Will we see a new surge of RV 1st timers?

[Neal]

This morning I had a consultation with Microsoft Advertising to review the RVForums advertising setup and he offered at the start of our call about the uptick in RV activity. Later today this popped up in my Twitter feed:

 

[Billie Bud]

With Camping World, Thor, and Winnebago stocks moving up and latest announcement by Airstream that they are operating at full capacity now to fill orders, I think we can safely say new purchases are on the upswing and of those, many are first timers.

Also, folks are renting rvs like crazy. Some of these new purchases are people buying them and then renting them out. My niece just rented one on the spot and barely got it. The guy had just bought it the day before and had others on the list interested in renting behind her.

One of hubbys coworkers who has never rv’d before Is renting one and hitting the road to simply get away and work remotely.

 

[FL-JOE]

I think there is a mentality starting to grow where people are turning into modified preppers, or survivalists due to the covid-19.

I have read a couple news feeds recently that there are a growing number of Virologist and other Doctors that predict the covid-19 virus will be with us forever. It will not matter if someone comes up with a vaccine in 2020, 2021, or whenever, the virus will never go away but continue to circulate through the worlds population. The vast majority of the worlds population will develop an immunity to its effects and some day the worse cases could be no more serious than a bad cold. Many of them agree that they way we work and play will be changed forever.

If you believe even half of what some of these people are saying then the temptation to live self-sufficiently in an RV would be strong.

 

[Akdare]

Finally sold my old coach. Consigned it in January, and we all know what has happened since. The sales guy told me that he’s been really busy with sales of both new & used coaches...


It's the summer of the RV. Even Trump wants to get one
It's the summer of the RV. Even Trump wants to get one

 

[Jim]

Watching the market literately blow up with new sales, it looks like I may have picked a good time to build an RV park!

Congrats on selling the old coach @Akdare.

 

[GlampDaddy]

Our late summer was all planned out - NKK International in Rock Springs WY and Freightliner in Spearfish SD. Then Hoots, also in Spearfish. NKK and Freightliner canceled and we're really having to scramble to find park space to cover the voids they left. It all has me thinking the RV business is back with a bang!