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‘Campground neighbors so close they can comment on my sneeze inside my RV!’

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 pays more than $90,000 (in 7 years) to stay at RV parks and 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...

RVer quits camping after 20 years – ‘too much entitlement.’ Plus, the most RV-unfriendly state

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 warns: Just because you have campsite reservations doesn’t mean they can’t change the price last-minute on you!

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...

‘Site lock’ fees being added on top of campsite fees to secure specific campsites—Yikes!

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 Army officer writes: ‘Enjoying our parks helps with PTSD’ but ‘Americans are being farmed for money; can’t even escape to the outdoors’

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...

Charges for site reservation AND entry fee into campground. ‘Inflated costs are making it nearly impossible to continue travel’

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...

You thought $245 a night for a site was bad? How about $300 a night?!

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...

Guided RV group trips, full-timing families taking up campsites: ’10 school buses come into the park morning and night!’

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...

Reader says: ‘Campgrounds should be under investigation for price gouging’

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...

Campgrounds price out the average RVer – ‘see what happens’!

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 felt compelled to pay $2,000 to upgrade plan for extra week at campground

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...

East Coast ‘resort’ rates up to $275 a night! Yikes!

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...

Reader suggests campgrounds should be split: one part for ‘campers’ using amenities, another part for ‘travelers’

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...

Raising prices will lower demand. ‘I would happily pay $800 a night to camp to keep the ‘casual interest’ campers out!’

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 say finding campsite for same day is easy, and 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...

‘RVers reserving 2 or 3 spots because they don’t want others next to them’; plus a campsite discount tip

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 rates are so high we put our RV into storage.’ More RVers throw in the towel

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...

‘We don’t use the campground amenities but have to pay for them anyway!’ Can you relate?

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...

‘This ‘Woe is me, I can’t find a campsite’ stuff is getting old!’

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...

‘The concept of the great American outdoors is now miniature golf and water parks’

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

It’s time to ‘extend the camping season’ and ‘build more campgrounds’!

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

Reservations: ‘These days, you get what you’re willing to pay for’

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

$245 a night at a KOA—Where will it end??

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

‘We thought RVing would be a good way to travel and see things, but prices hard on our wallets’

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...

Military campgrounds more accessible, changed rules

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...

Yes, dear reader, ‘crowded’ campgrounds ARE different from ‘fully booked’ campgrounds

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 parks changing their names to ‘RV resorts’ so they can charge more, but no ‘resort’ amenities to be found

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...

Weekenders are hogging the parks, making longer reservations impossible

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...

‘Complaining about lack of availability [at campgrounds] is much ado about nothing’

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...

Why aren’t there more RV parks? Good luck getting a new one approved!

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 leaving RV parks behind, saying they don’t want to pay for ‘amenities’ or ‘folks just stopping by to say hi’

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...

The ‘nomadic lifestyle’ has finally come to an end

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

Rates tripled for full-time RV residents in less than a year

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

Is KOA ‘single-handedly ruining camping’?

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

Campground costs have risen, and this RVer’s spreadsheet is solid proof

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

If you want accurate campsite reservation pricing, double…no, triple…the advertised rate!

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

Employees and owners overwhelmed and exhausted. ‘A major tragedy for camping’

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

Screaming kids, dogs, smoke, music, crowds… ‘Campgrounds weren’t like this before COVID’

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

For some, RV parks a last chance at housing: ‘We are homeless, not seasonal campers’

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

Campers forcing vulnerable communities into ‘complete destitution’

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

RVers discuss booking two sites side-by-side: ‘The second site is for all my toys’

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

Breaking campgrounds into sections by camp-style could make happy campers

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

Finding campsite 5 times more difficult than 3 years ago

RV Travel -
It's not your imagination if you found it harder to find a campsite last year than in the past. It was, indeed, more difficult,...

We’re ‘seasonal’ campers, not homeless!

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

RVing getting easier again; more available sites

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

The worst part of camping? ATVs, rich people and cows

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

One RVer’s solution to campground crowding and no reservations: Own two RVs

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

Has slowdown in RV sales helped with campground crowding?

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

Campground Crowding: Hotels cheaper than campgrounds?

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