Hitch The Trails Collection: which Encore parks can you book?
If you have browsed the park map and seen the Thousand Trails icon on an Encore resort, only to find you cannot book it, this is why. That icon means the park is in the Trails Collection, and the Trails Collection is a paid add-on.
Updated July 2026
What the Trails Collection is
The Trails Collection is an optional add-on to the Thousand Trails Camping Pass. Buying it unlocks a set of affiliated Encore RV resorts that are otherwise closed to Camping Pass holders. The Encore parks that carry the Thousand Trails icon on the map are exactly the ones this add-on covers. Without it, that icon is a preview of parks you cannot yet reserve.
What it costs and what you get
As of 2026 the Trails Collection add-on is $214 for a full year. For that, here is how access works:
- Booking window: you can reserve an affiliated resort up to 60 days in advance of your arrival date.
- Stay length: up to 14 consecutive nights in an RV, or up to seven consecutive nights in a tent, at one affiliated resort.
- Nightly cost: most nights are covered, but a fee resort generally charges around $20 per night for a standard RV site, and premium sites can carry the prevailing market rate.
- Availability: only a limited pool of sites at each resort is set aside for the program, roughly ten per resort, so popular parks and dates go fast.
One nuance worth knowing: the numbers above are for the standard Trails Collection. Adventure members instead get the Trails Collection Plus version bundled in, which extends the window to 90 days and stays to 21 nights, park-to-park. If you hold the standard add-on rather than an Adventure membership, plan around 60 days and 14 nights.
How to book one
Reservations at Trails Collection resorts are made through the member booking portal or the call center, the same as standard Thousand Trails stays. The difference is only in eligibility and the fee, not the process. Pick the park, confirm your dates fall inside the 60-day window, and reserve as early as you can.
Is it worth it?
The add-on pays for itself quickly if the Encore parks you want sit in warm-weather regions you would otherwise pay full nightly rates to visit. At $214 for the year, even a couple of two-week winter stays can more than cover it. If you rarely travel where the affiliated resorts cluster, you can skip it and lose nothing.
Track every network in one place
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Open Hitch PassHitch Pass is an independent app and is not authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Thousand Trails, Encore, or Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Prices and rules change; confirm current Trails Collection pricing and terms with Thousand Trails before you buy.