RV Business Booming As Coronavirus Changes How We Vacation

Americans are looking for safe ways to get away during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This July 4th holiday, a growing number of travelers took to the open road in a recreational vehicle.

Walter and Brenda Helm and their granddaughter from Louisville, Kentucky are spending some time in New Orleans in route to Destin, Florida.

They say an RV is the only way to travel, especially now with the Coronavirus still out there infecting people.

“Automatically, camping is social distancing anyway,” Walter Helm said. “We’re really not on top of everybody when you’re camping versus a hotel. In a hotel you have people up and down the elevators.”

According to the RV Industry Association, 46-million Americans plan to take an RV trip in the next 12 months.

The Helms say they have noticed many more campers on the road and in the parks since COVID changed life as we knew it.

“It is safer because this is you,” Helm said. “This is your environment. Just about like at home. Home on wheels.”

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