Holiday House Travel Trailers 1960 Pillow

Holiday House travel trailers were the brainchild of David H. Holmes, President of a holiday gift basket firm in Medford, Oregon, in 1959. Holmes was concerned about keeping his employees during the slow months, so he leveraged his personal interest in upscale travel trailers to give them something to do and stay on the payroll. Production of the wood-framed, aluminum-sided trailers begin in late 1959 with full scale production in place in February the following year. The 1960 lineup included '17, '19, and '24 models, with the '24 being a tandem axle. For 1961 the model designations changed to '18, '20, and '24 with the two smaller models gaining a foot in length and all three receiving chassis upgrades, and larger bathrooms.