Coronavirus
CampCalNow RV Park and Campground Alliance
As the fight to contain the spread of the coronavirus continues - consider planning camping or RV travel for vacation getaways. According to the president and CEO of California’s campground industry association, these types of trips will be favoured over foreign travel in the upcoming weeks and months.
“People who were planning to take cruises or trips overseas don’t have to cancel their vacations. They can go camping instead,” said Dyana Kelley, president and CEO of CampCalNow RV Park and Campground Alliance, which hosts Camp-California.com, the travel planning website.
“Whether you camp in a tent or RV, you can go wherever you want to go, cook your own meals and create memories with your closest friends and family for as many days as you want.”
Kelley noted that camping and RV travel were the preferred forms of travel after the 9/11 attacks of 2001, which prompted many Americans to choose camping trips right here at home as opposed to travel overseas.
“When you go camping,” Kelley said, “you have more control over your environment. You don’t have to go into crowded places. You can have as much or as little interaction with other people as you feel comfortable with.”
“Camping also entails getting outside and enjoying healthy activities in the fresh air, such as hiking, biking, bouldering and kayaking, all of which help clear the mind while giving your body stress-reducing exercise in beautiful settings.”
Most Californians also live close to great places to camp.
“We have so many beautiful and interesting campgrounds people can use as their base camps, whether they want to pitch a tent, park their RV or enjoy a cozy cabin all to themselves,” Kelley said.
She added that the advanced search function on Camp-California.com enables consumers who don’t have camping equipment to quickly identify the campgrounds that have rental accommodations with fully equipped kitchens and other amenities of interest to them.
California’s historic ghost towns are the special focus the 2020 edition of Camp-California’s The Camper’s Guide to California, which is now available in digital and printed formats.
Printed copies of the 2020 edition of its award-winning directory, The Camper’s Guide to California, are available free of charge at member campgrounds, California Welcome Centers and Camping World locations. A copy can be ordered for $5 to cover the postage through Camp-California.com.
A digital version of the directory is available on Camp-California.com and includes links to more extensive campground and special event listing information as well as advertiser websites. Camp-California.com and the digital version of the printed campground directory have also been redesigned to be compatible with mobile-, tablet- and desktop friendly formats.