RV Industry Faces Worst Spending Slump Since The Great Recession

[Kevin D Pem]

Man! You're killing My vibe! Spread some positivity man!

 

[TR25]

The older generation Baby Boomers, who really fueled the growth of the RV industry, are a smaller market today and older, who are getting out of the lifestyle due to health, age, and affordability on retirement incomes.

a consolidation of dealerships into mega dealers like Camp World, Blue Compass, and General RV, among the largest, controlling the sales narrative.

Yeah, there's a reason why those 140K rv vans usually have an aged boomer or couple in them. They have the money/credit but not the desire to drive a bus or even a short bus.
"Hey fran, where's your hubby frank at?"
"Oh, he died between amarillo and dallas"

Health and fragility reasons too. I'm a boomer but still very physically active, every day doing things and I think, OK, should I sell the house and get a nice(er) RV and just hit the road full time? Then I think, OK, in 7 yrs I'll be xx yrs old....and not have a home but on wheels. Do I want to be a transient and have to deal with a health issue? It's one thing at 30, or even 50, but once a person passes the big 6-0, then that's a consideration for many.

So....there should be some good used RVs coming back on the market in ever increasing numbers...... :-D

 

[TR25]

Man! You're killing My vibe! Spread some positivity man!

Your hair looks marvelous Kevin, just marvy!

 

[Vint]

Hey fran, where's your hubby frank at?"
"Oh, he died between amarillo and dallas"

I spilled my morning coffee on this one, LOL!

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Your hair looks marvelous Kevin, just marvy!

You're the first in years to complement my crazy hair.

 

[Phillbo]

I know I'm a small fish in this pond but my unit sat on the dealers lot from July of '25 until Feb of this year before they entertained my lowball offers. They tried to push me towards a '26 model at full price but I walked until they called and wanted to deal on the last years model
New units are not selling like they use too.

 

[TR25]

I know I'm a small fish in this pond but
New units are not selling like they use too.

the pond is getting smaller so not as many suckers to reel in.

Iooked at a lance, 10' something. IT....was....huge. It only had one slide out but ginormous. They were only asking 10-12 grand for it and I thought about offering them 5...but it was just too big. The main attraction of truck campers is ease and getting into places....this made it like you have a class C on your truck.
I thought it's too big...and apparently so did the older couple as they traded it in for a bumperpull. They can super size everything in a truck camper, but the bottom footprint is only as big as the bed.

I'm not surprised that truck campers are now slow movers as most people are buying 4 door shortbeds....and the actual campers are being supersized in every way.