![]() ![]() It also helped that Atkinson's family lived 45 minutes away, so they could stay nearby while the build was being completed in early 2020. While the Rhode Island-based couple searched for East Coast van conversion companies, they saw OGA recommended online. Meagan Beauchemin and Kevin Atkinson of the Instagram were initially drawn to van life from Instagram and figured it would be a possible transition with Beauchemin's photography job and Atkinson's work, which was remote pre-COVID. a lot of them are starting to work anywhere and do it out of a van." "You can get everywhere, so if people that can do that. I think a lot of people are adjusting to that, or had already started to before COVID," said Bob Fensterheim, the company's chief financial officer and Aaron's father. "With everybody being able to work remotely, even before COVID. The term received double the amount of searches in July 2020 than it did in July 2019. Google Trends shows the number of searches for "camper van" began to skyrocket at the beginning of April 2020 and reached its peak popularity mid-summer. But the coronavirus pandemic sent interest through the roof. The uptick in social media buzz surrounding vans was already driving up demand by 2019, Fensterheim said, when OGA moved from its original Montgomery County location to a larger spot in Frederick on Bowman's Crossing. ![]() Most have remote jobs or are self-employed travel vans are well-suited for their lifestyle. YouTube and Instagram have been filled with pictures and videos of people living their "van lives," traveling the country in their vehicles and staying wherever they please. Yet while the company's capacity has increased, so has the demand. ![]() OGA is now converting about 70 vans a year for people all over the country from its workshop in Frederick. If Fensterheim hadn't added another 20 crew members to his company in recent years, that year-long wait would be much longer. ![]()
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