Class A Motorhomes Have Taken a Backseat to Travel Trailers as the Most Popular Type of RV Searched

>Trailing far behind the two front-runners are class C
motorhomes with 13%, followed by fifth wheels,
RVTraderOnline.com, an online showroom of overfolding campers, toy haulers, truck campers, class B
85,000 recreational vehicles across the US and amotorhomes, and scaling down to park models with
division of Trader Publishing Company determinedless than 2% of the total class searches.
that travel trailers are the most requested RV typeScott Vollmer, the Business Development Manager
after observing an April report of class searchesfor states, "well this doesn’t come as a
conducted by visitors to the website.complete surprise, certainly sales have been trending
RVTraderOnline.com, an online showroom of overthis way for some time now. We are only a bit
85,000 recreational vehicles across the US and asurprised to see the Class A finally replaced at the
division of Trader Publishing Company determinedtop of our charts. This is certainly a trend we will
that travel trailers are the most requested RV typecontinue to monitor carefully throughout 2006."
after observing an April report of class searchesis the leading online classified ad service bringing RV
conducted by visitors to the website.buyers and sellers together in one virtual marketplace
In April, 25% of the total class searches performedwith over 800,000 visitors per month,(WebTrends,
on the site yield results for travel trailers. Following2006). Advertising their inventory on
closely behind with 24% of the total searches areRVTraderOnline.com, dealers and independent owners
class A motorhomes. However, compared toalike are reaching RV enthusiasts who are interested
previous months these figures have recentlyin researching and purchasing new and used
flip-flopped since the largest percentage have alwaysrecreational vehicles online.
searched for class A motorhomes.