Stagecoach RV Sales and Services in Peru, Ind., is renovating and expanding into a former military facility near Grissom Air Reserve Base after the business saw a huge uptick in sales in the last year.
The business will relocate in its new location April 4.
Jaxson Stage, sales manager at the company, said the move comes after sales have exploded, as the demand for RVs and campers that skyrocketed during the pandemic continues to stay strong.
He said his father, Eddie Stage, who formerly owned RV Dynasty along U.S. 31 near Bunker Hill, opened the business in 2019 with just a few campers for sale. Now, they sell on average 20 units a month.
“In the last year, it’s really been blowing up,” Jaxson said. “There’s tons of people who want to go camping versus getting a hotel room or condo somewhere. With the way RVs are selling right now and everything else going on in the world, we’re outgrowing our location here.”
Now, the new facility will increase its building size from 2,400 square feet to over 50,000. That extra space will allow the business to stock more parts and items in-house that they now have to order and have delivered, such as tires, generators and camping accessories.
Stage said they will also be able to increase the number of service bays from two to six, which will allow them to service and inspect more RVs more quickly for more customers.
“Our service and customer satisfaction is No. 1,” he said. “We’re all campers here, too, so we don’t want to be camping next to someone who we just sold a camper to who’s angry that AC’s not working or something.”
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