Harvest Hosts, a membership program offering RVers access to 9,000+ unique RV camping locations, has officially published the results from its 2025 RV Travel Trends Report, which is focused on uncovering key insights into how RVers are planning their travels in the coming year.
According to certain reports, the stated report goes on to show a growing preference of RV life, rising interest in homegrown adventures, and how the economy is impacting the summer travel season.
Talk about the published results on a slightly deeper level, we begin from the fact that more than 45% of RVers plan trips less than two months out. From that lot, Gen Z and Millennials have been found to prefer last minute vacations the most, with 38% reporting they plan trips just 2-3 weeks out.
Next up, the report further discovered how Gen Z and Millennials are relying on visual online sources (photos, blogs and videos) to make quick decisions in the context of their destination, whereas on the other hand, older generations rely on tried and true travel guides for inspiration.
Another detail worth a mention relates to the way pets are driving travel decisions. This happens to be the case because well over 52% of RVers travel with pets, and 5% travel with both pets and children.
Moving on, while West Coast and Southwest destinations were the ultimate preference for travel in 2024, RVers are looking to explore the Northeast for their 2025 vacations. The same is evident 25% RVers’ willingness to explore the Northeast in the upcoming year.
Apart from that, east coast has emerged as the most popular with seasoned RVers 55 and up, but having said so, the region is still more popular overall with each age group in 2025 than in 2024, as it offers RVers the ability to easily go from one state to another in just a few hours.
Then, we have a contingent of almost two-thirds of (65%) RVers interested in agritourism. Here, plant-based farms like vineyards and orchards would shake out to be the most sought-after experiences. To expand upon that, half of 18-34-year-old RVers are very interested in exploring agritourism, specifically farms that have animals.
Joining them would be those 19% respondents who are also planning to actively work on a farm during their travels.
If we talk about the financial side of things, 61% of RVers, who travel with children under 18, claim to spend less than $8,000 per year on RV travel. In fact, around three-quarters (71%) of RVers report spending less than $10,000 per year on RV ownership and travel costs, making RVing an affordable long-term travel option, especially compared to air travel.
Despite the clear economic benefit, RVing has its fair share of challenges. For instance, RVers report they are most anxious about encountering crowded campgrounds (59%) and a lack of campsite availability (53%) when out on the road.
An estimated two-thirds of (59%) of RVers also rely on apps to ease travel planning and stress. Another source of assistance would be membership programs like Harvest Hosts and Escapees RV Club that offer solutions for campsite availability challenges. In case that wasn’t enough, insurance also plays a role in helping people feel more prepared.
RVers across the board presently focus upon insurance options that cover physical damage for their RV (70%), total loss replacement (64%), and full-time RV coverage (58%).
“RV travel saw a huge boom following the pandemic, and even as other forms of travel are back on the rise, bookings show consistent excitement for taking to the open road,” said Joel Holland, CEO of Harvest Hosts. “We are seeing increased interest in more unexplored experiences, cost-effective travel and pet-friendly options bringing people back to the good old fashioned American road trip.”
