The RV Demand Continues
From the Business JournalHome Travel A major RV maker now has more than $18 billion in backlogged orders and says its dealers may not be fully restocked until 2023 RV maker Thor Industries h...
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LouLawrence wrote:
If we go back to $4.50-$5.50 gallon, watch how quickly the new RV sales dry up! It happened in '08 and it will happen again. Everyone will park their RV until the prices come down. No one buying, no one traveling and no one selling. As things ease up and drop under $4.00/gallon things will pick up but there will be a huge glut of RV's on dealers lots. If you are a buyer, you might find a great deal from a seller during those high gas prices times as many will be desperate to rid themselves of this liability.
569,000+/- RV's sold in 2021. Over 400,000 sold the prior few years. RV sales have been booming since 2010. There's millions of RV owners out there with the majority in the 35-65 range. Most sales are TT's and 5er's. TT's account for the most. It doesn't cost very much to hitch up and camp 50-75 miles from home. I suspect thats going to be the case.
Shorter trips longer stays.
Even with the so called Covid camper being disgruntled there's still 100's of 1000's of RV buyers that found they like camping and on top of that there's still the back years before Covid where sales were setting records almost yearly.
While there may be a decrease in RV owners using there RV's, there's still too many RV owners and to few CG's to think there will be empty CG's all over the country.
Wages are up and even with inflation and high fuel prices IMO there's enough disposable income to warrant camping for 2-3 days at a time like most 35-55 year old TT owners do on a weekend.
