I'm not sure you can easily compare and HH host with an actual campground. We have had excellent luck with the HH program. In fact, we just re-upped and added Boondockers Welcome.
Most HH hosts run small business/farms at their hosting site...that is their primary focus and source of income. Campgrounds rent space as their primary focus/income. It stands to reason that a campground's business systems and infrastructure for campers would be much more robust that those of an HH host's.
When we joined HH, we easily realized this difference and adjusted our planning to minimize the unexpected. But, "stuff" happens! Our process is to book as far ahead as their calendar allows (see note below), then check in with them a month or so before our stay. We then check in with the host a week ahead of our stay, and then again the day before. Can't have too much communication in this process!
Note: We've noticed that a fair number of hosts don't open up their online calendars as far ahead of time as we would prefer. This spring we've had good luck making the request anyway and, sure enough, they approved the request ahead of their open calendar. This is one reason why we do the 30/7/1 day check in process; we make sure our reservation is, in fact, on the books.
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Theo & Carol
2007 GoldenDoodle ("Cooper") R.I.P.
2020 Rockwood Roo 23IKSS
2015 F-150 4WD XLT SCab, 5.0L, 3.73, 36gal, HD Towing Pkg (53A), 1,980lb Payload
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