RVBusiness, March/April 2019
Developers Consultants See Surge in Business as the Campground Sector Continues to Grow I believe that the RV park business is already a huge segment maybe larger than the average person realizes said Ed O Bridgman of EOB Consulting I believe its going to be a big growth segment for the next 10 years E ight years of record and nearrecord RV sales are creating more demand for campground sites and prompting a growing number of developers and investors to either rebuild existing parks to appeal to 21stcentury RVers or build new parks from the ground up RVBusiness recently spoke with developers investors and existing park owners who are building more than 20 new RV parks and resorts in seven states Longtime campground industry consultants who prepare feasibility studies for RV park developers and lenders also said they are experiencing unprecedented demand for their services Im as busy as Ive ever been said David Gorin who along with being the 100 RVBusiness M A R C H A P R I L 2 0 1 9 former president and CEO of the National Association of RV Parks and C a m p g r o u n d s ARVC is also an RV park developer and consultant who joined with Jayne Cohen to form the Gorin Cohen Consulting Group Were probably doing three to four feasibility studies a month Joe Moore a Mineola Texas based consultant who founded his consulting business four and a half years ago after 12 years expanding and improving The Vineyards Campground in Grapevine is also seeing a surge in business I have been inundated with clients BY JEFF CRIDER Ive never been this busy with brand new startups he said saying hes aware of 16 new parks in various stages of development in Texas West Virginia Wyoming and Colorado among other locations The Baby Boomers are retiring at a rate of 10000 a day he said adding Fifteen percent of those 10000 want to hit the road or do some form of camping If you think of that number of people coming into the market month after month youve got a lot of new people Then you have more and more people who are going long term and theyre Developers continue to build new parks such as Homestead RV Community in Homestead Fla as demand for campsites is on the rise David Gorin Joe Moore
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