Fighting for campsites 6 months in advance!
All- Is it me or is booking campsites getting harder and harder? I have spent the last couple weeks trying to book a week in July at Ludington SP in Michigan and it was darn near impossible. Ther...
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There are more RVs (mainly TT and 5er) being sold, and at least in Texas, many new RV parks being built.
But much of the sales are for families living full time in the rigs and work full time. Most of these people go into the new RV parks, which are really built like traditional mobile home parks, not as RV camper parks.
But almost every post on this thread is about government owned and operated traditional campgrounds.
Yes, the issue is more demand than supply. And definitely government - both federal and the various states - is not building more campgrounds in state or federal parks.
The issue is too many people more than too many new RVs.
For much of the 80s and 90s the number of families camping declined, As two working parent families became common, fewer and fewer bought RVs. Now many young families are finding RV camping affordable. They are comfortable with the internet and are willing to book their sites a year or more in advance. They know how to play the reservations systems to the heir advantage.
One group which is growing is long term camping retirees. When I was young, and even into the 80s and 90s - the percentage of campers who were in that group was small. Especially those over 70. The RVs simple were not comfortable enough or easy enough to setup for folks that age.
Today the over age 65 percentage of RVers has to be over 45 percent, as high as 80% in some areas. And those who full like us who use government campgrounds whenever possible - we take a huge number of the available campsite nights out of the inventory.
But much of the sales are for families living full time in the rigs and work full time. Most of these people go into the new RV parks, which are really built like traditional mobile home parks, not as RV camper parks.
But almost every post on this thread is about government owned and operated traditional campgrounds.
Yes, the issue is more demand than supply. And definitely government - both federal and the various states - is not building more campgrounds in state or federal parks.
The issue is too many people more than too many new RVs.
For much of the 80s and 90s the number of families camping declined, As two working parent families became common, fewer and fewer bought RVs. Now many young families are finding RV camping affordable. They are comfortable with the internet and are willing to book their sites a year or more in advance. They know how to play the reservations systems to the heir advantage.
One group which is growing is long term camping retirees. When I was young, and even into the 80s and 90s - the percentage of campers who were in that group was small. Especially those over 70. The RVs simple were not comfortable enough or easy enough to setup for folks that age.
Today the over age 65 percentage of RVers has to be over 45 percent, as high as 80% in some areas. And those who full like us who use government campgrounds whenever possible - we take a huge number of the available campsite nights out of the inventory.
