The Future of RVing

Not sure you will see many more CGs stay open in the winter. Yes the RVs can handle it. But most of the CG facilities can't. Freeze proof water faucets, and bath houses that won't freeze are expensive. and then still after you get that done. You have to require that your customers unhook their water at night so that their water hose doesn't burst, and run water every where.

It all depends on if the CG owner's want to put that much money into the CG.

If the trend continue....which it has for a couple of decades now, RV's will continue to get bigger, heavier, and have more frill/bells and whistles. This will require the trend for trucks to get bigger and more powerful.

I would like to see a trend in more 55+ Adult RV Resorts in EVERY state with activities geared towards seniors.

There are plenty of Family Campgrounds geared towards families which is great but there are a lot of us that would like to see more Adult oriented resorts across the Country.

The trend that I notice is that RV's are becoming more reliant on the need for shore power. Which in turn means more generators are being used when these RV's are location in dry camping areas. And that increased use of generators has spoiled some of the otherwise quiet campgrounds, IMHO.

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I was thinking that more campgrounds would stay open for campers who boondock and are willing to camp without water. I think there is money to be made in what is now considered the off-season in the Northeast.

Best--Jeremy

downtheroad wrote:
If the trend continue....which it has for a couple of decades now, RV's will continue to get bigger, heavier, and have more frill/bells and whistles. This will require the trend for trucks to get bigger and more powerful.

On the other hand, there is a very real industry trend for smaller, lighter RVs and the use of lighter materials in larger units.

I wouldn't be too surprised to see a high-end all electric (or mostly electric) motorcoach with a hybrid drive system. There are some city busses being made and at least experimented with that are hybrid or fully battery electric. On a motorcoach, you could enlarge the hybrid battery bank if needed and also use it to power the house systems, allowing the elimination of the separate generator and potentially the entire propane system. I doubt it would be cost effective, at least for some time, for any but high-end units.

korbe wrote:
The trend that I notice is that RV's are becoming more reliant on the need for shore power.

Yep. 50amp service will become the norm for all but the smallest rv. Even the new Winnebago 31C which is still a relatively small MH comes with 50amp. Residential refers, ice makers, multiple TV's, electric heat will all continue the drive for "More Power".

State parks will have to modernize to keep up with the demand for this power. I know of two parks here in SC that have short term plans to add sites that have full service w/50 amp service.

2oldman wrote:
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I wholeheartedly agree.