Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Booking a campsite at Canada's provincial and federal parks can feel like the Hunger Games.
You’re ready to book a spot and, poof, within seconds it’s gone.
For years, frustrated campers have speculated on social media about bots snatching coveted sites at popular parks. But evidence of the issue remained scant.
Now, AI could change that.
The Globe’s Erica Alini built an AI bot that can make scheduled, unsupervised reservations for a single user. It would likely beat out most, if not all, fast-clicking humans competing for the same site. And park authorities seem unprepared.
The solution, experts say, may be to move away from a first-come, first-serve system in favour of random draws.
Video by Erica Alini and Kelsey Wilson. #camping #canada #AI
Booking a campsite at Canada's provincial and federal parks can feel like the Hunger Games.
You’re ready to book a spot and, poof, within seconds it’s gone.
For years, frustrated campers have speculated on social media about bots snatching coveted sites at popular parks. But evidence of the issue remained scant.
Now, AI could change that.
The Globe’s Erica Alini built an AI bot that can make scheduled, unsupervised reservations for a single user. It would likely beat out most, if not all, fast-clicking humans competing for the same site. And park authorities seem unprepared.
The solution, experts say, may be to move away from a first-come, first-serve system in favour of random draws.
Video by Erica Alini and Kelsey Wilson. #camping #canada #AI
