Top Ten Reasons Why Purchasing an RV is the Safest Way to Travel During COVID-19

Traveling and vacationing during a pandemic can include airlines, trains, buses, cruise ships, and driving an RV.  With all the choices in which to travel to your destination, what is the safest way to travel these days?

There's no doubt that the pandemic has created many issues related to travel. The Centers for Disease Control is constantly updating the data regarding COVID-19 so it's important to check periodically.

Travelers may be concerned about air travel, boarding buses, riding of trains, or taking cruise ships for their vacation plans. There has been an incredible amount of interest buying or renting RVs to help support their safe travel plans.

When buying or renting an RV, you should consider how COVID may end up impacting your vacation and travel plans. We have developed some of best reasons why RV traveling is the safest way to travel.

Here are the top ten reasons why RV traveling is the safest way to travel:

1. The cruise ship industry has struggled throughout the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has temporarily extended the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) through January 15, 2022, with minor modifications.
2. Amtrak continues to issue updated guidance on safety procedures when passengers ride their trains. You can access the most recent updates on Amtrak's Coronavirus update page.
3. Filtration Systems are fully integrated with air, train, cruise ship, and buses traveling. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “by itself, air cleaning or filtration is not enough to protect people from exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19.”
4. Buses are often used in many types of travel. You may get on a Greyhound bus to go from one part of the country to another; however, you may also get on a bus as you exit the airport to rent a car.  Buses may often carry hundreds of passengers each day increasing the risk of becoming infected with COVID-19.
5. Airlines require tight seating arraignments and rely heavily on congested areas throughout the flying experience. As you enter the airport, you need to check your bags, go through security, wait to board the plane, actually board the plane, and find your seat.  After landing you go through another similar process.
6. Owning an RV allows you to ensure the entire experience is clean and safe for travels. When you own an RV, you can track who is using the RV.  It is always under your control.
7. If someone were to become sick you could use the RV as a quarantine area to avoid contact with the other family members. In fact, RV owners have graciously donated the use of their personal RVs as part of a national volunteer service through a Facebook Group called RVs4MDs. This allows doctors, nurses, and lots of other frontline workers a comfortable place to stay while take care of their patients so they don't potentially infect their own family members. 
8. When driving in an RV you have the ability to avoid using public air filtration systems and roll down the windows or install fans to help circulate air.
9. While riding in an RV, you have the ability to practice safe cleaning procedures. This may include washing your hands, using disinfectant wipes or stopping for additional supplies.  You can even stock up on supplies such as toilet paper, disinfectant sprays, and masks to ensure you do not run out of the supplies.
10. Finally, the best reason why owning an RV is the safest way to travel is there is no need for a hotel room. Hotel rooms have the same challenges as many of the types of transportation listed above have.  They rely on public air filtration systems, cleaning the entire room, and having so many visitors throughout the facility.

We have mentioned 10 reasons why buying or renting an RV makes much more sense than other forms of transportation for travel. RV sales are seeing an explosion as people want to travel, but they need to do so safely.  As always, we highly recommend hiring an unbiased and independent certified RV inspector.  Please find an example of a sample RV inspection report by clicking on this link.