The survey said 37,990 of the RVs shipped in September were towables, mostly travel trailers, which is a 35.3% increase from last year. Meanwhile, motorhomes trended downwards by 1% compared to 2019, making up only 3,519 of last month's shipments.
The numbers confirm interest in RVs has been steadily rising nearly all year. Shortly after states started lifting stay-at-home orders, both RV rental companies and RV makers started seeing an increase in bookings and orders, respectively.For example, RV rental platforms RVshare saw a 1,000% increase in bookings from early April to May 19, while Outdoorsy saw a 1,500% increase from the lowest booking day during the coronavirus pandemic to the highest booking day during the third week of May.
In line with these rental trends, RV makers have also seen a boost in sales. This includes Airstream, which saw an 11% increase in RV sales from May 1 to May 21 compared to the same period last year, . Interest was so high, the road travel maker struggled to keep up with customer orders, in part because many factories were shut down for at least 40 days amid the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic's arrival in the US.A recap of all things electric vehicles, ride-hailing, airlines, and more. Sign up for Insider Transportation.
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Hey Genius... Learn to spell. If sales are up 30% they are not sour. Who gives someone a job writing when they can't spell?
'Sour', Soar, whatever...
sour or soar? Two very different meanings which spellcheck doesn't catch unfortunately!😂😂😂