Interest In RV Travel Surges In U.S.

Above, The Beast at a KOA Kampground in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Regular readers of this blog will find the following in "familiar territory".

TravelPulse has posted an article on the surge of interest for RV travel. 

They start with:

A lot of Americans will be traveling around in their brand-new RVs this spring and summer or renting them from popular outlets such as RVshare and Outdoorsy.

Interest in RVs has spiked 162 percent during the pandemic, according to data from LendingTree.

Interest in purchasing RVs far exceeded recreational categories. By comparison, interest in boats rose 104 percent, and interest in cars and lot trucks dropped 26 percent.

June 2020 saw a 303 percent year-over-year increase in the number of people completing purchase query forms for RVs compared to June 2019. The most popular states for RV purchases were Vermont, Delaware and Maryland, which each saw interest in RV purchases spike more than 270 percent.

The popularity of RV travel is driven by the feeling of safety it provides U.S. travelers.

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