Dive Brief:
- Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores plans to have 51 locations with RV hookups across its network by the beginning of 2024, according to a company press release.
- RV hookups have been added to 33 Love’s locations. Additionally, Love’s has built RV Stops next to 12 of its travel stops, where travelers can stay longer if they wish.
- Since beginning to add RV hookups in 2022, Love’s has included them in many of its new builds, including a travel stop that opened in Prescott, Arkansas, last month.
Dive Insight:
While Love’s has been expanding its offerings for professional drivers through its truck care and service centers and the recent addition of trucker services company TVC Pro-Driver, it has also been adding RV hookups and RV Stops at points around the country.
Love’s recently opened an RV Stop in Box Elder, South Dakota, according to a company spokesperson, and by the end of the year will open another one in Walsenburg, Colorado.
Love’s RV Stops can include amenities like sports courts, fire pits, grills, dog parks and playgrounds. The stops also have WiFi, 30- or 50-amp services, propane tank services, laundry facilities and water hookups. Most locations have RV dumps at each parking spot.
RV camping surged in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many families purchasing vehicles that offer the comforts of home anywhere. RV parks have been adding more amenities while hotels and other establishments have added parking spaces and facilities to accommodate these travelers.
Founded in 1964, Oklahoma City-based Love’s operates 645 travel stops across 42 states. It also operates 430 truck service centers.
