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Sunday, March 6, 2022

RV Parks Earn More Money Eliminating Campsites

Above, rental cabins at a Lava Hot Springs, Idaho KOA. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The first time I took notice of KOA Kampgrounds's Kamping Kabins was back in the 1980s. We had to use one on 1990 when winds damaged a tent trailer we had near Sheridan, Wyoming while heading to Yellowstone National Park.

RV Travel posted an article that indicates accommodations such as these are more profitable to campgrounds and RV parks than RV campsites, incredible as it may seem.

They begin with:

Have you wondered, with RV sales at an all-time high, why RV parks are eliminating RV sites in favor of cabins, yurts, cabooses and other accommodations? Read on . . .

Over the last few years, RVers have complained of having trouble finding RV sites. One of RVTravel.com’s most popular story series focuses on campground crowding. While the RV industry is churning out new RVs in record numbers, thus putting more stress on an already crowded system, there’s more packing the RV parks than just RVs. More and more RV parks are building “guest accommodations” and each one built represents one less RV site to rent. What are guest accommodations and what’s behind the trend?

To read more, go here

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