{"id":12148,"date":"2021-04-21T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T08:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/?p=12148"},"modified":"2021-04-22T23:50:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T21:50:56","slug":"rv-sales-soar-during-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/rv-sales-soar-during-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"RV Sales Soar During COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the travel and tourism industry is barely scraping through the pandemic, there\u2019s one segment of it that is alive and well \u2014 the recreational vehicle business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The need for <\/span>social distancing and a healthier lifestyle<\/b> provoked the big \u201ccomeback of RVs.\u201d Post-lockdown, their sales skyrocketed with no indications of slowing down a year into the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was somewhat predictable that restrictive measures would renew people\u2019s interest in connecting with nature through outdoor activities, but no one could\u2019ve predicted the extent of this desire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, <\/span>Airstream sales figures in 2020 reached $2.73 billion<\/b>, surpassing expert projections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the initial stay-at-home era drop of 30%, Airstream purchases went through the roof, marking a 36% increase compared to 2019. This, in turn, pumped up sales in satellite industries such as <\/span>RV mattresses<\/span><\/a> and camping equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year <\/span>39% of Americans<\/span><\/a> planned to use their RVs more than usual. Most packed their well-being props, <\/span>camping pillows<\/span><\/a>, books, etc., and left the corona-infected city streets to head out for some fresh air.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, the <\/span>RV Industry Association<\/span><\/a> expects some <\/span>46 million campers to do the same<\/b>!<\/span><\/p>\n

Robert Martin, the president and CEO of Thor \u2014 the maker of Airstream \u2014 reveals that they are increasing production to meet the demands for 2021 and beyond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And the interest for Airstreams is considerable despite the higher price range of <\/span>39,000\u2013$117,000<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, Thor\u2019s chief executive believes that <\/span>millennials are starting to share the same passion for RV vacations as boomers<\/b>. He\u2019s also convinced that they won\u2019t be ditching RV\u2019s <\/span>unmatched independence and comfort<\/span> <\/a>once flying becomes safe again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marathon Coach also marked an increase in RV sales \u2014 yet another indication that vacationers fight the pandemic, and the <\/span>stress<\/span> that goes along with it, in the great outdoors.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although the travel and tourism industry is barely scraping through the pandemic, there\u2019s one segment of it that is alive and well \u2014 the recreational vehicle business.\u00a0 The need for social distancing and a healthier lifestyle provoked the big \u201ccomeback of RVs.\u201d Post-lockdown, their sales skyrocketed with no indications of slowing down a year into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":12150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}