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Campground and RV Park News, August 28, 2021

RV Travel -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This news site covers time-sensitive news for RV...

Campground Crowding: Should popular campgrounds go to lottery reservation system?

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have skyrocketed and more people than ever are taking up RVing. The result is campground crowding like never before! In this weekly...

San Francisco Bay Area gets first new campground in 30 years at site of old rock quarry

Mike Gast -
The quarry that was used to produce the rock fill that built San Francisco and Oakland’s airports, freeways and bridges is now the location...

Phantom Reservations II: Are extended booking windows making it worse?

Mike Gast -
Two weeks ago, we looked at a phenomenon called “phantom” reservations. It’s the practice by some unethical campers of making multiple reservations for the...

Campground Crowding: Camp host says, “There are more campers than spaces!”

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have skyrocketed and more people than ever are taking up RVing. The result is campground crowding like never before! In this weekly...

Ready to camp with 28.5 million households? Labor Day weekend crowds could set new records

Mike Gast -
If you’re planning to go camping over the Labor Day weekend – or any other weekend this fall – and you don't have a...

Campground and RV Park News, August 21, 2021

RV Travel -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This news site covers timely news, not reviews,...

Are “phantom” campers stealing your campsite?

Mike Gast -
By Mike Gast Last spring, I wrote an article about how little strings of computer code called “bots” were beating you to the punch when...

Campground Crowding: Wow! This reader is really angry!

Nanci Dixon -
By Nanci Dixon RV sales have skyrocketed and more people than ever are taking up RVing. The result is campground crowding like never before! In...

Campground and RV Park News, August 14, 2021

RV Travel -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This news site covers timely news for RV...

Campground Crowding: Reader suggests part-timers stay at resorts, full-timers get state parks

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have skyrocketed and more people than ever are taking up RVing. The result is campground crowding like never before! In this weekly...

Campground and RV Park News, August 7, 2021

RV Travel -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This news site covers timely news for RV...

Operating an RV park: Invaders in the park; and Happy 50th, Machelle!

RV Travel -
By Machelle James What I am learning when operating an RV park is that most people are good people, like, really good people. We have...

Goose gripes: Get ’em out of my campsite!

Gail Marsh -
I like Canada, I just don’t care much for their geese! I understand that Canada geese are unique in many respects: They mate for...

What do you usually prefer, a pull-through or back-in campsite?

RV Travel -
When you book a campsite, do you tend to usually look for a pull-through site or a back-in site? Do you have a preference...

Campground and RV Park News, July 31, 2021

RV Travel -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This news site covers timely news for RV...

Campground Crowding: Should boondocking sites have a reservation system? Yikes

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have skyrocketed and more people than ever are taking up RVing. The result is campground crowding like never before! In this weekly...

Just what is “camping” nowadays?

Mike Gast -
I’m getting confused, and apparently so are a lot of government officials and media folks in the U.S. Just what IS "camping" these days? A week...

More rookie campers plus more bears is a dangerous combination

Mike Gast -
You may think that the primary victims of the gigantic growth in camping activity in 2021 are national parks, camping etiquette and longtime RVers...

Campground and RV Park News, July 24, 2021

RV Travel -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This site covers timely news, not reviews, for...

RV PARKS NOT WELCOME HERE: The fight to build more campgrounds

Mike Gast -
With the huge growth in RV sales and a booming number of new campers, everyone must see the need for more RV parks, right? Well,...

Campground Crowding: Good camping news, bad camping news, and one cranky reader

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have skyrocketed and more people than ever are taking up RVing. The result is campground crowding like never before! In this weekly...

Operating an RV park: We are officially campground owners and operators!

RV Travel -
By Machelle James WOW! What an amazing past two weeks we’ve had! As we navigate the transition from building a campground to actually operating a...

Reader charged extra money at campground for his kids. Could this happen to you?

Emily Woodbury -
We received this letter from a reader this week and thought we'd share it with you: Steve wrote, "Have you ever heard of a campground...

Got a bad travel itch? How to deal with poison ivy

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris “Happiness,” wrote the poet Ogden Nash, “is having a scratch for every itch.” We daresay Nash never ran into...

What’s more important to you at an RV park: lots of space between sites or good Wi-Fi?

Emily Woodbury -
In last Sunday's newsletter, we asked you to pick one or two amenities you'd like to see at an RV park. We received 55...

Pick a bonus amenity you’d want to see at a campground or RV park…

RV Travel -
So many campgrounds and RV parks these days have unique amenities (and plenty of them!). If you had to choose two bonus amenities to...

Canadian campers are itching for their first trips of the season

Mike Gast -
Canadian RVers are pretty anxious to get a taste of the camping freedom Americans have been enjoying this summer. New research just released by Kampgrounds...

Campground and RV Park News, July 17, 2021

RV Travel -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This news site covers timely news for RV...

Campground Crowding: Campgrounds are splitting sites. So much for personal space!

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have skyrocketed and more people than ever are taking up RVing. The result is campground crowding like never before! In this weekly...

Readers have spoken: These campgrounds and RV parks have the best customer service

Mike Gast -
Last week, we asked RVtravel.com readers to share what they considered to be some of the best customer service they've seen or experienced at...

Campground and RV Park News, July 10, 2021

RV Travel -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This news site covers only timely news, not...

Building an RV park: We had our Grand Opening!

RV Travel -
By Machelle James The last-minute push was real. We had eight family members come up to help us with one week to spare before opening...

Are campground early check-in fees a new trend? It seems so…

Mike Gast -
A week ago we received a note from a reader questioning the use of early check-in fees at campgrounds. The RVer said he had...

Campground Crowding: Old newsletter shows crowding was an issue long ago

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have skyrocketed and more people than ever are taking up RVing. The result is campground crowding like never before! In this weekly...

Where do you carry your RV sewer tote?

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris If you're a serious boondocker – or want to be one – you know that one of the more...

Where do you spend the night most often in your RV?

Emily Woodbury -
Try and think about it for a minute: Where do you find yourself spending the night the most often in your RV? Is it...

Scout for the perfect boondocking site and claim it!

Nanci Dixon -
More and more RVers are boondocking to escape crowded campgrounds, have some breathing room, and cut costs. When looking for a boondocking or first-come,...

Campground and RV Park News, July 3, 2021

Newsletter Editor -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This news site covers timely news for RV...

Virtual campground tours now lead straight to bookings. This changes everything

Mike Gast -
A new online service might help you find just the elusive campground site you’re looking for. The team behind CampgroundViews.com has expanded their services to...

National Parks reaching capacity limits by 9 a.m. Visitors turned away

Nanci Dixon -
A barrage of tourists has descended on the National Parks, particularly Utah's Zion and Arches National Parks. The pandemic confinement has fueled the need...

Campground Crowding: “The industry is taking full advantage!”

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have skyrocketed and more people than ever are taking up RVing. The result is campground crowding like never before! In this weekly...

Florida RVers still have some open camping options in July

Mike Gast -
If you're an RVer in Florida who hasn't yet found a place to camp in the days leading up to the July 4th weekend,...

Campground and RV Park News, June 26, 2021

RV Travel -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This news site covers timely news for RV...

Part 2: The New Dynamics of Pricing Your Next Campsite

Mike Gast -
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to Part Two of RVtravel.com's look at the effects of Dynamic Pricing models on the prices you pay for campsites. If...

Matthew McConaughey seems to be a nice guy, even when he’s wearing just a towel

Mike Gast -
The news that my friend Scott Linden had scored an interview with famous actor and RV fanatic Matthew McConaughey for this week’s RV Travel...

Building an RV park: We were evacuated, but we’re almost open for business

RV Travel -
By Machelle James I finally can sit at my laptop and write about the CRAZY week we’ve had. This was the first time in my...

Part 1: The New Dynamics of Pricing Your Next Campsite

Mike Gast -
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part One of a two-part series on Dynamic Pricing in the Camping Industry. Part Two will be included in tomorrow’s...

Campground Crowding: State park policies holding RVers “hostage”

Nanci Dixon -
More people than ever are taking up RVing. These newbies have determined that RVing is the safest way to travel in our pandemic times....

Campground and RV Park News, June 19, 2021

RV Staff -
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene. This news site covers timely news for RV...
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