Welcome to the Good Sam tenting information highlight, the place we cowl a number of the month’s notable tendencies, occasions, information tales, and knowledge useful to campers and RVers. Within the first month of 2023, we’re making be aware of gas value projections for the yr, current winter tenting reputation, RV and outside reveals in January, tenting predictions for 2023, and extra.
Winter Tenting
This yr noticed extra RVers and campers having fun with the outside this winter. Latest ballot numbers point out winter tenting has been extra widespread in 2022 and 2023 than a yr in the past. Over 8.2 million households mentioned they deliberate or plan to camp this winter, and 15.3 million deliberate to journey in RVs between Thanksgiving and New 12 months’s.
Winter tenting means plenty of various things relying on which a part of the nation you go to. Whereas sunbelt states like Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona supply heat temperatures for snowbirds trying to escape the chilly, extra average climates like these within the Pacific Northwest supply extra conventional winter climate tenting whereas avoiding many journey hazards attributable to snow and excessive temperatures.
Final RV Present
January kicks off the 2023 Final RV Present with January occasions in Denver, Syracuse, and Nampa, and a February occasion in Minneapolis, MN. These occasions showcase new and used RVs on the market of varied sorts, sizes, and lessons, with many reveals that includes outside distributors displaying numerous merchandise and equipment. Distinctive to those occasions are the particular present pricing on each new and used RVs unavailable wherever else.
Particular VIP appointments can be found at every occasion and embody such perks as:
- Complimentary present bag and lanyard
- Good Sam VIP lounge entry with refreshments
- Particular VIP retail reductions
- Enter to win a New RV
Every present options a whole bunch of recent and used RVs and extra RV-related experiences comparable to a full on-site retail retailer, free RV seminars, Nepallo boats, and Happier Camper stock. All Final RV Reveals are dropped at you completely by Tenting World and Good Sam Enterprises.
Wanting Forward at Tenting in 2023
Tenting reputation in 2023 is anticipated to proceed to develop, in accordance with current reviews, with 41% of campers hoping to take extra journeys this yr. Following a record-setting 2022 season, campgrounds are anticipated to face equally excessive numbers together with the challenges of consecutively booked campsites and full reservations.
Historical past has additionally proven that when financial misery happens, People are extra prone to go tenting. For instance, reservations at campgrounds elevated throughout economically troublesome occasions within the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. So if tenting numbers development as they’ve throughout pandemic years — buoyed solely extra by a possible recession — 2023 is about to be one other epic yr for tenting, campgrounds, and RVers.
Proceed to tune in to the Good Sam tenting information highlight to remain present on all RV- and camping-related highlights every month.
Gasoline Costs Prices Dropping?
Amongst some rumblings of financial shifts, there’s probably excellent news for campers. Gasoline costs are projected to proceed to enhance for customers into 2023, following a number of the highest gas costs seen in a decade in 2022.
Estimates for the typical value on the pump for a gallon of gasoline vary between $3.20 and $3.49 this yr. This can be a markedly improved projection than the $5-a-gallon zenith we noticed in 2022.
Decrease gas prices will probably be particularly impactful for RVers and people touring lengthy distances to their subsequent tenting spots this season. Our recommendation? Control how gas costs have an effect on campground reservations this season. Prior to now, rising gas costs have prompted many RVers to alter their plans, together with discovering nearer areas which generally permits for some last-minute openings.
Keep tuned for extra information and updates associated to tenting, RVing, and the outside.