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Field notes on building an RV rental business

Real market data, the OPRV method, and the honest parts most guides skip — from the team that mapped the opportunity city by city.

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Already in RVs? The Rental Business Hiding in Your Repair Shop or Storage Lot

If you already run an RV repair shop, a storage lot, or a property-management business, you're closer to an RV rental operation than you think — you already have half the pieces.

7 min read

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RV Rental Seasonality, Decoded: Keeping Rigs Booked When the Season Turns

Booked days — not nightly rate — drive the whole business. Which means seasonality is the thing to master. Here's how the calendar really works, market by market, and how to fill the slow stretches.

9 min read

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How to Get RV Owners to Hand You a $120,000 Rig

The whole OPRV model rests on one thing: owners trusting you with a six-figure asset. That trust is earned in a specific, repeatable way — here's how.

8 min read

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What RV Renters Actually Want — The Details That Earn 5 Stars

An RV rental business isn't a vehicle business — it's a hospitality business. The things that earn five-star reviews are smaller, more controllable, and more important than most new operators expect.

8 min read

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The RV Rental Niche Most Operators Miss: Film & TV Production Basecamps

While everyone fights over the family-vacation renter, a quieter, higher-value renter sits unserved in a lot of markets: film and TV production. Here's how that niche actually works.

8 min read

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The Best RV for a Rental Business? It Depends Who's Renting It

The most common question I get is 'what RV should I buy to rent out?' The honest answer is a question back: who's your renter? Festivals want travel trailers, film crews want Class A's, families want Class C's.

6 min read

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The Most Open RV Rental Markets in America Right Now — By the Numbers

Heber City, Utah has 342 campgrounds and RV parks within an easy drive and exactly six RV rental operators. We know, because we counted every market like it in the country. The best places to start aren't the big cities — here's the whole framework.

12 min read

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