2009 January RV Shows – Make your plans now!
Just when the holiday season winds down, the RV Show season begins, and there are some great RV shows coming up in January 2009. If you find yourself new to RVing, looking to get a great deal on an RV, or just looking for something fun to do when the “after-the-holiday-blues” set in, you’ll want to be sure to head to one of these RV shows. For about the same price as a movie (between $5-10 per adult), these shows provide access to the very latest RVs and RV-related gizmos and gadgets.
The first big show of the new year will kick off January 7-10, 2009 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. It’s the Colorado RV Adventure Travel Show (shown at right). This show advertises easy access, easy parking, and RVs ranging from $500,000+ (a guy or gal can at least look, right?) to easy-to-pull tent trailers. They even have scooter and wheelchair rentals available at this show courtesy of Scootaround.
If you’ll be on the East Coast and south of the Mason-Dixon line in January, then you may want to check out the 20th Annual North Carolina RV & Camping Show in Greensboro, NC. It will be held at the Greensboro Coliseum, January 9-11, 2009. The North Carolina RV & Camping Show has grown to become one of the largest RV shows in the Mid-Atlantic States. It fills over 300,000 square feet of space and features top national RV brands with a wide assortment of floor plans.
Then there is the 23rd Annual Washington Camping RV Expo (shown at left). It will be held at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantily, Virginia, January 16-18, 2009. Parking is free, plus if you go to the show office your first day, you can get a free return pass! This particular show has expanded over the years into two exhibit buildings at the Dulles Expo Center. It brings in RV Dealers from Virginia, Maryland and several other states, all with a variety of RVs and floorplans to meet every budget and camping style. And for the beginners out there, expert campers will be on hand to answer lifestyle or technical questions.
That same weekend, January 16-18th, is the 42nd Annual New Jersey Trailer & Camping Show at the New Jersey Convention Center in Edison, New Jersey. Touting itself as the “go-to-place” to begin planning your camping vacations for the season, this show originally stared in Asbury Park.
For more information about any of these shows, simply click on the links provided for each. Additional events can be found at www.AGIEvents.com and within the Rallies, Shows and Gatherings forum on the RV.net Open Roads Forum.
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Don’t forget the “Super show”, in Tampa on 1/14/09. I’m tryin’ to talk my wife into hangin’ around Tampa for the show, and put off the winter trip to Key West for a week. Wish me luck !!
RV shows are interesting, entertaining and quite informative ……..BUT!!! RV shows are primarily sales extravaganza’s put on by dealers who, in turn charge you, the show goer, to shop their product. While I do like the idea of shopping numerous retailers’ products from a central location, I do not think I should be charged $12 to $20 and beyond to shop these products. An RV show is a sales event and the cost of the event should be borne by the retailers selling their wares. I used to go to RV shows and grumble and complain when they charged $1 and $2 gate fee. When this fee went to $10 and $12, I quit going to them, not because I couldn’t pay the fee; but because I felt like I was being charged a “cover charge” or a “door fee” to enter the retailers showroom. ‘I just ain’t gonna pay no such fee!!!!!’
Who else feels like I do about this ever increasing fee to go to the store whether they have anything you want to buy or not?
I don’t mind paying a small fee to see all the models and gizmo’s in one place. Think about how much it would cost you in gas and time to travel around and see as much as you see in a show
I totally agree with Mr. Shelton, I hate to be charged a fee to look at their products that they want me to buy. Whatever the dealer pays to enter the show is a tax write-off for them as a business expense.
It’s a lot cheaper to pay the cover charge than drive many of miles looking at different products. It don’t take long to burn up 10-$15.00 of gas
It also warmer this time of year.
The shows that are featured here are not put on by dealers, rather Affinity Group Inc, the company that owns Motorhome Magazine, Trailer Life, Good Sam Club and just about anything written about RVs. They are trying to add value to these shows by conducting seminars at several locations. I personally conduct an RV Buyer’s Seminar at the Denver, Minneapolis, and Pomona shows which as well as a new feature, the RV Handyman seminars designed to cover battery maintenance and troubleshooting, information on the analog to digital conversion coming in Feb, generator maintenance, and much more. If you have the opportunity to stop by one of these shows, I assure you it’s worth the price of admission.
geez ,you guy’ s and girls did not mention the Quartzsite rv show jan 17th to29th
which is free, and in the area alot of rvs for sale,
the tent is 300 yards long and 75 yards wide,
all major brands
The RV shows are fun, I look forward to going not only for the RV stuff for sale but meeting with RVer’s and talk to them about their experiences. I been also looking for a new Motorhome to buy but seem to be having trouble finding the right one. Plan to run my business out of it so there are many other thing to think about. My tax guy says I probably cannot write off the use since the motor home is not a requirement to run the business. Maybe just the interest. Anyway hope to see you on the road some day.
Thanks Bob
Hi, My wife and I will be going to the Tampa show in January and we had seen a 5th Wheel (Titanium). We really liked what we have seen of them but can’t get any information on them. Does anyone out there know anything, good or bad about them. Would appreciate an email.
Thanks, Bill
Hey dont forget about the Fabulous Dayton, Ohio RV Supershow held on the Dayton Intl Airport Property on January 16,17& 18. Its a show that has something for everyone.