it is not, your watch joins the coverage queue and tells us what to build next.

Free Scout watch: 1 watch. Live-covered watches can receive alert texts; in-build categories are coverage-queue requests, not live scanning. By submitting you agree to receive alert texts for a live-covered watch; reply STOP anytime. Fees pay for monitoring — openings are first-come and no service can guarantee a booking.

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Your watch is on the list

We're setting up your watch now. When a matching opening appears, you'll get a text with a direct booking link — tap it fast and book in your own account before someone else does.

130,899
Campsites catalogued in our park directory
4,966
Reservable campgrounds catalogued in the federal directory
2.5 min
Fastest scan cycle on selected watched campgrounds — around the clock, every day
16
Real openings caught on the first night of live scanning — Oct 29, 2026

How it works

Sold out isn't final. Cancellations are constant.

People book months ahead, then plans change. On the campgrounds and courses we actually scan, a cancellation goes straight back into the pool — with no announcement. Whoever sees it first, gets it.

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Set a watch

Pick the place, the dates, and the fit — a site that takes your RV or a tee time before 9am Saturday. Flexible ranges mean more chances on live-covered places.

2

We scan, around the clock

On live-covered campgrounds and courses, our scanners check the official booking calendars again and again — including at 3am, when a lot of cancellations surface.

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You get the text, you book it

When a matching opening appears on a live-covered campground or course, your phone buzzes with a direct link. Tap, book in your own account, done. We never touch the booking.

The honest part: your fee pays for monitoring. If nobody cancels, no alert can fire — and openings are first-come, so a fast alert is an edge, not a promise. No service can guarantee a booking, and you should distrust any that says it can.

What we watch

Live where it is proven. Labelled where it is not.

The roadmap is broader than today's coverage. We would rather show the real status category by category than sell scanning we do not run.

Half Dome with Eastern Yosemite Valley — Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park. Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Campsites & Permits

Campground scanning is live for selected Recreation.gov campgrounds. State parks, backcountry permits, and timed-entry reservations are not live-scanned yet; their pages explain the release and lottery rules.

Selected campgrounds live · Rest in build
Flower Garden - The French Laundry (2827135984) — The French Laundry, Yountville

The French Laundry, Yountville. Photo: Jill Clardy from Redwood City, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Restaurant Tables

Restaurant scanning is not live. These pages publish booking-window facts and collect demand while a legitimate platform route is built.

In build — not live
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado 1 — Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado. Photo: Sarbjit Bahga, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concerts & Sports

Concert and sports alerting is not live, and the watch form disables this category. Any future coverage will be labelled before it is sold.

In build — not live
7th hole, Pebble Beach Golf Course, Del Monte, Calif. LCCN98509583 — Pebble Beach Golf Links

Pebble Beach Golf Links. Photo: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Tee Times

Tee-time scanning is live at 26 TeeOff courses, including TPC Sawgrass Stadium and Dye's Valley and Chambers Bay. Other courses are in the coverage queue, not live-scanned.

26 courses live
2013 Indian Wells Masters tennis court - 001 — Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California

Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California. Photo: saimad, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Courts

Court scanning is not live, and the watch form disables this category while coverage is built.

In build — not live
Boonsboro Washington Monument — The Washington Monument, Washington, DC

The Washington Monument, Washington, DC. Photo: Warrenfish, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Tours & Timed Entry

Tour and timed-entry scanning is not live. The listings publish official facts and release guidance; a watch here registers demand for coverage.

In build — not live

Why not just use the free alerts?

The official alert goes to everyone. Ours goes to you, first, by text.

Most booking platforms offer a free "notify me" list. Read the fine print and you'll see the problem: when a spot opens, that same email goes out to every single person watching those dates — sometimes hundreds of people — and the spot is gone before most of them open it.

Free official alertsitOpened
Who gets told Everyone on the list, at the same time, in one blast You, matched to your exact dates and fit, the moment our scan sees it
How it reaches you Email — whenever you happen to check it Instant text message, day or night
What you can watch One place, one date, on that one platform Flexible date ranges on live-covered campsites and tee times; in-build categories are labelled before you rely on them
How often it checks On the platform's schedule, not yours Around the clock on live-covered places, on published facility cycles — paid plans do not buy faster source polling
What it costs Free — and priced like it Free to start; paid plans fund the scanning speed

Pricing

Cheaper than one night in the wrong hotel.

Start free. Pay only when you want more watches and broader live coverage. Pause or cancel anytime — no contracts.

Scout
$0

Try it on one real hunt

  • 1 active watch
  • 1 category
  • Email alerts
  • Standard scan speed
Create a free watch
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Hunter
$15/mo

For the trip that has to happen

  • 10 active watches
  • Any 2 categories
  • Instant SMS alerts
  • Published scan cycles, flexible date ranges
Start Hunter — $15/mo

or go annual — $150/yr

All-Access
$25/mo

Every live category, broadest watch list

  • 25 active watches
  • All live categories
  • Broadest watch capacity
  • Alerts to 2 phones
  • Lottery & on-sale deadline calendar
Start All-Access — $25/mo

or go annual — $250/yr

Pay-Per-Hunt
$15 one-time

One hunt, no subscription

  • 1 watch, 45-day window
  • Runs a full 45 days
  • Instant SMS alerts
  • Credited toward a membership if you join within 7 days
Start the hunt — $15

Every plan: we watch and alert — you book it yourself, in your own account. Fees pay for monitoring; openings are first-come and can't be guaranteed. Pause free anytime and keep your watch list for next season.

Questions

Straight answers

Is this legit?

Yes. itOpened is a monitoring service, and monitoring is all we do. We watch official booking calendars and alert you when an opening appears. We never book, hold, resell, or transfer anything, we never ask for your booking-site passwords, and every reservation is made by you, in your own account, at the normal price. That structure is deliberate — it's what keeps you, and us, on the right side of every platform's rules.

Do you book the spot for me?

No — and be wary of services that offer to. Booking for you means handing a stranger your account credentials and payment card, and several booking platforms prohibit third-party booking outright. We text you a direct link to the exact opening the second we spot it; the tap-and-book step takes under a minute and stays entirely in your hands.

What if nobody cancels?

Then no alert fires, and your watch simply runs its course — we'll tell you plainly that it ended without an opening. Cancellations are common (people book months ahead and plans change), but they're never certain. Your fee pays for the monitoring, and openings are first-come: no service can guarantee a booking. On a membership, you can point that watch at a new target at no extra cost.

What is actually live today?

Live scanning covers a selected registry of Recreation.gov campgrounds and 26 TeeOff tee-time courses. A campground or course outside those registries is a coverage-queue watch, not an actively scanned watch. Restaurants, Disney dining, park lodges, state parks, tours and timed entry, concerts and sports, and courts are not live-scanned. The methodology page carries the current category status.

How fast are the alerts, really?

Live-covered campgrounds and courses are scanned around the clock on fixed facility cycles: the hottest campgrounds every 2.5 minutes and the standard campground registry about every 10 minutes; golf runs about every 5 minutes for hot courses and 15 minutes for standard courses. A paid plan does not buy faster polling of a source. Once a spot is public, anyone can grab it, so the win goes to whoever taps first.

Can I pause or cancel?

Anytime, in a couple of taps, from your account page — no contracts and no phone call to a retention department. Pausing is free and keeps your watch list saved for next season, which is how most campers use us: loud in spring and summer, quiet in winter.