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RV Lifestyle RV Podcast

2023 Elkhart RV Dealer Open House

RV Lifestyle RV Podcast

Mike Wendland

Personal Journals, Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Automotive

4.7624 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This is the week for the annual Elkhart RV Dealer Open House, the annual wining and dining soiree the RV industry puts on every year to introduce their new models to the RV dealers across North America. That's where we come to you for Episode 466 of the RV Podcast, which features an in-depth interview with Jeff Runels, the President and CEO of Keystone RV, North America's largest manufacturer of towable recreation vehicles. Plus our Social Media Buzz, and the RV News of the week, and answering your RV Lifestyle questions.

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0:00.0

Hi everybody, welcome to the RV podcast. This is episode 466. And we are coming to you today on a

0:07.6

beautiful day from RV dealer, Open traveling companion and my bride, Jennifer.

0:33.9

And this is one of these RV events that is a must attend for us. We'll talk a lot about

0:41.3

it and some of the information that we're picking up here. We look forward to an interview with

0:46.0

the president and the CEO of the largest toable manufacturer of RVs in the country.

0:52.1

We are really excited. Jeff Reynolds will be with us in a little bit.

0:56.6

And we'll be talking to a lot of other folks here over the next several days. This is attended by

1:02.6

dealers. It's not open to the public. And it is a chance for dealers to come in and take a look at all of the 2024 models that are being offered on display by the various manufacturers.

1:16.6

I mean, this is the RV capital of the world. That's where we are.

1:20.6

And it was so much fun just pulling in and seeing all the different RVs on display lining both sides of the road.

1:27.9

There's RVs everywhere.

1:30.2

And as much as I love the big RV shows, the crowds aren't elbow to elbow.

1:35.9

This is a different kind of animal, but I love it.

1:39.0

It's really fun.

1:40.0

And I'm really super excited to be here this year because we didn't go to Hershey.

1:43.9

We didn't go to Hershey because it's so hard for us with all the crowds at Hershey

1:47.4

to actually get in an RV and show you what it's like.

1:51.9

So we come here and there's just not quite the pressure with the crowds

1:56.7

and you really can spend more time looking at the RVs.

2:00.1

80% of all of the RVs in the made that you'll find anywhere in the world are made in and around the Elkhart Indiana region.

2:08.6

And this is truly is the RV capital of the world.

2:11.6

So the people you see wandering about, those are all dealers, and they're here to many of them to figure

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