Millennials and RVs

larry cad wrote:
Kids nowadays want to sit in front of a monitor, or hold their Iphone up next to their eyes and block out any sense of reality around them.

I asked my 13 YO grandson if he wanted to see the Grand Canyon and other sites in the western USA. He said why? I can go on Google Earth and it's just like being there....
I took him anyway and he loved it.

Plenty of campers out there; look at how hard it is to book sites! It seems that the RV industry will continue to fluctuate, just as it always has. The industry constantly tries to pull in more folks with new amenities; they always have. I want George Jetsons's push button instant camper!:)

Ah, yes, another opportunity for the elders to demonstrate what an attractive and welcoming community the RV experience is.

NOT.

No wonder this forum is dying off.

Younger campers are mostly doing the same things I did at their age, sleeping in tents or in the back of my pickup. Expensive RV's don't make sense for most working people.

Despite having modern amenities such as USB, etc., an RV will continue to be an RV, meaning even brand new ones will require continuous and frequent maintenance. The question is, will the new generation be prepared to do various and frequent mechanical and electrical repairs on their RV? Most of us older folks who have been doing this for many years just naturally and automatically fix things that go wrong as a matter of course. We change the blown fuse, tighten the bolt, etc. and then move on to the next destination. Kids nowadays want to sit in front of a monitor, or hold their Iphone up next to their eyes and block out any sense of reality around them. Even the fundamental goal of RVing goes against their grain by "getting away from it all". If we are aware of the world around us, we will realize that many things we grew up with have changed and/or are gone completely. It is entirely possible the RV industry will gradually shrink and may even die off. The world is changing folks. Depending on your point of view, this is good or bad.

Baloney article such as this paragraph...”"People nowadays want all the comforts of home," said Jim Humble, president of Colorado-based Cousins RV dealership. "All your campgrounds have Wi-Fi now, but if you're far away from the front, you want that signal booster."

It’s rarely signal strength. It’s bandwidth that’s so limited WiFi becomes unusable.