RV Parks Under Attack? Communities Are Saying NO

From RV Podcast - Stories From The Road by Mike Wendland

July 13, 2026 · 18 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the trend of communities opposing new RV parks and campgrounds, along with insights on RV sales and rising fuel prices.

This week on the RV Lifestyle Podcast News Edition, Mike Wendland looks at a surprising new trend that may shape the future of camping in America: communities increasingly pushing back against new RV parks and campgrounds. We also cover: • The worst RV sales numbers of the current downturn and why used RVs continue to outperform new inventory. • Why Grand Design and Coachmen are both betting big on luxury Class C motorhomes. • The return of rising fuel prices and what renewed Middle East tensions could mean for summer travel costs. • The story of a small Colorado camper van builder that sold out its entire production run months ahead of schedule. As always, every story featured in this episode is fully sourced and documented in the show notes at RVPodcast.com so you can verify the facts for yourself. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review. It helps other RVers discover the show and means more to us than you know. Safe travels, and we'll see you Wednesday for Stories from the Road DULL TRANSCRIPT WITH ALL STORY SORUCES. CLCK THE TRANSCRIPT TAB AT THE TOP OF THIS DESCRIPTIOM

People in this episode

Host: Mike Wendland

Topics covered

RV parks
community pushback
RV sales
luxury motorhomes
fuel prices
camper van production

Keywords

RV parks
campgrounds
RV sales
luxury Class C motorhomes
fuel prices
camper van builder

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grand Design, Coachmen

Places: Colorado