It’s summer time and for a lot of people that means time to plan a family vacation. Usually that means piling in the car for the traditional road trip but it turns out this year some people are curbing their travel time and staying a little closer to home.

Nathan McCormick and Kristin Mossop are on summer vacation. They are camping in Orillia, joining a growing trend of people who have decided to stay close to home for the summer break.

“Gas is a $1.40 is pretty costly, hotel’s $80 a night, $220 a night if you want to stay somewhere,” McCormick says. “It's a tremendous savings to stay in the wilderness.”

The new survey by an online retailer says more Canadians will avoid long travel this summer.  Many people point to the high cost of gasoline as a major reason. The high cost of accommodation is also a big factor.

Todd Faulkner is in the same boat. He just bought an R.V. off a popular online classified website, Kijiji. But he plans to keep it parked in Oro-Medonte this summer.

“The price of gas, everything else, “says Faulkner, “We have an older daughter in Peterborough so we do enough long hauling to go see her, so we figured we'd vacation close to home.” 

Staff at Heidi's R.V. Superstore on Highway 11, north of Barrie, say they have seen an increase in people looking for units. The store says those are people who want to get away but not necessarily go too far, and they want to camp in comfort.

“I think there's more people that are buying trailers,” says superstore worker Bill Moore.

He says the reason people are buying trailers is because “a lot of parks are local and that they can get into those, not a big price.”

“They want to stay local. They don't have the time and the affordability to go long distances,” he says.

But not everyone is so worried about the dollar for their getaway. 

Angelo Bevilacqua just arrived at Orillia’s Bass Lake for the week from Toronto.  He says it's not about the money it's simply about getting away from the city.

“Just nature and the whole outdoors experience,” says Bevilacqua.

According to the survey, about 23 per cent of Canadians say they will not travel at all this summer; most pointing to the expense.  About 30 percent of people say they plan to spend less than $100 on travel.