How Vintage Trailerites Will Travel in 2022

4/25/2022

We took a poll of vintage trailer travelers and asked them what their travel plans looked like for 2022. This poll was taken in late March of 2022 as gas prices had risen to their highest point in years. We were curious how it would affect people's travels over the next several months and here is what we found out...

Will you cancel any planned trips or rallies with your vintage RV in the next 6 months?

NO- 75%
YES- 14%
Maybe- 11%

How will your 2022 vintage Travels compare to last year?

About the same.- 49%
We will only be RVing closer to home.- 32%
We plan on doing more RVing.- 11%
We plan on staying longer when we travel.- 5%
We will do less RVing due to high fuel prices.- 3%

How many nights will you camp in your vintage RV this year?

13-20 nights.- 35%
21-40 nights.- 35%
Less than 12 nights.- 16%
41-60 nights.- 5%
Over 60 nights.- 8%

We would appreciate your feedback on a few more questions. If you are a vintage traveler. take just a second to tell us about your habits as it relates to drivng times and distances.

9 Comments

michael a ojeda

5/2/2022 01:16:45 pm

This is good information

Rebecca

5/3/2022 07:04:18 am

Appreciate all you do.

judy schultz

5/3/2022 07:55:47 am

interesting survey. ourselves, we do not go far as husband has demanding job, and not much time off. we enjoy what we do with quality time not quantity. whatever it be, we still enjoy our vintage trailers, which are a 1966 Serro Scotty Sportsmen and a 1965 Shasta Airflyte. Vintage trailer supply has helped immensely obtaining parts for redoing both our trailers

Mark Tillman

5/3/2022 08:36:00 am

This will be our first summer traveling in our 1968 Boles Aero trailer we picked up in an auction in 2020. The trailer required a total gut and will be back together in June. We are going to this years Boot Camp having attended one in 2019 before owning a vintage trailer. We plan to camp with family several times the rest of the year.
Rallies will be considered if fuel costs don’t become prohibitive.

Ken Gibson link

5/3/2022 08:50:51 am

Great job on the survey - thinking it up, getting it done and what a beautiful way to present the results.
Very timely info to us in the business, as we are feeling the impact of changes in buyer decision-making on purchase and repairs on vintage campers.
Fewer inquiries, slower sales than usual for this time of year. More out-of-state buyers and more trailer conversions for food and bar trailers.
Thanks for everything you do to foster and prosper the community.

Richard Rodriguez link

5/3/2022 04:54:54 pm

I try and make all the meets that Paul and Caroline put on .They do a great Job.Richard

Bus Kemp

5/3/2022 10:17:44 pm

My 1962 Oasis was purchased in 1975, as a one year anniversary present, for my wife. We raised three kids in it and basically saw most of the western states. They’re now raised and have kids in high school and college. We still have the trailer and I totally restored it when I retired 8 yrs., ago. We try to make it to 2-3 rallies a year, but there’s not a lot of action in Utah and the surrounding area. I have enjoyed your magazine and the people we have met along the way. It still turns a few heads and we get lots of smiles. It’s about time to pull the winter blanket and get it spiffed up for the summer. Happy Trails-:)

Tom argo link

5/4/2022 06:28:51 am

Good job with the survey and info. Very good job with your magazine! Look forward to getting it and enjoying everyone’s hard work and cool ideas, we consider your magazine the be the leader in the industry. Thanks for all your efforts.

Michael Garcia link

10/30/2022 07:47:51 am

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