We are here in Florida and have been since mid January and sure can't agree that the RV campsites are getting busier every year. Checked out 7 CG's so far within 50 miles of where we are to see the options for us should our present and for the last 8 years wintering in this CG should close for some reason or be sold for other land use et. Never know! None are full this year and the weather/temps this year has been great here. The best in our 8 years here.
Each and everyone including the ne we are at said it's been a very slow year so far as there's not nearly as many Canadians coming down due to the very poor exchange rate as the Canadian dollar is worth only approx. $.70 USD. Also they must get U.S. health insurance coverage and it's outrageously expensive as most of them coming down are retired and elderly and have more medical needs.
At first I thought they were pulling my leg until 3 of them showed my wife and I their actual receipts for the coverage. Couple that with their dollar only being worth about 70 cents here and that made it very expensive or prohibitive for so many Canadians to come. We have talked to more than a dozen of them so far this year and all say the same things. The Eastern half of Canada has over 70% of Canada's total population with Ontario having about 40% alone.
In past years (up to about 3 years ago), the Canadians here made up around 30% of the site users and this year it's been less than 10%. Last year it was around 20% according to the CG owner here. The huge drops are so obvious!
