Two neighbors, who became friends, bonding over a passion for small business and a desire to RV around the country, turned into a business partnership that is now known as RV Overnights.
No Corporations, No Venture Capital Funding, Just Two Guys.
RV Overnights is a small business, ran daily by both founders Rob and Kurt. Based in New Jersey (don't hold that against them) the two founders have had a lifetime of entrepreneurship and RVing.
Rob has been camping and RVing the majority of his life. Loving Winnebago he has had a small Class C (Winnebago Navion) and currently has a Winnebago Micro Mini Travel Trailer pulled with a pickup.
Rob started his first small business in high school, completing common home improvement projects. Then began in college a landscape construction company which he sold to his partner a year later. Afterwards Rob started his main career, an entertainment company, which he sold weeks before the pandemic in a strike of luck. During the time he had the entertainment company, he also owned two other companies, one who sold Audio Visual Equipment and one who installed it.
Kurt is also an RVer, with a long family history of owning and traveling in various rigs dating back to his grandparents trips that he traveled in as a child. Kurt’s parents continued with brand loyalty to Airstream, owning many throughout the years. Kurt now, is still an Airstreamer, cruising in his Airstream Interstate.
Kurt had also been, like Rob, a lifetime small business owner. Out of college he owned and operated an Italian restaurant, then a motorcycle shop, then a car club with storage for collector cars, which he also happened to sell at the beginning of the pandemic.
The two set off in a world unknown to them. A national brand, founded in technology, to create the ideal relationship between RVers and small businesses across the United States and Canada.
Rob says “The road to success is peppered with landmines, and we certainly have had our fill of them.” Using a development company based in Nashville, they got started planning and building their app. After the first contractor wasted their entire budget and had taken three times over their original delivery timeline, they had to pivot and start over with a new firm.
Finally launching 5 months after their originally planned date, they scored a last minute booth at the Hershey RV Show. Debuting with an app built in less than 30 days, with only about 100 hosts, the company’s unique features and price were welcomed by all who visited. Their concept had been proven, people wanted a new option in an RV boondocking membership. They wanted something that spoke to them. They wanted something built and ran like the small businesses they had before, but on a national level.
Rob and Kurt's charisma, attention to hosts and members alike, passion for old school customer support, and the want to always keep improving still continues as they have grown massively in the last year. Acquiring hosts fast and continuing to grow is a large part of their commitment to their members. They have released numerous new features adding even more value for their customers, all while promising to keep the yearly cost of membership affordable. They greatly thank those who put their trust in a new startup created by a pair of neighbors.
