RV Mfg's Missing a new market segment

SoundGuy wrote:

fulltimedaniel wrote:
After full timing for two years now and meeting and talking to hundreds of other fellow travelers one thing is apparent to me.

The RV Manufacturers are missing or unaware of a significant market segment that wants and buys RV's

I am talking about the many many people who travel together that are not married or a couple (of either or both sexes)that do not sleep together and need two bedrooms or at least two separate and private sleeping areas.

SoundGuy wrote:
Yeah right ... you're dreaming. :p

fulltimedaniel wrote:
I am not sure what you mean by "so called platonic friends". But I was speaking of friends who are adults and want and deserve a private area, a real bedroom for each of them.

Seriously? You really seriously believe there are "significant" numbers of platonic friends who travel together but don't sleep together? Please - what planet are you living on? :R Manufacturers haven't "missed" a "significant market" - any market there may be is so small as to be insignificant. :R

Yes Seriously, there are many many of us. I have met and talked to many of them. And despite your inability to accept the fact that there are people who can be friends, share living expenses, enjoy each other as friends and yes actually not have any romantic or sexual connections, they do exist.

Did you see my response with the figures from the US census? 18 million such households (sharing) in the US? 17.6 percent of all US households.

You are right and it is self evident that by far the biggest number of RV buyers are couples or singles. But the RV Market has produced many floorplans and models for smaller segments of the RV buying public. Many models from the TAB trailers to the appearance of the new "Old" Classic designs are very small segment models.

But what is really curious is why you appear so hostile to the idea?