Camping and RV News and Press Releases
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February 21, 2024
KOA’s Monthly Report Highlights Surge in 2024 Travel Bookings
Kampgrounds of America (KOA)’s latest monthly report showed a significant uptick in travel bookings for the 2024 season, particularly among Gen Z campers. The report indicates the continuing trend of integrating road trips with camping, noting a 10% higher preference for road trips over traditional camping activities. This preference highlights a...
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February 15, 2024
Type 2 Campers Launches New VW Camper Model
Type 2 Campers announced the launch of its Model T2.3 camper, which it says is the only RV that blends the nostalgic appeal of Volkswagen camper vans with the robust standards of automotive design. The launch of Type 2 Campers addresses the growing demand in the consumer camping market while...
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February 5, 2024
RV sales ‘normalizing’ to pre-pandemic numbers following huge boom in sales
After a tremendous boom during the pandemic, RV sales are normalizing back to pre-COVID times, but that doesn't mean Americans aren't camping. According to Kampgrounds of America, around 57% of campers have already booked a trip for this year. The pandemic threw a lot of businesses under the bus but...
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January 31, 2024
KOA Launches AI Chatbot for Traveler Experience
The new KOA AI Chatbot is designed to meet and exceed the rapidly evolving expectations of today’s campers and travelers, it said. According to the company’s June KOA Monthly Report, 32% of campers report already using AI for trip planning, with an additional 22% planning to utilize it in the...
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January 25, 2024
RV Shipments Top 313,000 For 2023
Results for the RV Industry Association’s December 2023 survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with 21,522 units, an increase of 8.1% compared to the 19,907 units shipped in December 2022. RV shipments in 2023 ended with 313,174 units, down (-36.5%) compared to 2022. RVIA
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January 18, 2024
Forbes: Campground Bookings See 500% Solar Eclipse Spike
On Monday, April 8, the rare sight of the sun’s corona around a new moon will be visible from a 115-mile-wide path stretching from Mexico to Atlantic Canada via parts of 15 U.S. states. Everyone else on the continent will see just a regular partial solar eclipse. Demand for campgrounds...
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January 16, 2024
Camping World Set to Acquire Three Minnesota Locations
Camping World Holdings, Inc. is set to acquire Roth RV, with locations in Bemidji, Grand Rapids and Deerwood, MN. The transaction is anticipated to close in the second quarter of 2024 and will increase the company’s Minnesota location count to 11. SGB Media
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January 16, 2024
Add a $12K Guest Room to Your Van: Super Pacific Cloud Cap
The Super Pacific Cloud Cap promises more sleeping space and more room to carry gear. It’s a pop-up camper that integrates into the roof of the most common vans, letting you get up and out while still having somewhere to mount your bikes, kayaks, and solar panels. Super Pacific’s Switchback...
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January 10, 2024
This Wild New Camping Trailer Comes from a Very Unexpected Brand
The trailer is called the LG Bon Voyage, and the South Korean company revealed it at CES 2024. (This is actually the second version of the Bon Voyage, but the old one was less of a camper and more of a rolling house disguised as a cargo container.) At 7...
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January 8, 2024
November Shipment Report Now Available
Results for the RV Industry Association’s November 2023 survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with 25,160 units, an increase of 2.8% compared to the 24,470 units shipped in November 2022. To date, RV shipments are down (-38.4%) with 291,652 units. Towable RVs, led by conventional...
