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Andy Zipser

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RV parks face price hikes as new database enables real-time competitive pricing by campground owners

Campground rates keep going up, driven by increased demand and industry gentrification, the predictable result of RV parks getting acquired by investors whose only...

KOA takes a holistic view of glamping

It’s been a couple of months since KOA released its latest annual report on North American camping and, as usual, subsequent industry coverage was faithfully upbeat....

With RV sales plummeting, repair wait times are shorter

As shipments of new RVs stagnate at a hair above 30,000 a month, posting a near-50% decline year-to-date over 2022, the dealers who sell...

RV park industry comes up short in disaster planning

Just ahead of hurricane season, which officially kicked off June 1, the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds held a webinar/campfire session for...

The RV industry scrambles for survival: Are camping’s glory days over?

Heading into the Memorial Day weekend, camping and RV industry cheerleaders were cranking out comparisons and forecasts to support their contention that the industry’s...

Are campgrounds and subdivisions becoming one and the same?

OPINION I t’s gotten to the point where the notion of a “campground” is becoming indistinguishable from that of a subdivision. True, the housing units at...

Great job numbers, but not for RVers

The jobs numbers out on Friday resulted in great giddiness in some quarters and foreboding in others. Giddiness because January’s 3.4% unemployment rate is...

KOA amps up the camping con game

OPINION It’s mid-winter in New York, but the temperature was unseasonably hot when the Saugerties town planning board held a public hearing recently on a...

As wildlife moves into urban areas, people and pets at greater risk

My recent post about the one-year anniversary of the Marshall fire in Colorado cited a U.S. Fire Administration report, issued last June, that raised the alarm...

Winnebago’s ‘Heli-Campers’ give insight into the future of RV design

Given that many, many RV owners still think an electricity-powered RV is the stuff of science fiction, it’s perhaps surprising that a decidedly more...

Electric vehicle growth has RV industry befuddled!

A pair of webinars this past week, one hosted by the RV Industry Association (RVIA) and one by the National Association of RV Parks...

New campers not very interested in “camping”

  "The new campers are 'looking for hotel-type amenities' " By Andy Zipser If there’s one trend that has many veteran campground and RV park owners shaking...

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