Boston Show Attracts Consumers Despite Snowy Weather – RVBusiness – Breaking RV Industry News
BOSTON, Mass. – The New England RV Supershow proved to be resilient this weekend as dealers, vendors and customers pressed on through a winter storm that dropped about 5 inches of snow and left icy conditions on area roads.
Despite the conditions, attendance for the Friday-through-Monday show held at the Boston Convention Center was estimated to have increased 30 to 40% from last year.
Two dealers in attendance were able to break away from cleaning up their booths to give RVBusiness an update on the proceedings Monday.
“It was great,” said Megan Failor, event marketing coordinator of Pete’s RV. “We had a lot of families coming back for repeat visits from the past two years and we sold a lot of motorhomes and fifth wheels.”
Failor said she counted a number of customers from New Hampshire among those who bought new RVs.
“Even with the snow, people were out in force today, and the ones who came were serious buyers,” she said.
Failor said the New England RV Supershow was the dealership’s fifth already this year and Pete’s plans to participate in about 60 shows this year. The next will be in two weeks in Hartford.
Frank Roberts of Longview RV said the show had been “fantastic”.
“The buyers were jumping in the boat we had so much good luck fishing,” he said with a laugh.
Roberts said the weather turned out not to be too bad, but he was glad the New England Patriots were not in the NFL playoffs or else the show might have lost out on some attendance.
“Evidence is showing the buyers that RVing is fun and the customers seem very, very upbeat,” he said.
Roberts confirmed that his attendance numbers were higher as well.
Dealers in attendance included Blue Compass, Longview RV, Airstream of Southern New England, Campers Inn, Webb’s RV, Pete’s RV Center, Seacoast RVs Inc. and Cold Spring RV.
Seminars ran throughout each day and vendors also displayed RV accessories and campground information.
