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Survey Says: Camping Trips No. 1 Choice Of Cost-Cutting Families
Perhaps the recent spurts in visitation to national parks can indeed be traced to the economy. A just-released survey says camping is the No. 1 vacation choice among families looking to cut costs on their summer vacations.
“Aside from wanting to save money, families are increasingly showing a desire to enjoy the simple pleasures of the great outdoors”, says George Van Horn, a senior analyst at IBISWorld, which bills itself as "the nation’s most trusted independent source of industry and market research."
"With camping being the No. 1 outdoor vacation activity, and with over 14,000 government and commercial campground and RV parks, families have an excess of destinations to choose from,” he adds.
According to IBISWorld, a nine-day camping vacation, one in which you camp and drive your own car, costs a family of four $1,425 on average. If you take your car and rent a pop-up trailer for camping, the average costs rises to $2,176. "Type C" RV vacations are the third-most expensive summer vacation, with a nine-day trek costing $3,576, on average, the firm says. Rounding out the top five are vacations in which you drive but stay in a hotel ($3,590, on average, for nine days), and those in which you fly, rent a car, and then stay in a hotel ($5,176).
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...tting-families
Perhaps the recent spurts in visitation to national parks can indeed be traced to the economy. A just-released survey says camping is the No. 1 vacation choice among families looking to cut costs on their summer vacations.
“Aside from wanting to save money, families are increasingly showing a desire to enjoy the simple pleasures of the great outdoors”, says George Van Horn, a senior analyst at IBISWorld, which bills itself as "the nation’s most trusted independent source of industry and market research."
"With camping being the No. 1 outdoor vacation activity, and with over 14,000 government and commercial campground and RV parks, families have an excess of destinations to choose from,” he adds.
According to IBISWorld, a nine-day camping vacation, one in which you camp and drive your own car, costs a family of four $1,425 on average. If you take your car and rent a pop-up trailer for camping, the average costs rises to $2,176. "Type C" RV vacations are the third-most expensive summer vacation, with a nine-day trek costing $3,576, on average, the firm says. Rounding out the top five are vacations in which you drive but stay in a hotel ($3,590, on average, for nine days), and those in which you fly, rent a car, and then stay in a hotel ($5,176).
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...tting-families