The coronavirus > COVID-9 earlier this year delivered a one-two punch to patrons of the RV camping and live music festival sectors. It also presented in stark contrast the tale of those two industries and how different they are when faced with a potentially existential threat. Almost immediately, both the live entertainment and the camping and recreational vehicle (RV) industries got hammered. Both were shut down cold. No concerts, no camping, no club shows, no festivals.
However, those similarities soon ended and traveled different roads. As the pandemic slogged on and science and consumers came to understand it better, what was murky soon cleared. Those denizens of both RVing and music festivals realized the sectors had nothing in common and the longer-term impact upon these two unique categories couldn’t be more different.
Live music still struggles – horribly. RVing is stronger than ever. How governments, consumers, and the respective industries responded reflect how little we knew then, and how much we think we know now.
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RV and roadtripping have opened new roads for the traveling public. Count Rachel Sapoznik among them. The Miami-based 
Four adults, one dog, and 1,500 miles over two weeks. With each trip – even the most successful, uneventful excursions – we learn something new. Stuff to pack, bring, buy along the way, or some hack we’ve always done or learned for the first time can make the difference between and good trip and an adventure with moments that make you enthuse, “what a cool hack. I have to remember that next time.”
We had big plans for spring 2020 camping. Music festivals, concerts, Florida state parks, and roadtrips criss-crossing the sunshine state. Our free time had dibs on more than a month of weekends from February through May. Then coronavirus said, “Hold my RV keys.” That bastard shut down campgrounds and RV parks nationwide. As for concerts and festivals, they were among the first to go – and could be among the last to return.