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Episode 195: The luxury campground resort trend

RV Lifestyle RV Podcast

Mike Wendland

Personal Journals, Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Automotive

4.7624 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

It’s no secret the RV Industry is on a tear. Record sales continue and every month, thousands of new RVers are hitting the roads. But where will they all stay? The sad fact is there just are not enough campsites to keep pace with the growth in RV sales. And many of the existing campgrounds are poorly kept up. Fortunately, all that is about to change as across North America, developers are building out new, modern, state of the art campgrounds that sometimes more resemble all-inclusive vacation spots than empty fields with electric pedestals. In this week’s podcast, we interview one of those developers who talks about the upcoming boom in RV resorts. Plus, lots of RV news, RV tips, your questions, traveling technology advice and an off the beaten path report. Click the player below to Listen Now or scroll down through the show note details. When you see a time code hyperlink, you can click it to jump directly to that segment of the podcast. [spp-player] Show Notes for Episode #195 June 6, 2018 of Roadtreking - The RV Podcast WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK [spp-timestamp time="2:26"] We’re busy packing. Had to stop to do this podcast but we take off soon for the first long trip of the summer, heading to Glacier National Park in Northern Montana. We have a Roadtreking gathering there staring in less than two weeks and this time, instead of rushing, we are going to take our time. That’s right. We are viewing to follow our 330 Rule – which means quit by 330 PM in the afternoon or stop after driving no more than 330 miles. Now if you are a regular follower, you know Mike and I haven’t been real successful at following our own rule. But this time, we are going to promise. And to be accountable to that, we are going to post a video every day that we’re traveling on our RV Lifestyle Channel on YouTube. I should point out that we won’t be traveling every day. We have a business meeting we have to do and we have a couple of stories we’ll be shooting on the way out so because unexpected things always arise, we don’t plan to be driving every single day. But, every day that we are on the road, we will do our best to keep that 330 Rule. That, of course, depends on us leaving. Even though we travel in a Class B campervan, it takes forever to get it packed and stocked….and Mike doesn’t help with all his camera and video gear and drone taking up all our storage space! If you wonder just what we do to get ready on a long trip like this, check out our RV Lifestyle Channel on YouTube as we will have a video coming out Thursday June 7 first thing in the morning showing the various things we did to prepare for this trip. We are planning on making a gazillion videos on this trip. Oh yeah, that reminds me to announce that those videos include a brand new weekly Live Webcast that we are doing at 9 PM every Sunday night. We call is “Ask Us Anything” and we go live from wherever we are to talk about what’s happening in the RV world and to answer whatever questions you sent in. We did our first one this past Sunday and it was a ball. We had SO MANY questions.  I can’t wait to go live this coming Sunday. We’re not sure where we’ll be. Maybe the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Maybe somewhere in Northern Wisconsin or Minnesota. We should point out that if we are in a really remote location and we do not have a robust Internet connection, we won’t be able to go live. But most times we are just fine and we anticipate being able to do the program most weeks….  By the way… Bo will NOT be accompanying us on this trip. We have a lot of work to do there and on the way out and National Parks are not very dog friendly…so he will be staying with our daughter and her family in Michigan. Ok. That’s what we are up to. Meantime, here is the RV News you need to know about this week: Utah national park considering limiting daily visitors after record numbers visit Memorial Day Officials at Utah's Zion National Park are studying plans to limit the n...

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0:00.0

This is episode number 195.

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It's time for the RV podcast.

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Traveling North America in an RV.

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Exploring, camping, boondocking, embracing the RV lifestyle.

0:17.2

And sharing tips and where to go and how to keep things running right here's award-winning

0:22.5

journalist mike winland and his network of rv reporters hey everybody i don't know do i have to

0:29.5

tell everybody about this that this is another edition of the rv podcast i kind of do this little

0:34.1

open every week 195 weeks in a row but as we always say no matter what kind of an RV you have, you're welcome here.

0:41.5

This is not brand specific.

0:43.6

It is for every RVer, whether it's in a motorhome, a toable trailer, a tent,

0:48.8

even if you're just dreaming about getting an RV someday.

0:51.8

This podcast is for you because here we talk about getting out there,

0:56.8

enjoying God's amazing creation, meeting interesting people, boondocking, discovering fun places,

1:02.9

and using the right gear and technology to enhance our RV lifestyle. So welcome. We're honored.

1:09.0

You chose to put us in your ears this week. Well, it is no secret that the RV

1:13.7

industry is on a tear record sales continue and every month, thousands of new RVers are hitting

1:21.7

the roads. But where will they all stay? That is the question.

1:35.0

Sad fact of the matter is, there are just not enough campsites to keep pace with the growth in RV sales.

1:42.0

And many of the existing campgrounds out there are kind of like tin can slums.

1:44.0

They're poorly kept up. Now, fortunately, all that is about to change. As people

1:47.9

have been spending money buying RVs, developers have taken notice, and across North America,

1:53.5

they are building out new, modern state of the art campgrounds that sometimes more resemble

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