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| Above, Lava Hot Springs/City Center KOA. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
If one thought that people were content to spend Memorial Day weekend relaxing at home, guess again.
The weekend saw record numbers at both KOA Kampgrounds and Jellystone Park Campgrounds.
RV Travel reported:
Memorial Day Weekend camping last year was largely a lost cause throughout North America, as the COVID-19 pandemic limited campgrounds’ ability to welcome guests.
The good news (if you’re a campground owner) is that things looked much brighter last weekend at parks throughout the U.S.
Kampgrounds of America Inc. reported that check-ins at its 520 locations were up 80% over last year, and (even more impressive) up 14% over the company’s record Memorial Day weekend pre-pandemic performance in 2019.
Detailed Memorial Day weekend results at the 70+ Jellystone Park Campgrounds in the U.S. haven’t yet been released. It takes a while for their corporate office to receive official reports from individual campgrounds.
But Trent Hershenson, vice president of Marketing for Leisure Systems, Inc. (owners of the Jellystone Park franchise system) said that advanced reservation figures for year-to-date reservations as of May 30 were up 77% compared to Leisure System’s Jellystone Park numbers in 2019.
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