As the world gears up for next summer’s massive soccer tournament across North America, something else is heating up besides fan excitement: the cost of travel. Flights are creeping upward. Hotel rooms in host cities are already being snapped up. And many fans are realizing the competition isn’t just on the field — it’s in the booking engines.

So the question is becoming pretty real, pretty fast: How do you follow your team across a tournament that spans more miles, more cities, and more internal travel than any other major sporting event in history — without blowing your entire budget before kickoff?

One increasingly clear answer: an RV.

And not just any RV rental — Outdoorsy, the world’s largest outdoor travel and RV rental platform, is stepping in early with a new RV Roadtrip Concierge designed specifically for fan groups planning their 2026 pilgrimage. It’s part cost-control strategy, part logistics support, and part freedom-machine.

Let’s break down why this is already emerging as the travel play of next summer.

The 2026 Tournament = Travel Marathon

For fans coming from Brazil, England, Argentina, Japan, or just another US state — the 2026 tournament is not contained to a single city (or even a single region). Matches are spread across multiple states, cultures, climates, and long-haul drives.

And that creates a practical challenge:
Hotels + internal flights + rideshare + dining out = extremely unpredictable costs.

But an RV changes the equation.

• Your accommodation travels with you.
• Your kitchen travels with you.
• Your fan group stays together, not scattered across hotel waitlists.

It’s not just cheaper. It’s easier to control.

Outdoorsy’s RV Roadtrip Concierge: Built for Fan Groups

To help supporters plan early, Outdoorsy has launched the RV Roadtrip Concierge, a dedicated planning service for fan groups renting three or more RVs.

What it does:

• Helps choose the right vehicles (from compact campers to full home-on-wheels rigs).
• Builds route suggestions between match cities.
• Acts as a single point of contact for the entire supporter group.
• Provides campground advice and booking visibility, including stays near stadiums and major national parks fans may want to see before or after the tournament.

What’s coming next:

• Direct campground booking (with over 3,600 RV resorts and campsites integrated).
• One-way trip options to allow fans to follow their team without circling back to return the vehicle.

This last point is big — because one of the biggest headaches in any RV trip is the return logistics. Outdoorsy clearly sees what fans need and is moving to solve for it.

The Real Cost Advantage: Predictability

Travel prices during major tournaments rise for one simple reason: demand spikes are predictable, and hotels know it.

In many host cities, tournament-week hotel prices are already seeing 200%+ markup estimates. Internal flights are following the same curve. And that’s before the December ticket wave.

An RV sidesteps almost all of that.

With an RV, you pre-pay your accommodation and transportation at once.
There’s no lottery, no price surge, no “sorry, sold out”.

Better yet: you cut food costs.
A fridge and stove onboard mean group meals instead of stadium-adjacent price-gouging.

For fan groups, the combined savings can reach 50–60% compared to hotel + flight + restaurant travel.

In other words:
More money stays in your ticket budget.
Which matters when finals tickets are expected to hit resale prices that would make front-row concert seats look modest.

Comfort Still Matters — And Yes, RVs Can Be Comfortable

A fan road trip sounds romantic until you imagine four friends trying to sleep in a compact van with no A/C, no privacy, and a bathroom “situation.”

This is not that.

Outdoorsy’s inventory spans everything from simple camper vans to full-on rolling apartments:

• Air conditioning (critical depending on host city)
• Private sleeping spaces
• Showers and bathrooms
• Wi-Fi setups
• Televisions / match replay screens
• Kitchens for actual meals, not convenience store survival

For many fan groups, it becomes something closer to a home base on wheels — not a compromise.

Neil Robinson, Outdoorsy’s VP of Brand Marketing, summed it up well:

“When you book an Outdoorsy RV, every game feels like a home game.”

And honestly, that’s the energy fans want.

The Post-Tournament Road Trip Is the Secret Bonus

Here’s where it gets interesting: 81% of international attendees are already planning to extend their trip beyond the tournament. If you have an RV, that extension becomes the highlight.

Your host city stops being the final stop.
It becomes a starting line.

Want to trace the Pacific Coast Highway?
Head west.

Want to relax in the Florida Keys?
Head south.

Want the Appalachians, Blue Ridge Parkway, giant redwoods, Grand Canyon, or Yellowstone?
You don’t need another booking.
You just drive.

This is the difference between traveling to a tournament and turning the trip into a once-in-a-lifetime summer journey.

So How Does Outdoorsy Compare to Other Players?

There are other RV rental platforms (e.g., RVshare) and some traditional rental companies offer Class C motorhomes. But here’s where Outdoorsy has the advantage:

What Outdoorsy is doing is removing friction, not just renting vehicles.
And friction is the biggest threat to multicity fan travel.

The Bigger Trend: Travel-as-Home-Base

What’s happening here connects to a wider shift in how travelers want to experience events:

• People want part control, part adventure.
• They don’t want to be locked into hotels that feel identical city to city.
• They want a flexible home base they actually enjoy being in.

The RV model — especially when paired with concierge-style support — taps straight into that psychology.

This isn’t just transportation.
It’s agency — in a tournament defined by movement.

Final Thought: This Is What Smart Planning Looks Like

If fans wait until December or January to figure out their accommodation strategy, they’ll be reacting, not choosing. And reaction mode is where budgets get wrecked.

What Outdoorsy is offering — research tools, route planning, group coordination, campground integration, and soon one-way flexibility — is fundamentally a planning advantage.

Not just a product.

And for a global event that will play out across thousands of miles, planning — not passion — will be the difference between a trip you remember fondly and a trip you remember because of your credit card bill.

For fans who want control, comfort, and the freedom to follow the story as it unfolds, an RV isn’t just a workaround.
It’s the smartest travel base for the tournament.