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Comfort is King
However, because camping and outdoor recreation saw huge increases last year, places that were usually available, were all of a sudden quite full. Very strange year.
IKR. Last year I camped at 3 different places during 3 different tours that I had stayed at before on more than one occasion. All three were busier than normal. One place I had stayed at twice before at the same time of year. (The weekend after Labor Day.) The first two times the place was either empty or barely occupied. In 2020 it was probably 75% full, if not more.
When I took Amtrak to Pittsburgh last September to the start of a tour I paid extra for business class. At its most crowded I think there were only 7 or 8 people in my car on a Friday afternoon/evening. Stayed i a hotel the day before I started riding. Hardly saw any other quests. Never had to share an elevator.