goducks10 wrote:
Who cares how many RV's per person. It's RV's per camping spot that matters. The more sold the more used ones on the market. The more used ones on the market the less used ones are worth. Not that used are worth much anyway.
These are two separate issues. Usually when we buy a trailer new we keep it for 5 or more years so eventually when it comes time to sell or trade it's wholesale value is relatively small compared to what we originally paid for it. That in turn means it's used retail value is determined primarily what someone else may be willing to pay for it, and little else. ;)
My greater concern is the lack of camping spots, more specifically the lack of
electric sites. Here in Ontario these on average represent only ~ 35% of the total number of sites in most provincial parks yet they're always the first to go - try getting one for any weekend during the summer and you're pretty well SOL if you don't book 5 months in advance. The fact that dry sites often remain empty ought to be a clear message that almost everyone would prefer an electric site, whenever available. To be sure, some parks in provincial system in recent years have been upgraded by adding power to some dry sites, a couple of parks that have been opened in recent years offer a much higher percentage of electric sites, so that does help with availability. In our experience camping here in Ontario and in many parts of the US, most campers are willing to go without on-site water & sewer if they have to but very much prefer having shore power. IMO the key therefore to addressing this issue of overcrowding isn't to complain about how many units the RV industry is pumping out every year (as if we can do anything about that anyway :R ) or to insist we need more parks but rather to upgrade the sites we already have to include shore power. Sure, some dry camping aficionados may complain they're being forced to pay for something they didn't ask for but the vast majority of campers would be
much happier knowing they can get a site during the busy camping months and that they will at least enjoy the convenience of having shore power available. Park owners / operators will also be much happier with the increased revenue. :D
