Stop refreshing. Start packing.
Beds in Italy's CAI rifugi go fast, and cancellations don't wait for business hours. RefugeAlert watches the official booking system for you, day and night, and emails you the moment a spot opens on the rifugio and date you need.
You click the link, you book it yourself on prenotarifugi.cai.it. That's the whole thing. No account credentials. No automatic booking. No subscription. Just an alert so you're not the hiker who missed a cancellation at 2 a.m. because you happened to be asleep.
Not hiking in Italy?
RefugeAlert also watches the Corsican GR20 and French FFCAM refuges.
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How RefugeAlert works
Tell us what you need. Search and add the rifugi and dates that are currently unavailable for your trek, up to 13 shelter/date combinations, matching a full multi-day route if needed.
We watch the official booking system. RefugeAlert checks CAI's public booking system at a steady, unhurried interval. We don't scrape aggressively; we just check consistently, around the clock, so you don't have to.
You get an email the moment a bed opens. When availability appears on any of your watched rifugi, we send you an alert right away, with enough detail to act on it immediately.
You book it yourself. Follow the link to prenotarifugi.cai.it and secure the bed in your own account. RefugeAlert is never involved in the transaction, never sees your login, and never holds or reserves anything on your behalf.
Your watch stays active until the last date on your list has passed, or until you've found what you need.
What we don't do
RefugeAlert never books, holds, or pre-reserves a bed. It never asks for or stores your CAI booking-site password. It has no partnership with CAI or with any individual rifugio: it's an independent tool reading a public booking system, the same one anyone with a browser can look at.
Pricing
One trip, one payment, no subscription.
One purchase covers your entire rifugio watch: up to 13 shelter/date combinations, monitored continuously from the moment you set them up until the final watched date goes by.
If you find every bed you need on day one, great. If it takes weeks of waiting on cancellations, the price is the same. There are no tiers, no renewals, and no upsells.
RefugeAlert doesn't book anything, guarantee availability, or have any affiliation with CAI or the official booking system. Whether a cancellation appears, and whether you're fast enough to claim it, is outside our control. What we do is make sure you hear about it as soon as it's there.
Frequently asked questions
Is this allowed? Are you affiliated with CAI?
No affiliation, and there's nothing to be "allowed": RefugeAlert reads the same public booking system anyone can view in a browser, politely and at a low frequency. It has no partnership, data agreement, or other relationship with the Club Alpino Italiano or any individual rifugio.
Will I definitely get a bed if I sign up?
No, and we won't pretend otherwise. Availability only appears when another hiker cancels. If nobody cancels on your watched rifugio and dates, no alert will ever fire and your watch will simply expire. That outcome is genuinely possible. RefugeAlert gives you a faster shot at openings than manual checking does; it doesn't create openings that aren't there.
Do you book the bed for me?
No. RefugeAlert never books, holds, or reserves anything, and never handles your prenotarifugi.cai.it account credentials. When an alert arrives, you go to the official site and book it yourself, the same way you would if you'd caught it by refreshing the page.
How quickly will I be notified when a bed opens?
RefugeAlert monitors at a polite, low frequency to avoid hammering CAI's servers: real fetches for Italy are spaced at least 30 minutes apart. There will be some lag between a cancellation appearing and your alert arriving. Once you get the alert, move fast: other people may be watching too.
Which rifugi can I watch?
Any of the roughly 550 CAI-affiliated rifugi that publish availability on prenotarifugi.cai.it: search by name or region when you set up your watch, or start from one of our curated route pages.
What happens if no bed ever opens?
Your watch runs until the last date you chose has passed, then it ends. There's no refund for a watch that doesn't fire: the price pays for the monitoring, not a guaranteed result.