“Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business”

“Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means that people who go camping will eventually want to stay in a motel instead. American author and columnist Dave Barry is usually credited.
 
The saying comes from the book Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need (1991), Chapter Eight, titled “Camping: Nature’s Way of Promoting the Motel Industry.”
   
     
Wikipedia: Dave Barry
David McAlister “Dave” Barry (born July 3, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.
         
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Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need
By Dave Barry
New York, NY: Fawcett Columbine
1991
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... (see Chapter Eight, “Camping: Nature’s Way of Promoting the Motel Industry”).
 
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“Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business.”
 
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The Five Minute Parent:
Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones
By Deborah Shelton
Houston, TX: Bayou Publishing
2002
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“Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business.” — Dave Barry
   
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The 2,548 Wittiest Things Anybody Ever Said
Selected and compiled by Robert Byrne
New York, NY: Touchstone
2012
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1,659
Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business.
—Dave Barry
   
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Scorn:
The Wittiest and Wickedest Insults in Human History
By Matthew Parris
London, UK: Profile Books Ltd
2016
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Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business.
Dave Barry
 
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