Crowe wrote:
Thanks for the cg owner's perspective. Interestingly enough, this can be interpreted two ways: 1. Reservations should definitely be made or 2. Campground owners should be more willing to leave sites unreserved for those who like to "wing it" as they should get taken due to higher demand. On the down side, if demand suddenly decreases then there could be too many open spaces causing economic hardship on the campgrounds.
There were over 274,000 RVs shipped last year and a projection of over 281,000 for 2016. That is a lot of new RVs and a lot of new RVers.
That depends. Are these for people who are just starting the lifestyle or are they upgrades for existing RVers? What is the "net" number of people, i.e. how many are starting versus how many are leaving? I've no doubt the numbers are increasing but one must be careful without all the necessary factors weighed in.
Why would a park turn away a reservation to hold open a site for someone who is "winging it"? The reservation is a sure thing, the "winging it" customer may or may not show up on our doorstep. The only business model where it would make sense to hold open sites for the "winging it" crowd would be one where those last minute sites were rented for a substantial premium over the reservations. I personally don't think a site that can be reserved for $40.00 a night but costs $60.00 if you are a walk up customer would go over very well. Anybody feel differently?
