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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report dated September 6, 2000, included in the Thousand
Trails, Inc. (the "Company") Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2000, into
previously filed registration statements covering the Company's 1991 Employee
Stock Incentive Plan, 1993 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan, 1993
Director Stock Option Plan, 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 1999 Stock Option
and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan and the Stock Option Agreement dated as of
August 1, 1996, between the Company and William J. Shaw.
/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
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Dallas, Texas,
September 6, 2000
