After Covid-19 decimated the hotel industry and caused closures throughout the nation, Wendy Heineke, 55, found herself at a crossroads. With 35 years of experience, she resigned from her position as a senior vice president at a hotel real-estate investment trust, sold her house in Maryland and hit the road full time in a 42-foot luxury motor coach with her fiancé, Jimmie Steinberg, 53, a serial entrepreneur.
The first year was uneventful, and the couple had “an amazing experience” in the $635,000 RV, Ms. Heineke said, traveling 16,000 miles criss-crossing the country. But then they faced an unexpected challenge.
