What used travel trailer buyers want: Insights from RV Trader

Thinking about selling your travel trailer? Are you in the market to buy one? You may have eye-balled the internet RV sales giant RV Trader. It’s not just in the business of selling ads, it also compiles tons of data about potential customers and other looky-loos. Now the company has released a compilation of data on just what potential travel trailer buyers are looking at.

Brands of interest among travel trailer buyers

While experienced, and educated, RVers know there are brands that are more trustworthy than others, here are the brands travel trailer buyers look at most often:

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So now you know the “Top Five” brands of interest. RV Trader drills down to just what models among these brands hits the top interest bracket:

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Size and sleeping capacity

When travel trailer buyers are shopping, just what do they want in terms of size? And how many do they want to sleep? RV Trader’s graphic explains it all.

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Finer details

RV Trader threw in some other interesting material. Like, just what other things might buyers be interested in? Keyword searches say something about interests.

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Finally, RV Trader makes this observation about the new versus used travel trailer market. “The number of used travel trailers on RV Trader has been steadily growing since 2022. We have seen an increase of 8% in travel trailer RV inventory on RV Trader from 2022 to 2024.”

The data used in RV Trader’s graphics and conclusions was pulled from January – June 2024.

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Russ and Tiña De Maris
Russ and Tiña De Maris
Russ and Tiña went from childhood tent camping to RVing in the 1980s when the ground got too hard. They've been tutored in the ways of RVing (and RV repair) by a series of rigs, from truck campers, to a fifth-wheel, and several travel trailers. In addition to writing scores of articles on RVing topics, they've also taught college classes for folks new to RVing. They authored the book, RV Boondocking Basics.

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5 Comments

Neal Davis
1 year ago

Thank you, Russ and Tina! Interesting information! Have a great day and safe travels!

Sue S
1 year ago

Thank you for the analysis. I ‘d like to see more articles like this in RV Travel.

J B
1 year ago

Grand Design does NOT deserve to be on any list..since they won’t stand by their sorry warranties.

MattD
1 year ago

“While experienced, and educated, RVers know there are brands that are more trustworthy than others, here are the brands travel trailer buyers look at most often”

Sorry, but this is totally laughable…

ToolMan
1 year ago

Sounds like the people looking at used RVs need some educating.