Jen Young, the cofounder of RV marketplace Outdoorsy, says the need for socially-distanced travel has given the company its strongest year to date. Andy Austin, courtesy of OutdoorsyThe RV marketplace Outdoorsy began the pandemic like many other travel-focused companies: watching cancellations pile up. “April 1—our lowest bookings day on record—was our worst nightmare,” says Jen Young, 47, the company’s cofounder and chief marketing officer. During what became the “summer of the RV,” Outdoorsy rose to the top of Google’s search results, logging more than 3.5 million visits to its website in June, more than double its traffic in June 2019. Outdoorsy cofounders and partners Jen Young and Jeff Cavins took a six-week roadtrip to assess what it is like to RV during a pandemic.

Source: Forbes October 06, 2020 10:30 UTC