Pathfinder Ventures in Canada reported a 48% year-over-year increase in reservations for its RV resort portfolio for spring 2025, citing shifting travel preferences amid Canada-U.S. tensions.
Pathfinder’s RV resort portfolio is seeing increased demand, with reservations for April 2025 up 48% compared to the previous year.
The company attributes this growth in part to heightened Canada-U.S. tensions, leading more Canadians to opt for domestic travel over trips to the United States.
Advance bookings for the coming months have also risen nearly 10% year-over-year. Pathfinder anticipates this shift will continue through the peak summer travel season.
With winter 2025-26 reservations still being analyzed, management expects a potential increase in demand as more Canadian snowbirds reconsider traveling to traditional warm-weather destinations such as Florida, Palm Springs, and Arizona. Pathfinder sees this as an opportunity to attract long-term winter guests to its Western Canada parks.
“The strong increase in bookings for our RV resort portfolio reflects growing demand for local vacation options. We are well-positioned to take advantage of this growing trend and look forward to the continued potential of our parks across Western Canada,” Joe Bleackley explained.
Pathfinder is closely monitoring booking trends and will provide additional updates as more data becomes available.
The company also provided updates on its Pathfinder Lifestyle Communities division, which addresses housing affordability in Western Canada.
Since the launch of its Lifestyle Communities division, Pathfinder has been working to establish modular and manufactured home communities that offer cost-effective housing solutions.
As the demand for attainable housing grows, Pathfinder is positioning itself as a provider of low-cost housing by leveraging modular construction techniques and community-driven development strategies.
“Our Lifestyle Communities division is progressing as planned, and we look forward to unveiling specific projects in the near future as we work toward helping Canadians find cost-effective housing solutions,” Bleackley said in a press release.