“Hit the Road: How Motorhome Living is on the Rise in the United States Amidst Covid Crisis”

“Hit the road, Jack”. This song from the Ray Charles repertoire comes up repeatedly in the Seven to Eight report viewable at the top of this article. And for good reason: those who “hit the road” have been more and more numerous in the United States since the Covid crisis. A well-organized getaway, in a motorhome and often with the family. A change of life: you sell your house, you organize your livelihood, and you “hit the road”. Lauren and Aaron, approached by our team, took the plunge three years ago, and have no regrets. “Our decor changes all the time,” enthuses the 30-year-old. “Our environment is never the same, it’s just great, I love the change.” The couple sold their house and bought a used motorhome for 25,000 euros, to leave their Atlanta routine for good. With their two young children, they change location every 10 days on average. They finance themselves thanks to the online company that Aaron manages to manage remotely, and Lauren feeds their Instagram account with photos of their adventure. At the same luxury campsite are Gary and Trish, two wealthy retirees from Texas. After selling their house and their plumbing business, they bought a luxury motorhome for 450,000 euros. High-end fully equipped kitchen, master bedroom, large bathroom, and even a fireplace. Nothing is missing from their house on wheels… which, moreover, rolls less and less. Gary and Trish have indeed bought their place at the campsite, for 100,000 euros, and have built a small outbuilding on the spot to receive their friends. Because it’s a real community that has been formed, after having met from campsite to campsite. In the Sierra Nevada, at the foot of the grandiose “El Capitan” cliff, our little traveling family found friends, met during confinement, when their vehicle had been parked with dozens of others in Florida. These escapees from the middle-class suburbs are not about to return home, as Lauren acknowledges: “Returning to a sedentary life would be really, really difficult.” This video excerpt is from the replay of Sept à Huit, a weekly news and report program broadcast on TF1 and presented by Harry Roselmack. 7 à 8 offers 3 to 4 reports on current events: politics, miscellaneous facts, society or even international events.