Professional RV Dealerships
Professional Full-Service RV Dealership Definition
A Recreation Vehicle (RV) Dealership is more than a gravel lot or open field displaying units for sale to the public. Professional Full-Service RV Dealerships are multifaceted facilities focusing primarily on the marketing of Recreation Vehicles products and services.
Professional Full-Service RV Dealerships are defined as follows:
- primary business operation is the marketing, for sale, of RV products and services
- operate year-round
- hold a signed Dealer Agreement for at least one new RV product line
- sell and service new and used rolling stock
- maintain a permanent facility which includes:
- the company name displayed prominently on the main building
- a service department with service bays large enough to accommodate the largest RV sold at that dealership
- a sales lot adequate to appropriately display inventory
- maintain a Parts Inventory large enough to service the products they sell
- employ or have under contract a minimum of one full-time licensed RV technician
- hold all provincial, municipal licenses, permits or other authorizations legally required to carry business
- acknowledge and adhere to both federal and provincial legislation regarding the sale of products
- adhere to the RVDA code of ethics which encourages members to:
- strive to promote the image of the industry; in the local community and on regional and provincial levels
- make the greatest contribution possible to the safety and welfare of the public in the purchase of the industry's products and services
- conduct business openly and honestly
Recreation Vehicles, or RVs, are vehicles that combine transportation and temporary living quarters for recreation, camping and travel. RVs fall into three general categories:
Towables & Campers:
An RV designed to be towed or carried by a motorized vehicle (car, van or pickup truck) whose size and weight do not require a special highway movement permit. These RVs do not require permanent on-site hook-up.
Motorized:
An RV built on, or as an integral part of, a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis, combining transportation and living quarters in one unit.
Park Models:
Featuring complete living quarters, Park Models are designed for occasional relocation and which may require a special highway movement permit. Park Models require permanent on-site hook-up.
An RV built on, or as an integral part of, a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis, combining transportation and living quarters in one unit.
Park Models:
Featuring complete living quarters, Park Models are designed for occasional relocation and which may require a special highway movement permit. Park Models require permanent on-site hook-up.