Two neighbors bonding over a passion for small business and a desire to RV around the country turned a friendship into a business partnership - now known as RV Overnights.
No Corporations. No Venture Capital Funding. Just Two Guys.
RV Overnights is a small business, run by founders Rob and Kurt. Based in New Jersey, Rob and Kurt 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. He then started a landscape construction company in college, which he sold to his partner a year later. Following his first two ventures, Rob started his main career, an entertainment company, which he sold in 2020. During his ownership of the entertainment company, he also owned two other companies that sold and installed audio and visual equipment.
Kurt is also an RVer with a long family history of owning and traveling in various rigs, dating back to childhood trips with his grandparents. Kurt’s parents continued the family loyalty to Airstream, owning many throughout the years, and Kurt is currently Airstream Interstate owner.
Kurt is also 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 sold in 2020.
Looking for something new, Rob and Kurt set off in a world unknown to them and decided to build 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.”
After overcoming a few obstacles, Rob and Kurt finally launched RV Overnights and scored a last minute booth at the Hershey RV Show.
Debuting with an app built in less than 30 days and only about 100 hosts, the company’s unique features and price were welcomed by all who visited. The concept had been proven - people wanted a new option for an RV boondocking membership. They wanted something that spoke to them. They wanted something built and run like the small businesses they had before, but on a national level.
Rob and Kurt's charisma, attention to host and member needs, passion for old school customer support, and the desire to always improve continues as they have grown in the last year. Acquiring hosts and continuing to grow is a large part of their commitment to their members. They have released new platform 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 startup created by neighbors.
