In the times pre COVID-19, there were plenty of RV shows around the country, and for those whose tastes were a little more international there was New Zealand as well. Indeed, they were so common that many a dealer and manufacturer struggled with the decision of which shows to exhibit at. That all changed with the arrival of COVID, when RV shows, like many events, more or less disappeared from the agenda.
During the lockdowns something else changed too. With international travel off most travellers’ agendas, domestic travel generated considerable interest and just about all of Australia’s manufacturers and importers found themselves awash with deposits on new RVs when things started to lift. Good news for sure, but some of those orders will only be filled past the end of this year and well into next.
While this was encouraging news for the local industry, what is somewhat less cheerful news was that component supply, which has affected worldwide industry in all spheres, has also taken its toll in the RV industry and it’s not unknown
