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RVers notice ‘transient’ workers filling campgrounds, leaving campsites a mess

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NOTE: We’ve changed the name of this column from Campground Crowding to Campground Comments and Concerns. We like this name better, and think it...

Investment group buys RV park, service goes downhill

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NOTE: We’ve changed the name of this column from Campground Crowding to Campground Comments and Concerns. We like this name better, and think it...

Mom-and-pop campground owner’s side of the story: ‘Inflation affects everyone, not just campers’

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NOTE: We’ve changed the name of this column from Campground Crowding to Campground Comments and Concerns. We like this name better, and think it...

‘Now, RV parks are catering to a richer and more spoiled clientele’

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NOTE: We've changed the name of this column from Campground Crowding to Campground Concerns. We like this name better, and think it encompasses much...

RVers feel ‘sadness’ about the transformation of camping; ‘I miss it’

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

‘Crime and civil unrest affecting RV travels.’ Plus, long-term RVers turning RV parks into ‘mobile home parks’

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Paid-off RV still costs more than $1,000 a month; plus ‘shocking’ car, hotel costs

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

RVer says, ‘Goodbye, Florida’ — $150 to camp on grass?

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

‘Trucks and RVs are so expensive we have no money left to camp!’

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Please note: This Campground Crowding column will be moving to every other week to make room for more great articles. Please continue to send...

Is RVing today just for the wealthy? Plus, how to stay at truck stops

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Major camping platform charges hidden fees when booking

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Look at the whole campground when booking, not just the site. Plus, reader’s idea of ‘roughing it’? An outdoor pool!

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Campsites aren’t as advertised; RV parks increase rates, quality falls short

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Sales of RVs have slowed and fewer people are buying them. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now,...

Investment companies running RV parks ‘into the ground’

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Guess what? ‘First-come, first-served are never no-shows!’

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Readers advise other readers to quit complaining

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Reader says RVtravel.com is ‘too negative.’ Others say ‘RVing not fun anymore.’ What to do?

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

‘With all these extra fees, campsites are adding up to $300 a night!’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

RVers say “Goodbye RVing” Who wants to pay $100 a night at a crowded park?’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Would you pay extra for a ‘quiet loop’ campsite?

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

‘We loved our RV but the industry destroyed the experience’; RVers say camping is ‘ancient history’

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Should state parks publicize their policies about ‘vagrants’?

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

RV buyers change mind, will not buy RV — ‘No place to camp’

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Campsite fee up 300% – but no extra services

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

RVer complains RV parks ‘too loud from family vacations,’ suggests retirees’ quiet area

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier to find a campsite now, particularly...

Campground owners have no experience in RV industry – just see dollar signs

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

Is the 10-year rule a sneaky way to sell more RVs?

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RVer says, ‘Campgrounds have forgotten their mission as campgrounds… The RVIA has failed campers as a whole’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

Local parks feeling more like ‘housing’ areas than RV parks; plus, RVing long-term is just ‘not financially feasible now’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RVers and camp hosts share a trick to getting around the 14-day stay limit. It works, but are the consequences worth it?

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RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

‘An Airbnb for a month is cheaper than our campsite!’ Plus, a tip for getting around lock-in fees

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

Campground worker explains the 10-year rule and why campgrounds enforce it

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RVer claims weekend campers are the problem; plus, the difference in amenities and space at RV resorts and state parks

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

Disabled veteran writes of being turned down at campgrounds, judged, and snubbed; plus, are campgrounds really ‘handicap-accessible’?

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RVer says, ‘To get a site at crowded parks you gotta know somebody.’ Plus, expensive lock-in fees pay for campground fraud scandal?

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

‘Permanent full-timers don’t have to follow the same rules they give us—junk lying around, more pets and vehicles than allowed…’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RV ‘resorts’ are ‘packed shoulder to shoulder, have lots of noisy kids, and zero natural beauty’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

‘Then he went on social media and told the WORLD about it! It’s the internet that’s ruining RVing!’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RV expenses rising faster than inflation rates; housing crisis vs. RVers is ‘a nationwide, silent, untold story’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

Full-timer regrets selling house. ‘RVing is not what everyone tells you. Think twice before hitting the road.’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RVer suggests ‘multi-level’ campsite fees and says some RV resorts are ‘definitely NOT’ resorts

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

No crowding, but high gas prices, poor RV and tow-vehicle quality, and ‘sketchy service centers’ among RVers’ greatest concerns

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RVer notes camp host jobs no longer paying, now on volunteer basis. Plus, how one full-timer RVs for cheap!

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RVer says ‘the kind of folks camping has really gone downhill’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

High gas prices biggest complaint among RVers; Love’s overnight stops too expensive

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

5 additional taxes and fees added to campsite reservation costs. Can RVers afford to RV anymore?

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

A few great tips for low-cost, no-crowds camping, including a cheap snowbird trick

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RVer wonders, ‘Will there be enough new buyers to support the RV industry?’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

RVer cracks camping code, pays $10 for two months of camping. And ‘Why is nobody talking about Harvest Hosts?’

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have slowed and fewer people are buying RVs than has been the recent trend. Has that changed campground crowding? Is it easier...

New Fort Smith, Arkansas, RV resort cost $8M to build

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
It took several years and $8 million, but there’s a new place for RVers along the Arkansas River. The new Fort Smith, Arkansas, RV...
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