Poll Results of Renting Out One's RV

Above, at Santa Fe Skies RV Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

When people shell out thousands of dollars for a recreational vehicle, renting out or loaning it to someone else seems like a crazy idea to me.

I have read about people renting out their RVs over the years and it just struck me as something I would never do. I paid too much money for my RV to allow someone else trash it.

According to an article/poll in RV Travel, the vast majority of RV owners agree with me.

They begin with:

Last week, we asked you if you’d ever consider renting out your RV through a peer-to-peer rental company (like Outdoorsy, RVshare, etc.). Out of 1,387 votes, the results were pretty decisive:

• 1% said “Yes, I plan to one day.”

• 9% said they’ve thought about it but will likely never do it.

• 89% said no, they would never rent out their RV.

Clearly, most of you are keeping your keys to yourself!

Many of you explained why in the comments, and the recurring theme was simple: Nobody will ever care for your RV the way you do. As Rich put it: “Simple reason why we would NEVER rent or loan our RV… nobody would take care of it like we would.”

To read more, go here.