Why do you go to RV shows?

Zita and I are somewhat new to the RV community with only having our 2019 Thor Quantum RW28 for less than a year before we attended our first RV show. Of course it just happened to be the 2020 Florida RV Supershow (sometimes being called the Tampa RV Supershow by mistake) so before going I was curious why other people go to RV shows in the first place. I know why we were going, (more on that later) but wondered why others went.

So I approached the question scientifically! Not! I posted a question to five RV specific websites and Facebook pages and then compiled the answers as best as I could. In summary, here are the responses broken down into categories and the percentages of responses each category received.

Question: “If you already own a motorhome such as a fifth wheel, travel trailer, class A, B, C, Super C or just a small popup, why do you still go to RV shows?”

Out of 341 people responding, here is the breakdown.

Just Like to Look: 41%

Buy Accessories: 18%

Confirming our Choice: 11.9%

Get Ideas/Go to Seminars: 9.7%

Buy New /Upgrade, Trade in: 9.6%

Never Been/Don’t Go Anymore: 8.6

Meet Interesting People: .8%

Learn about New Campgrounds: .7%

Need the Exercise: .5%

To Piss Off Spouse: .2%

So what category do Zita and I fit into? We went to the Florida RV Supershow basically to confirm our purchase or make ourselves feel better with the purchase of the Thor Quantum RW28, and guess what? It did, because we did not see any other class C that we felt offered more storage and features than ours does. (We purchased as a Managers Special, then offered $5000 less than the special price, effectively receiving 45% off)

So there you have it. Sorry it took so long to get to this blog posted but as the saying goes "better late than never!"