The annual South by Southwest Conference, forced to take a hiatus because of COVID-19, returns this year with its usual broad mixture of companies, organizations, musicians and entertainment.
This year Outdoorsy, headquartered in Austin, Texas, the home of the conference, and Go RVing will share the stage to debut their PanelPicker session, “Why Revenge Travel is Here to Stay.”
In the presentation, Outdoorsy’s CEO Jeff Cavins and Go RVing’s chief marketing officer, Karen Redfern, will discuss the challenges the outdoor travel sector is up against talk about what it takes to innovate in an industry that’s evolving daily.
This is the first year since 2019 that SXSW will be held in-person. In the three years since, RVing has exploded in popularity.
“I’ve always seen SXSW as a place to get a pulse on where we’re headed – as startups, as a society and what lessons we can learn from one another in our respective industries,” said Redfern. “We’re thrilled to be a contributor to the dialogue this year around the notion of ‘revenge travel’. I look forward to bringing to light the conversations the RV industry is having, and the innovations it’s making, to keep its place on the podium as an alternate mode of travel, transportation, and accommodation.”
With stay-at-home orders issued in 2020 giving way to the indefinite death of travel, canceled trips and road travel plans planted seeds of pent-up demand that would come to be called “revenge travel” as the world reopened in 2021. Now, with a year of “revenge travel” in our rearview, the travel industry is thriving like never before – and nowhere has that wave of wanderlust been more felt than in the RV rental space.
“After years of canceled vacation plans, border closures, and quarantining, the RV rental space is exploding with travelers looking to hit the road in a safe, affordable and fun way,” said Outdoorsy co-founder and CEO Jeff Cavins. “Access to the outdoors has always been an essential part of our wellbeing as humans. It’s in our nature to want to break free from four walls, and I look forward to sharing a look in the rearview at the rollercoaster ride our company went through two years ago and the learnings we’ve gleaned since we founded Outdoorsy in 2014.”
“Why Revenge Travel Is Here to Slay” will take place at 2:30 p.m. CST on Thursday, March 17 at the Hilton Austin Downtown. To attend in person or learn more about the presentation, please click here.
