March 2009 Newsletter
Newsletter
This issue of the RVParkStore.com Newsletter includes:
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FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP OF RVs: GREAT NEWS FOR THE RV INDUSTRY As RV prices have skyrocketed over time, the ability for buyers to rationalize their purchase has diminished. If an RV costs $150,000 to buy, and the buyer predicts he can use it for maybe only two weeks a year, then the interest carry alone for those two weeks is (assuming an 8% interest rate) $12,000 - or almost $1,000 per day. When you throw in the cost of insurance and gas it's much worse. And that does not include depreciation on the RV. At $1,000 per day, can anyone possibly explain to their spouse, or themselves, how it makes any sense to buy one. Even if you change the math significantly to one month per year, it's still $500 per day in interest alone. I don't know about you, but I can stay at the Presidential Suite of most 5-star hotels for that price. A new company, CoachShare, has introduced the concept of fractional ownership of an RV. Under this program, you would buy only a portion of the RV, and use every bit of your portion. This idea is not new - it has been gaining market share in private aircraft for a decade, and used in vacation condos for four decades. But it's new to RVs, and it makes a lot of sense. Let's look at that math. Assume that the RV share for 2 weeks of each year costs $6,000, plus upkeep and insurance on the RV. That works out to $35 per day in carrying costs ($6,000 at 8%), which is less than a Microtel, not counting gas and insurance. And if you want more time, you can buy more weeks. To me, it's a win/win concept for RV park owners. The more folks get on the road, the more nightly rentals, or park memberships, you have. Of course, the big loser here, as always, are RV manufacturers. Most of them are either broke, or nearly broke. And this concept is not going to help pull them out of the toilet - more like plunge them further down. But hopefully, that's not the business you're in. As RV park owners, we want to see a vibrant RV market, but the manufacturing side just doesn't correlate that much to park performance. If fractional ownership gets more RVs on the road, but closes the doors on a marginal factory, I guess I can live with that. Obviously, there are kinks in the fractional ownership concept to work out. The top one, I imagine, is who gets the key weeks of summer and winter vacations. The line for February will be short. But fractional shares of vacation condos have worked out these kinks satisfactorily, so I image it's possible in the near term. Personally, I hope this concept flourishes. I think it will produce more overnight stays, and allow many people who might be RV users but have been unable to rationalize the purchase, to finally get out on the road. And into an RV park. I think I'll go dust off the sign out front. |
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RV Parks and Campgrounds For Sale We currently have over 500 RV Parks for sale and the list is growing daily. If you are looking to sell your RV Park or Campground you can do so Risk FREE. Find out more about Selling your RV Park. |
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It was a nice experience using your service to sell our membership. I have sent a line to your web page to a good friend or ours that is talking about selling their membership. So perhaps I generated more business for your service. Thanks again, your help make it easy to sell the membership. DaveRV Park and Campground Memberships For Sale: This section of RVParkStore.com is growing quickly. Memberships are being listed and sold quickly. With about 200 memberships currently for sale, this continues to be the prime outlet to buy and sell campground memberships. Best of all, when you are selling your membership, we do not charge you up front to do so. You only pay us if you are successful in finding a buyer from RVParkStore.com. Find out more about Selling your Campground or RV Park Membership |
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| Here are some links to articles we have found this month.Even during recession, RV parks invest in improvementsRead More RV parks's business slows in downturn Interesting Article An SOS call for sputtering RV industry USA Today Article |
| Tell us what you think! We'd love to hear what you think of this issue!We need your articles - send your articles to dave@rvparkstore.com to be included in upcoming newsletters (this is a great place to promote your company for FREE!).Please send your comments, questions, articles, and ideas for upcoming issues to us at: dave@rvparkstore.com Your feedback matters to us! |
| Until Next Time,Dave Reynolds RVParkStore.com 18923 Highway 65 Cedaredge, CO 81413 PH: 800-950-1364 FX: 970-856-4883 |