Every year, people in the United States plan vacations and trips. Some of these trips are more formal and business oriented, whereas vacations are more likely to be leisure trips that you plan to go and have fun. One of the most popular forms of vacation or trip includes camping at a campground. As a matter of fact, in 2010, about 40 million people went on 515 million camping trips.

In the year of 2013, the average camper went on 5.4 camping trips. These people are normally very meticulous with how they plan their trips. Understand that about 43% of all campers will start planning their trip to the campground a month in advance to make sure they have everything covered. If you would like to go on a fun camping trip, then here are some facts you should know and implement into planning your trip.

About 34% of all campers did not make advanced campsite reservations and instead just showed up hoping for an open spot at the campground. 87% of all campers get involved in multiple outdoor activities when they go to a campground as well. 63% of all campers that are adults did not go outside of 150 miles from their home when going on a camping trip. Understand as well that the most popular venue is state park campgrounds, as more than 40% of all campers go there. National park campgrounds are visited by 14% of all campers, while local park campgrounds only get 10% of all visitors.

Whether a camper is staying in a tent or a recreational vehicle, camping is one of the most popular outdoor activities. In the year of 2013, the campground and RV park industry managed to generate $5 billion in 2013. 99% of all campers also said they will camp the following year. 57% of all campers were involved in regular outdoor activities as a child, which means for them these activities have carried over into their adult life.

85% of all campers took their very first camping trip before they reached the age of 15, most likely going with their family. According to nearly 40% of all campers, they continually go on camping trips simply because they love the joy camping brings them. Campers will normally spend an average of 15 days camping no matter if they are in a tent, RV, or cabin.

Campers of the age of 16 or older, believe that camping is a family-friendly activity because they can bring their spouse and friends. People with children are more likely to go camping as opposed to people who do not have children. As a matter of fact, they are 8% more likely to go visit a campground for a camping trip. RV campers will most often stay the longest at a campsite by camping for seven or more nights. In the year of 2014, more than $1.5 billion was spent on camping equipment, mostly on backpacks and sleeping bags.

In Conclusion

If you want to get the most out of your camping trip when you visit the campground, you should evaluate what you want to get out of your trip. Do you want to spend all of your time outside doing activities? Because if so then you should use a tent because that will give you the most authentic feeling of being in the wilderness. If you want to be involved in outdoor activities but still want to feel maximum comfort when sleeping, rent a cabin or an RV so you can have a place to sleep at night while still being able to walk around and go outside during the day when you please.