The price increases impact some of the many different parts of the RV community.
As many have mentioned - the price increase are not impacting them - unless it is for state parks or federal campgrounds. They simply don't go to resorts, and are likely to stay at a Walmart while traveling.
The snow bird group isn't hit by price increases due to several factorts. The biggest is the changing lifestyle preferences of the newly retired RVers. They don't want to spend the whole winter in a single park, and they look for a more active outdoor opportunity than has been traditional. As also mentioned, the Canadian dollar/US dollar exchange rate has been hard on those parks this year.
The group hit the hardest is the working age 'weekend warrior' who takes one big trip to a destination park each year, usually with the kids.
Those folks don't have the time to travel a less traveled route, look for shoulder seasons deals, etc. They are often constrained to only take big trips during the kids school vacations.
I hope they don't give up due to price, because those are the ones we need to keep this industry healthy. My age group is dying out/ giving up.
