What To Know About RV Travel

Above, The Beast at Trailer Village RV Park in Roswell, New Mexico. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Many people are opting to travel this summer by RV instead of by airline or cruises, and some of them are doing so for the first time.

National Geographic has an article on things people should know about RV travel.

They begin with:

TRAVELERS ARE GEARING up for summer getaways, but with more than 20 states reporting spikes in COVID-19 cases in June, vacations involving air travel and large gatherings are likely to remain on hold. If you’re driven to distraction by wanderlust, here’s a tip: Take a spin in an RV. 

The pandemic has fueled interest in recreational vehicles—RVs, campervans, and travel trailers. As a result, motor home sales and rentals have dramatically ramped up. While industry-wide data has yet to be fully compiled, RV dealers that reopened in early May report monthly sales are up 170 percent year over year; bookings through rental site RVshare for the Fourth of July weekend are up 81 percent over 2019. 

What’s more, the duration of rentals has increased. “We have seen an uptick in the amount people are spending because the average rental period has increased,” says Jon Gray, of peer-to-peer booking site RVshare. “Instead of a long weekend, renters are booking for an average of seven to 10 days.”

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