LONG-TERM DEBT (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended				0 Months Ended			1 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended						0 Months Ended			1 Months Ended					12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Nov. 30, 2010 2010 Senior Credit Facility	Mar. 31, 2010 2010 Senior Credit Facility Camping World, Inc.	Dec. 31, 2012 Camping World Credit Facility	Dec. 31, 2011 Camping World Credit Facility	Mar. 01, 2013 Camping World Credit Facility Subsequent event	Dec. 31, 2012 Camping World Credit Facility Camping World, Inc.	Mar. 02, 2010 Camping World Credit Facility Camping World, Inc.	Dec. 31, 2010 Amended line of credit Camping World, Inc.	Dec. 31, 2012 Amended line of credit Camping World, Inc.	Apr. 23, 2012 Amended line of credit Camping World, Inc.	Dec. 30, 2010 Amended line of credit Camping World, Inc.	Jul. 23, 2012 Amended line of credit Camping World, Inc. Minimum	Nov. 30, 2010 11.5% Senior Secured Notes	Dec. 31, 2012 11.5% Senior Secured Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 11.5% Senior Secured Notes	Aug. 07, 2012 11.5% Senior Secured Notes	Jul. 31, 2012 11.5% Senior Secured Notes	Feb. 27, 2012 11.5% Senior Secured Notes	Jan. 02, 2012 11.5% Senior Secured Notes	Mar. 01, 2013 11.5% Senior Secured Notes Subsequent event	Jun. 30, 2012 11.5% Senior Secured Notes Minimum	Dec. 31, 2011 11.5% Senior Secured Notes Minimum	Mar. 31, 2010 GSE Senior Notes and AGHI Notes Camping World, Inc.	Nov. 30, 2010 GSE Senior Notes	Feb. 29, 2004 GSE Senior Notes	Nov. 30, 2010 AGHI Notes	Mar. 24, 2005 AGHI Notes	Dec. 31, 2005 AGHI Notes AGHI	Dec. 31, 2012 Letter of credit Camping World Credit Facility Camping World, Inc.	Mar. 02, 2010 Letter of credit Camping World Credit Facility Camping World, Inc.	Dec. 30, 2010 Letter of credit Amended line of credit Camping World, Inc.	Mar. 31, 2010 Revolving loans or revolving credit facility Camping World, Inc. Base rate	Mar. 02, 2010 Revolving loans or revolving credit facility Camping World, Inc. Base rate	Mar. 31, 2010 Revolving loans or revolving credit facility Camping World, Inc. Prime rate	Mar. 31, 2010 Revolving loans or revolving credit facility Camping World, Inc. Federal funds rate	Mar. 02, 2010 Revolving loans or revolving credit facility Camping World, Inc. Federal funds rate	Mar. 31, 2010 Revolving loans or revolving credit facility Camping World, Inc. One-month LIBOR	Mar. 31, 2010 Revolving loans or revolving credit facility Camping World, Inc. LIBOR	Mar. 02, 2010 Revolving loans or revolving credit facility Camping World, Inc. LIBOR	Mar. 02, 2010 Revolving loans or revolving credit facility Camping World Credit Facility Camping World, Inc.	Dec. 30, 2010 Revolving loans or revolving credit facility Amended line of credit Camping World, Inc.
Debt
Total	$ 332,470,000	$ 337,450,000				$ 11,872,000	$ 10,506,000										$ 320,598,000	$ 326,944,000
Less: current portion	(10,000,000)	(12,422,000)
Long-term debt, net of current portion	322,470,000	325,028,000
Principal amount of debt issued																333,000,000															88,200,000
Stated interest rate (as a percent)																11.50%	11.50%	11.50%			11.50%	11.50%					9.00%	9.00%	10.875%	10.875%	10.875%
Original issue discount																6,900,000					100,000
Original issue discount (as a percent)																2.10%
Net proceeds from issuance of debt	15,255,000	21,678,000	485,887,000													326,000,000															81,000,000
Amount of outstanding debt irrevocably redeemed or otherwise retired or repaid				153,400,000																							142,500,000
Distribution to the direct parent																19,600,000
Aggregate amount outstanding																	325,600,000
Percentage of the principal amount at which the notes are redeemable subject to certain conditions																	101.00%
Amount of excess cash flow																									7,500,000
Percentage of threshold excess cash flow under indenture for determination of excess cash flow amount																	75.00%	75.00%
Excess cash flow amount if the outstanding aggregate principal amount of debt exceeds threshold limit																								5,000,000
Threshold outstanding aggregate principal amount of debt for determining minimum excess cash flow amount																	233,000,000
Excess cash flow amount if the outstanding aggregate principal amount of debt is equal or less than threshold limit																								1,000,000
Principal amount of notes offered to be repurchased																	4,950,000			4,950,000	7,400,000
Maximum borrowing capacity								35,000,000		22,000,000																							10,000,000	5,000,000									12,000,000	20,000,000
Period prior to the date of maturity of specified debt for determining period of credit facility					60 days			180 days																		120 days
Description of variable rate basis																																			base rate		prime rate	federal rate		one-month LIBOR	LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)								2.50%					3.25%	2.75%																						3.25%			0.50%			3.25%
Interest rate floor (as a percent)											1.00%
Line of credit sublimit																																		5,000,000
Collateral availability block, before amendment													5,000,000
Collateral availability block													2,500,000
Capital expenditure allowed															5,000,000
Equity contributions made												3,800,000
Average interest rate (as a percent)									3.464%
Amount outstanding									11,900,000																							5,300,000
Debt instrument tendered and repurchased																			4,000		7,400,000
Maximum borrowing capacity prior to increase								25,000,000
Aggregate fee paid to the consenting noteholders																							$ 300,000