Some local businesses have seen more customers during the pandemic
Locally owned businesses have seen more sales and customers. Even amid the pandemic.
FAMILIES ALL OVERARE LOOKING FORNEW VACATIONEXPERIENCES DURINGTHESE UNUSUALTIMES... AND THAT'SDRIVING UP SALESFOR R-VS.DELIVERIES TORETAILERS IN JUNEWERE 11 PERCENTHIGHER THANCOMPARED TO THESAME TIME LAST YEAR.40-THOUSAND UNITSSHIPPED MARKS THHIGHEST MONTHLYTOTAL SINCE 2018.AS 7 EYEWITNESSNEWS REPORTERJENNA CALLARISHOWS US -- MANYFAMILIES ARE FINDINGR-VS TO BE A SAFE,AND INEXPENSIVEVACATION.JEFF: "IT'S LIKE YOUCAN SET EVERYTHINGASIDE, GO, AND ENJOYYOURSELF."PATTI AND JEFF ENJOYTHE R-V LIFE AND PLANON GOING EITHERWEST OR SOUTH FORTHE WINTER.
THEY SAYVACATIONING IN AN RVIS NOT ONLY ANAFFORDABLE OPTION,IT'S A SAFE ONE.PATTI: "A HOTEL -YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE INAND OUT BEFORE YOU.THIS IS YOUR OWNSPACE."AND AT A TIME WHENAIR TRAVEL IS DOWNDRASTICALLY ANDCRUISES ARE NOT ANOPTION, LOCALRETAILERS LIKECOLTON RV INORCHARD PARK ARESEEING MORE PEOPLEWALKING THROUGHTHE DOORS.CASEY: "PEOPLE WHOHAVEN'T BEEN RV-INGBEFORE WHO ARE NEWTO THE INDUSTRY, NEWTO THE ACTIVITY,THEY'RE COMING IN TOLOOK AT RVS."JENNA STAND-UP:"COLTON R-V SAYS ALOT OF THEPURCHASES TEND TOHAPPEN IN THE SPRINGMONTHS WHEN PEOPLEGET READY FOR THATSUMMER VACATION..BUT THIS YEAR HASBEEN A DIFFERENTTREND WITH MORE ANDMORE PEOPLE BUYINGIN THE MONTHS OFJUNE AND JULY."CASEY: "LOOKING ATWHERE WE WERE BACKIN MARCH AND APRILWITH COVID AND NOTKNOWING WHAT THESUMMER WOULD LOOKLIKE.
NOW THAT IT ISHERE, IT MAKES A LOTOF SENSE THAT IT ISTHE PREFERRED WAYFOR PEOPLE TO GOOUT TRAVELING ANDVACATION."YOU CAN BUY A NEWR-V FOR AS LOW ASABOUT $20,000 TO ASHIGH AS $400 GRAND -DEPENDING ON THEMODEL, SIZE, ANDFEATURES.
FORBUYERS LIKE PATTI, IT'SWORTH IT.PATTI: "THIS IS AMAJOR PURCHASE BUTONCE YOU HAVE IT,YOU CAN TAKE IT SOMANY PLACES."RENTING MAY MAKEMORE SENSE FORYOUR BUDGET.
WNY RVRENTAL HAS WEEKLYRATES RANGING FROM17-HUNDRED TO TWO-THOUSAND... THEY SAYTHEY'VE BEENSLAMMED.KEVIN MARGESONPHONER: "FROMBEGINNING OF APRILTHROUGH OCTOBERNOW - WE'RE BOOKEDSOLID."MARGESON SAYSTHEY'RE GETTING 5-10CALLS A DAYREGARDING THEIRTHREE DIFFERENTRENTALS.
IT'S SAFE TOSAY THE NEED IS AT ANALL-TIME HIGH.KEVIN PHONER: "IF IHAD TEN I COULD RENTTHEM AND I DON'TKNOW IF I'D HAVEENOUGH BASED ONTHE DEMAND."IT'S A TREND SEEN ALLOVER THE COUNTRY...FAMILIES CHOOSING TOCAMP OR ROAD-TRIPWITH MINIMALCONTACT..
BUT EVENWHEN THIS PANDEMICIS OVER, RETAILERSBELIEVE THE R-V WAYIS HERE TO STAY.CASEY: "I THINK IT'SSOMETHING THATPEOPLE WILL SEE AS ALIFESTYLE THEY CANBE A PART OF AND NOTJUST A ONE TIMEVACATION.IN ORCHARD PARK,JENNA CALLARI, 7EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Locally owned businesses have seen more sales and customers. Even amid the pandemic.
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