The cottages at Crystal Cove State Beach are hard to nab, and even harder since a new reservation system launched, some say. SCNG/FILE PHOTO
By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register
Krystal Kirkendoll has one beach vacation she looks forward to every year — spending a few days at a quaint Crystal Cove cottage tucked between Newport Beach and Laguna Beach — a nice relief from the hot Kentucky summer.
Like many others, she’d typically scramble to score a spot when a month of reservations opened six months in advance. And while it took determination and fast fingers, for the past decade she’s always been able to get a cottage for her California getaway.
Until recently.
California’s reservation system, ReserveCalifornia, underwent an overhaul in August — a change that was meant to make reservations easier, but has prompted an increase in campers complaining it’s actually harder to nab a spot.