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In & Out of Lockdown: RV Life During COVID-19
The RV business is booming.
While we shudder to use the words “thanks to COVID-19,” there is a strong correlation between the new realities of life during a global pandemic and people shifting their travel and leisure lifestyle, more and more of which includes or is centered around RVs and trailers.
Find out why people are buying and renting recreational vehicles, trailers and campers in record-breaking numbers, as we discuss RVing during COVID “in and out of lockdowns” in this edition of Travel Mor’s Ottawa RV blog. (more…)
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RV De-Winterizing & Spring Road Trips from Ottawa
If you’re an RVer based in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario or Western Quebec, you know all too well that winter puts a damper on RVing for most of us.
Sure, there are the snowbirds out there who take their rig south for the winters.
For the rest of us, though, winter means parking your trailer or RV for months on end.
Bookending the winter are two annual rituals: Preparing your rig for winter storage, and de-winterizing your RV or trailer once spring has finally arrived. (more…)
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The COVID Paradigm Shift of Travel: The Benefits of RV/Trailer Travel
For our clients and other RV & Trailer enthusiasts reading this, you’ve seen your travel horizons shrink but not completely limited in this new era of travel.
Even with vaccines now coming to Ottawa and across Canada, it is unlikely that a “return to normal” vis-à-vis travel will occur anytime soon. The best-case scenario is that the vaccines will eventually bring a ‘herd immunity’ to our society over time. In the meanwhile, distancing, masks and other prevention measures will continue to be necessary for the foreseeable future.
The global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has changed the way the entire world thinks about travel, including limiting our travel options and redefining how we go about planning our trips and what we consider to be within the realm of possibility. (more…)
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Quebec & Ontario Road Trips in Our RV from Ottawa
2020 has been… an interesting year, to say the least.
What started out as a promising year of RV travels and other fun adventures quickly turned into something out of fiction, maybe even science fiction.
Many of us spent the bulk of spring 2020 in our homes, in isolation and/or largely distanced from society around us. When would we be able to travel again, we wondered. (more…)
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Is An RV or Trailer A Good Travel Option in the COVID-19 Era?
Do you love to travel?
Does the wanderlust strike you early and often?
Are you someone who finds yourself constantly in a state of packing, unpacking, or being packed up and on the road?
If so, you know too well the effects that the global COVID-19 pandemic has had on folks like us – people who love travel and its myriad benefits.
One of the biggest lifestyle impacts COVID has had on many of us is the need to reassess our approach to travel. Since March 2020 here at Travel-Mor Trailer Sales in Ottawa, we’ve talked with countless people who came to the conclusion that RVs, trailers and campers represented a high-quality, enjoyable and viable means of travel. (more…)
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Winterizing Your RV in Ottawa + Off-Season RV Road Trips
If you’re reading this article in the autumn or even late summer months, you’re probably starting to plan ahead for your RV’s wintertime preparations.
And yes, we agree, those Ottawa summers are way too short!
Just when you were enjoying RV trips around Ontario or elsewhere in Canada or the USA* (*although the US-Canada border is closed at the time of this article’s publishing), the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting cooler. (more…)
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Choosing the Right Ottawa RV Dealer
2020 has been a challenging year, to say the least, for all of us in Ottawa and surrounding communities.
While many folks were travelling in warmer climes or biding their time for the 2019-2020 winter to end so that we could once again hit the open road in our RV or trailer, the world became mired in the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ottawa RV Road Trips During COVID-19
You did your part in helping to flatten the curve.
You spent as much time as possible staying at home… physical distancing… exercising caution when you did go out… and then you wore a mask when asked to do so.
You deserve a vacation!
Alas, thanks to the continued threat from the global COVID-19 pandemic, our travel options these days are sadly limited.
It seems like enough of a venturing out, at the time of this article being published, to go enjoy a patio or a socially-distanced meal. Maybe you’ve expanded your isolation bubble. Or perhaps you’ve retreated to a cottage or enjoyed some of the local trails.
For those looking to travel further in the foreseeable future, your best bet could be in an RV, trailer or camper. (more…)
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What’s the Difference Between a Camper vs. a Trailer?
What’s the difference between a camper RV and a trailer?
This is one of the more frequently asked questions we hear here at Travel-Mor Trailer Sales, the leading & friendliest source for RVs & trailers in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais. (more…)
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The Advantages of RV Travel in the Era of COVID-19
(by Dan Livingston, guest blogger, Ottawa RV enthusiast)
My family and I have been blessed in this lifetime.
First off, we live in Ottawa, the lovely capital of this great Canadian nation of ours.
To top that, we’ve been blessed with the ability to travel – across Canada, throughout North America and around the world.
Before my wife and I became empty nesters, we bought an RV, seeing that as a great way to incorporate a special kind of journey into our travels. (more…)
