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Income Taxes - Federal Tax purpose (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Deferred income taxes due to transfer of assets				$ 12,200
Current portion of liabilities under tax receivable agreement		$ 11,322	$ 8,089
Income tax benefit associated with transferred assets				$ 14,200
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance for the outside basis in CWGS, LLC		(20,000)	(9,800)
Uncertain tax positions		$ 2,900	$ 2,700
Class A common stock
Shares issued		47,805,259	43,083,008
CWGS, LLC
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance		$ 3,900	$ 19,700
CWGS, LLC \| Class A common stock
Class A common stock issued in exchange for common units in CWGS, LLC		540,699
Tax receivable agreement
Reduction in tax receivable agreement liability due to reduction of future expected tax amortization		$ 7,500
Expected future tax benefits retained by the Company (as a percent)		15.00%
Tax receivable agreement \| Continuing Equity Owners and Crestview partners II GP LP
Payment, as percent of tax benefits (as a percent)		85.00%
Tax receivable agreement \| Crestview Partners II GP LP
Liability under tax receivable agreement		$ 182,400	145,900
Current portion of liabilities under tax receivable agreement		$ 11,300	$ 8,100
CWGS, LLC
Ownership interest		100.00%	100.00%
Number of units redeemed		540,699
CWGS, LLC \| Class A common stock
Class A common stock issued in exchange for common units in CWGS, LLC		4,000,000.0
CWGS, LLC \| Minimum
Ownership interest	50.00%
CWGS, LLC \| Tax receivable agreement
Units issued in exchange		4,722,251	4,852,497
COVID-19
Deferral of non-income-based payroll taxes			$ 29,200
COVID-19 \| other long-term liabilities
Deferral of non-income-based payroll taxes		$ 14,600
COVID-19 \| Other Current Liabilities
Deferral of non-income-based payroll taxes		$ 14,600
CWH \| CWGS, LLC
Ownership interest		51.20%	47.40%	42.00%
Crestview Partners II GP LP \| Class A common stock
Class A common stock issued in exchange for common units in CWGS, LLC		4,000,000.0	4,700,000
Crestview Partners II GP LP \| CWGS, LLC
Common units redeemed		4,000,000.0	4,700,000
Number of units redeemed		4,000,000.0
Americas Road and Travel Club, Inc., CW, and FreedomRoads RV, Inc. and their wholly owned subsidiaries
Net operating loss carryforward indefinitely		$ 477,300
Americas Road and Travel Club, Inc., CW, and FreedomRoads RV, Inc. and their wholly owned subsidiaries \| Federal
Net operating loss carryforwards		532,800
Net operating loss will expire if not used		55,500
Americas Road and Travel Club, Inc., CW, and FreedomRoads RV, Inc. and their wholly owned subsidiaries \| State
Net operating loss carryforwards		450,700
Net operating loss will expire if not used		$ 450,700