Full RV Lots: Looks Are Deceiving

Above, the California RV Show before the pandemic. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

These days, when one drives past an RV dealer's lot and sees a "full" lot, he/she may think that there's no shortage of RV for sale.

Looks can be deceiving and a new article by RV Travel gives the reasons why.

They begin with:

RV dealer lots around the country are slowly starting to refill, but things are far from normal despite what RVers are seeing as they pass dealer lots along the highway.

The Enumclaw RV Show in Washington state recently announced it was canceling the show, originally set for July 28-31, after being informed that RV dealers and manufacturers wouldn’t be able to provide enough RV inventory at the show.

“The popularity of RVs has resulted in significantly reduced inventory levels for the industry in 2022,” says a statement on the Enumclaw RV Show website. “As a result, the unfortunate decision to cancel the 2022 Enumclaw RV Show had to be made as there were just not enough RVs to display and provide an exceptional show.”

The company that operates the Enumclaw RV show also manages RV shows in Seattle and Puyallup, Washington. Those shows went forward earlier this year, but dealers had so few new rigs to display, they were allowed to bring used rigs to the shows to mix in with the new. 

What's going on? 

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