Camping World Holdings Buys Locations In New York, Pennsylvania

Camping World Holdings, Inc. has purchased two locations in the Northeast amid continued expansion of its physical presence. Stores in Albany, N.Y. and Hamburg, Pa. were created via the purchase of Boat-N-RV Superstore, according to a Wednesday (Feb. 17) announcement.

The stores are situated close to busy routes with a number of outdoor activities. They have been rebranded to Gander RV & Outdoors. Camping World that both stores have undergone large expansions and that the new offering encompasses a broad spectrum of new and pre-owned RVs along with products and accessories.

“This transaction is a great step for our company as we continue to rapidly expand our footprint and product offerings across the country,” Camping World Holdings CEO and Chairman Marcus Lemonis said in the announcement. “We are committed to two things: locations in all 48 contiguous states and accelerating our goal of increasing market share.”

As it stands, Camping World Holdings owns and runs more than 170 SuperCenters throughout the country, focusing on RV sales and service, outdoor lifestyle items, RV parts and accessories, and its complete collection of Good Sam offerings.

The news comes as RV rental platform Outdoorsy is about to cross the billion-dollar reservations milestone in just its fifth year in business. “There’s more demand for [RV and camper rentals] than there is for hotels and airlines,” Outdoorsy Co-Founder and CEO Jeff Cavins previously told PYMNTS.

Outdoorsy definitely has a semblance to Airbnb, with favorite locations, specialty vehicles like refurbished VW microbuses and many host profiles and travel photos. However, Cavins said that they’re totally different.

“What we know about Airbnb, we have a lot of respect for those guys and they’ve done a great job, but they don’t have a lot of interest in the outdoors,” Cavins said, referring to his company as the third dimension of the travel business, or what he likes to refer to as the mobile hotel sector.