Lazydays is an American company specializing in the sales and service of recreational vehicles, RV rentals, parts and accessories. The company was founded in 1976 and operates 5 locations in 3 states, including Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Loveland and Longmont, Colorado ; and its headquarters in Seffner, Florida.
Lazydays positions itself as the world's largest RV dealership, with 2,500 new and pre-owned RVs from 78 manufacturers across their 5 locations, 300 service bays, 700 campsites at 2 on-site campgrounds and an RV resort at their Florida location. At each location, Lazydays also has a store dedicated to specialty and OEM parts called Accessories & More. They also feature a fleet of rental vehicles at their Florida and Colorado Locations.
Lazydays RV is the exclusive RV sponsor of the Florida Gators, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Denver Broncos.
Lazydays Holdings, Inc. is a publicly listed company on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker "LAZY."
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History
Founded in Tampa, Florida, in 1976, Lazydays was originally owned by the Wallace family, which included Herman and his sons Don and Ron. Lazydays was founded with only two travel trailers and $500. During its first five years, the dealerships limited itself to selling travel trailers and mini motorhomes. Sales grew to $13 million by 1980 and $50 million by 1983. Herman Wallace retired in 1993 and Don Wallace took over the business. Bought in 2004 by LDRV Holdings Corp, Lazydays Tampa which claims to have the largest single site RV center in the country. The current Chairman & CEO is William P. "Bill" Murnane.
Lazydays established a second location in 2011 in Tucson, Arizona, when it purchased a dealership owned by Beaudry RV. Lazydays acquired three dealerships in Colorado from RV America and Discount RV Corner, which are located in Denver, Longmont and Loveland. With the acquisition of the dealership in Loveland, Lazydays RV is now home to the world's largest indoor showroom.
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Philanthropy
The Lazydays Employee Foundation was formed in 2005. It is a non-profit organization established using voluntary payroll deductions from Lazydays employees, and the proceeds are used to help underprivileged children. It also features a group called "The Dream Team" who volunteer to perform community services, such as building playgrounds.
The Lazydays Employee Foundation teamed up with Hillsborough Kids to help homeless teenagers by creating the Lazydays Center for Youth Development. Homeless teenagers can use the facility to get clothing, toiletries, and a possible home. The Foundation pledged to pay $70,000 a year for five years to provide salaries for staff members. The foundation has hosted an annual golfing tournament to raise funds towards homeless youths aged 18 to 24 in Hillsborough County for six years as of April 30, 2016. The foundation raised $101,000 towards helping at-risk children during its third Annual Golf Tournament, while the 2014 tournament managed to raise a total of $107,000. In 2016, the 6th Annual Golf raised the largest amount to date, thanks to over 90 sponsors.
The foundation also supported the trek of 10-year-old Zach Bonner, who chose to walk 668 miles from Atlanta to Washington from May 7, 2009 to July 11, 2009 and was featured in the movie The Little Red Wagon.
The Lazydays Employee Foundation has been recognized at the Be More Awards in 2012, receiving "The Judges Choice Award" and "Brilliant Innovation Award."
Television
Lazydays' Tampa and Tucson dealerships are featured on the TV show "Big Time RV" which airs on Travel Channel and Great American Country. The series follows on RV shoppers as they make their purchase decision, allowing viewers to see inside a variety of luxury RV models. The third season premiered in September 2016.
Accolades
According to Business Wire, "one of every ten new diesel motor homes" in the United States is sold by Lazydays. In 2008, it received a top five blue ribbon award from RV Dealers Magazine. The dealership was named #1 in Class A vehicles for its industry in the nation, and #1 in Class A and Class B vehicles for its industry in the state of Florida for 2013 and 2013 Overall Top Motorhome Dealer - single location. It was named one of the top dealers of Winnebago RVs. It was awarded "Top Winnebago Industries Dealer Single Location," "Top Winnebago Dealer North America," "Top Dealer Winnebago" and "Winnebago Circle of Excellence Dealer" in 2014. For 2013, Lazydays was the #1 Dealer for the Fleetwood RV Bounder, Storm and Tioga models. In 2016, Lazydays RV Resort was awarded a Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor, a "Top 50 Dealer Award" from RV Business and the "New Dealer of the Year" award from Featherlite.
References
External links
- Official website for Lazydays
- The Facebook page for Lazydays
- The Twitter page for Lazydays
- The Lazydays Blog
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