RV Lifestyle: Campgrounds Evolving to Vibrant Communities

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The video above, podcast below and, below that, the edited excerpt of an article by Mike and Jennifer Wendland, creators of the RV Lifestyle website, podcast and YouTube channel, in which their readers and listeners offer their thoughts on “Big RV Travel Difficulties” they’re expecting in 2023.

Our guest this week is Shawn Simms, owner of Ocala North RV Resort, in the heart of Florida’s horse country between Ocala and Gainesville. We met him a couple of weeks ago as we overnighted there on a trip down to cover the Florida RV Supershow in Tampa.

We were so impressed that we booked a return stay after the show ended.

The sprawling Ocala North RV Resort has a couple of hundred sites, a half dozen dog parks, a 24-hour staff person on duty for those staying there, fiber optic cable Internet wi-fi, numerous paved pull-through spots, immaculate private restrooms, modern laundry facilities and a very busy activity program offering things to do each day of the week.

It was indeed an RV community, and that’s what we talked to Shawn about.

His interview is front and center in the podcast, and we urge you to watch or listen.

He is developing an even larger RV community on nearby Orange Lake which will be open next year.

Ocala North RV Resort is not alone. There are numerous other such developments across Florida, with many more under development. The same thing is happening in Arizona, Texas, Michigan, and many other states, all catering to full-time or seasonal RVers and short term overnight campers.

It’s a real bright spot in the camping industry that is getting major traction as the post-COVID camping boom shows no signs of letting up, and camping spots have been hard to find for the past few years.

Source: https://rvbusiness.com/rv-lifestyle-campgrounds-evolving-to-vibrant-communities/