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RV rentals were up 846% in April 2021

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  RVshare | gls55 holdings ltd According to a Phocuswright Consumer Travel Survey in partnership with RVshare, more than a quarter (28%) of travelers have rented an RV for leisure travel, and the majority want to do it again. In fact, 84% of travelers who rented an RV last year are interested in renting again in the next 12 months, and 81% are interested in renting an RV even after the COVID-19 pandemic. AUSTIN, Texas  and  AKRON, Ohio ,  PRNewswire/ -- The world's first and largest peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace,  RVshare , reveals that bookings are surging ahead of the summer travel season. April reservations are up 846% from this time last year. At the onset of COVID-19, all travel came to a halt until National Parks reopened. Then, RVshare saw a huge influx of bookings as people yearned to get outside and connect with nature. Now a year later, RVshare predicts another summer of record-setting bookings, cementing RV travel as a category that is here to ...

Manufacturing woes leave RV dealers struggling to meet spike in demand

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Drisdelle said some manufacturers won't have more supply until 2023 Isabelle Leger ,   CBC News,  April 21, 2021, 5:48 PM AT Family RV Rentals , April 22, 2021, 6:40:47 PM PT The pandemic has caused longer waits for people who want to buy a new RV.  (Paul Sakuma/Associated Press) There are now more aspiring RV owners than ever before, but COVID-19 has stuck a wrench in the supply chain leaving some New Brunswick buyers with a long wait for their house on wheels and a lost potential sale for dealerships.  Steve Drisdelle, the sales manager at Fredericton RV World, said there's no question the demand for RVs and trailers has increased since last year, as New Brunswickers look for a fun solution to having to stay close to home. But, while the demand has stayed high throughout fall, winter, and into the spring, manufacturers are still playing catch up from months of forced lockdown.  Drisdelle said the dealership gets its supply from manufacturers in ...