US: Peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace RVshare has launched ‘Turn in Your Tent’, a new programme calling on campers to donate their gently-used tent in exchange for an RV experience.
As people hit the road in record numbers this summer, RVshare is reporting that RV rentals are up 219 per cent on this time last year heading into the 4 July weekend, and found that 62 per cent of campers prefer camping in an RV to a tent. When asked why, more than half [57 per cent] of campers said that they felt better protected from natural elements like wild animals and weather, and 44 per cent said that having an RV would entice more friends and family to join in on a camping trip.
Through the ‘Turn in Your Tent’ programme, campers will receive a $250 credit towards and RV rental on RVshare.com when they donate a tent to Gear Forward, an organisation that collects gently used camping…