Has anyone been to both shows? If you could only go to one, which one would you recommend? We would like to go to a large show before we decide on our fulltime rig. Also, which one has the most vendors for RV and camping acccessories?
James and Cindy
Luvglass said
08:33 PM Dec 16, 2010
5 years ago, the Hershey show was much larger in all categories. Don't know how it is now. Both good, however.
bjoyce said
09:01 PM Dec 16, 2010
Since the Hershey show moved the vendors to a place where no one can find them so the number is going down each year. Nick and Terry Russell of Gypsy Journal tried it this year and were very unhappy as vendors..
Mallo said
02:07 PM Dec 17, 2010
Hershey took a beating as far as the number of units in the down turn. They've started to recover.
At it's heyday I'd say Hershey was bigger but now .... hard to say.
Both will give you a broad selection of units to look at if that is the phase your at in your RV life. So I'd say go to the one you can get to easiest.
Mallo
Bill and Linda said
04:04 PM Dec 17, 2010
Been to both, Hershey twice and the last time was 2 years ago.We were at Tampa last year.DW agrees (which means I am right) the Hershey show was better and had a larger selection of rigs, but that was just before the “crash.” The RV and camping accessories vendors were about the same IMO.The advantage of the Tampa show is that it is in Florida in the winter.
Either will do you well IMO, but I would probably do Hershey if all else is equal – But Tampa and the surrounding area has a lot of appeal in January including great restaurants.
Bill
Ivey said
04:16 PM Dec 23, 2010
I have been to Hershey twice and Tampa once. I liked them both and really didnt see much of a difference. Tampa in January is nice and seeing as I live close to Hershey I would rather go to Tampa. (just to get the travel time)
Vicky
James and Cindy
At it's heyday I'd say Hershey was bigger but now .... hard to say.
Both will give you a broad selection of units to look at if that is the phase your at in your RV life. So I'd say go to the one you can get to easiest.
Mallo
Been to both, Hershey twice and the last time was 2 years ago. We were at Tampa last year. DW agrees (which means I am right) the Hershey show was better and had a larger selection of rigs, but that was just before the “crash.” The RV and camping accessories vendors were about the same IMO. The advantage of the Tampa show is that it is in Florida in the winter.
Either will do you well IMO, but I would probably do Hershey if all else is equal – But Tampa and the surrounding area has a lot of appeal in January including great restaurants.
Bill