The company that designed this luxury $290,000 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter camper van has a 9-month waitlist - see inside the Elevate

The Elevate camper van.Outside Van

• Custom camper van maker Outside Van unveiled a 170-inch Mercedes-Benz Sprinter camper that's valued at around $290,000: the Elevate.
• The Elevate has two showers, a kitchen, two beds, a six-person dinette, a lounge area, a toilet, and a robust speaker system.
• The van was purchased by "one of Hollywood's most popular actors" about four days after the company unveiled the build, Outside Van's marketing and creative director Brian Jagodnik told Business Insider in an email interview.
• The custom camper van maker currently has a nine-month waitlist for vans that haven't been produced yet.
• Outside Van's wait time has only been increasing as van life continues to skyrocket in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Jagodnik.

Custom camper van maker Outside Van unveiled the Elevate, a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-based camper van for about $290,000 that has been purchased by a famous actor.

Like other companies that specialize in road travel, Outside Van has been seeing success during the coronavirus pandemic. According to the company's marketing and creative director Brian Jagodnik, the camper van maker currently has a nine-month waitlist for vans that haven't been produced yet, and this wait time has only been increasing as #VanLife continues to skyrocket in popularity.

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As a camper van conversion company, Outside Van isn't alone in this sales boost. Earlier on in the coronavirus pandemic, several camper van makers started seeing an increase in client inquiries and sales as more people started road tripping instead of taking flights and cruises.