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☆ Insider Today: Austin's genius housing fix
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This week's dispatchThe high cost of weight-loss drugsiStock; Rebecca Zisser/BIWhy are two popular weight-loss drugs — Wegovy and diabetes medication Ozempic — so expensive in the US? Patients also bargain-hunt for cheaper weight-loss drugs online, or try to use manufacturer-issued coupons. See the full listiStock; Rebecca Zisser/BIDeals we loveCalling all Madewell shoppers: The bi-annual Madewell Insiders sale is here with 25% off almost everything full-price and an additional 40% off sale. The bi-annual Madewell Insiders sale is here with 25% off almost everything full-price and an additional 40% off sale. The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, deputy editor and anchor, in New York City.

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☆ 42-year-old self-made millionaire: I lived in a 200-square-foot RV for 3 years as I built wealth—it was 'actually quite freeing'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Steve Adcock | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The 'freeing' reality of living smallOne of the biggest challenges was getting rid of most of our stuff before moving into the Airstream. We held garage sales over several weekends and digitized thousands of photos onto CDs instead of keeping physical photographs. Living small made household chores quick and easy. Photo: Steve AdcockOur expenses on the roadFor the first year of travel, we spent about $35,000. A night shot of our Airstream in a small campground just west of Tucson, AZ in 2016.

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☆ Clarence Thomas, who has faced scrutiny over his ethics, discusses people who 'bomb your reputation'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The subsequent uproar resulted in Thomas updating financial disclosures to indicate his ties to the conservative donor. "I think what you are going to find and especially in Washington, people pride themselves on being awful. It is a hideous place as far as I'm concerned," Thomas told his Friday audience, per the AP. Representatives for Thomas and the Supreme Court did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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☆ A retired Microsoft exec and his wife fell in love with RVing during the pandemic. Now he's using AI to help you plan your next road trip.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Scott Lengel, a former Microsoft CTO, launched an AI-powered RV road trip planner, AdventureGenie. A couple of years later, in May 2023, Lengel launched AdventureGenie — an AI-powered RV trip planner. The biggest thing AI brings to AdventureGenie's trip planning is the customization, Lengel said. Instead of looking up a generic road trip planner that is the first hit served to everyone on Google, AdventureGenie can create itineraries that are unique to you. Lengel said new AdventureGenie users often say it saves them so much time planning their trip just by filling in their route.

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☆ Winnebago unveils new cheaper trailer RV as travel trailer sales slump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Sales of travel trailers — and RVs in general — have slumped since the industry's heyday during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid this decline, Winnebago has unveiled a new cheap travel trailer: the $29,600 Access. AdvertisementAdvertisementWinnebago has unveiled its cheapest entry-level travel trailer yet in a bid to attract budget travelers amid the legacy RV maker's slump in sales. Shipments for these homes on wheels have dropped 47.7% from 2023 compared to 2022, according to July data from the RV Industry Association. And looking at travel trailers specifically, shipments have slid 51.9% during that same period.

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☆ RV sales are slumping. Winnebago is betting its new-and-improved $150,000 camper van can change this.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

RV sales have slumped after hitting a record high during the COVID-19 pandemic. Winnebago is betting a refresh of its popular Solis Pocket camper van will bring in new buyers. Amid a slump in RV sales, Winnebago is betting a refresh of its popular Solis Pocket camper van will bring the legacy RV company a needed boost. And this boon was immediately felt across the industry as travelers began scrambling to buy tiny homes on wheels. Sales were so frenzied, Winnebago amassed an astounding $4.37 billion backlog in orders in 2022.

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July 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy may ultimately skirt a recession, but it's felt like one for months at Jon Ferrando's 103 RV dealerships. "Our industry has always been a little challenged on forecasting around demand," said Jason Lippert, CEO of LCI Industries, a large supplier of parts to the RV industry that is also based in Elkhart. "If I was just looking at RV data, I would be screaming recession," said Michael Hicks, an economics professor at Ball State University in Indiana who tracks the industry, adding that pullbacks in RV shipments have signaled every U.S. recession since 1981. "We expect in the second half of this year shipments (of RVs) will start to increase again," Geraci said. Gregg Fore, an RV industry consultant who previously ran an RV parts supplier, said half the new inventory at some dealers he works with are 2022 models.

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☆ I went off-road RVing for the first time in a $375,000 Ford-based EarthCruiser RV and saw why people are ditching traditional road trips for this luxury tiny home on wheels
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

I thought I was fully prepared for this experience, but it turns out research can't prepare you for what it's actually like to operate one of these large overlanders. Brittany Chang/Insider

☆ How much 2 creators earn through an online course teaching others how to self-repair their RV truck
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

For Debra and Barry Benton, RVing is all about building community — both on the road and online. They run a blog and social media community, The Virtual Campground, and an online course for fellow RVers about repairing their vehicles, called "Fix It Yourself." "That first year that we were on the road, we noticed that what you really miss when you go out and become a full-timer is that sense of community," Debra Benton told Insider. The Bentons' RV. Debra Benton.

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