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PawPaw_n_Gram
Mar 09, 2017Explorer
I agree that the market pressure/ supply / demand is creating a problem for the future.
I wouldn't want to be a working parent trying to fit RVing in to my lifestyle today.
The freedom we have as full timers isn't there for people who still have to work.
Since we belong to Thousand Trails, that is where we see most working age RVers and their families. But I do have to admit we plan our travels and stays to avoid popular parks during their busiest season.
We did the same thing with state parks and COE / USFS/ NPS campgrounds before.
My impression, which could be wrong, is that working age RVers tend to be controlling their costs by going for places where they can leave the rig for the summer season. Fewer long trips.
Resort type parks attract many of those RVers, and I have heard of rising prices causing some to change their plans.
Some of the non-full time members of my Good Sam group used to travel to Colorado for a month in the summer. That group is now half the size it was six years ago, and all have moved to alternate resorts/ regions due to rising costs.
I wouldn't want to be a working parent trying to fit RVing in to my lifestyle today.
The freedom we have as full timers isn't there for people who still have to work.
Since we belong to Thousand Trails, that is where we see most working age RVers and their families. But I do have to admit we plan our travels and stays to avoid popular parks during their busiest season.
We did the same thing with state parks and COE / USFS/ NPS campgrounds before.
My impression, which could be wrong, is that working age RVers tend to be controlling their costs by going for places where they can leave the rig for the summer season. Fewer long trips.
Resort type parks attract many of those RVers, and I have heard of rising prices causing some to change their plans.
Some of the non-full time members of my Good Sam group used to travel to Colorado for a month in the summer. That group is now half the size it was six years ago, and all have moved to alternate resorts/ regions due to rising costs.
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