Jen Young, the cofounder of RV marketplace Outdoorsy, says the need for socially-distanced travel has given the company its strongest year to date.he 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.
“I definitely did not ever forecast, ‘You know what we really need here, guys, is a global pandemic to drive our growth rate,’” Young says. “Never, ever, did I think that or surmise that.” “I definitely did not ever forecast, ‘You know what we really need here, guys, is a global pandemic to drive our growth rate,’” says Outdoorsy cofounder Jen Young.
A self-contained unit that lets you move about the country without stepping into an airport or hotel sounds like a pandemic travel panacea, but it’s not cheap. On Outdoorsy,
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