Month: May 2012

(May 26, 2012) -- The Memorial Day holiday, which begins today, kicks off the summer season with campers and outdoor recreation enthusiasts booking reservations at Best Parks in America RV parks and campgrounds. Many of the 66 Best Parks in America affiliates report that bookings for RV sites and cabin rentals are ahead of 2011. And with Memorial Day weekend indicators of high occupancy at many parks, it looks like consumers are anxious to get outdoors, said Kohls.

(May 24, 2012) -- The episode will be shown Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and Monday at 4:30 p.m.  Highlights of Sam and Dave’s visit to Alliance Coach located in Wildwood, Fla., include a segment on RV maintenance and repair with Alliance Coach Vice President Brett Howard, a tour of new Monaco and Holiday Rambler RV products with Alliance Coach General Sales Manager Cy Whisnant, and a search for the right RV part with Alliance Coach General Manager Caroline Champion. The hosts also experienced a sneak peek of the latest technology for RV dealership service departments from Systems 2000.

(May 24, 2012) -- There are certain brand names that have become more than a brand, they define a category. Kleenex for facial tissues, Levi's for denim jeans, Coleman for camping, the list goes on and on. So how can your dealership become the name people think of first when they think of an RV dealership? The answer is in continued contact with your customers and target audience.

(May 24, 2012) -- Here we are knocking on summer's door, and road trip season is about to start. As Dallas Louis, author of "The Mommy Diaries: How I’m Surviving Parenting without Killing Anyone," preps for her family’s trip to Florida for a little fun-in-the-sun, she offers her Top 5 tried-and-true road trip tips to get her family on the way.

(May 24, 2012) -- Moonlight Music Fest, a three-day music festival, will kick off Friday at the Bosque Bottoms R.V. Park in Meridian. Event organizers said the money from the event will be used to update local VFW posts with sporting equipment that can be rented for a nominal cost, reports KWTX.

(May 24, 2012) -- CBC.ca reports that RCMP, Alberta traffic sheriffs, conservation officers and fish and wildlife officers handed out 5,711 tickets over the May long weekend, a majority of them for speeding.

(May 24, 2012) -- The United Blood Bank Services is at the Pismo Coast Village RV Resort in Pismo Beach today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. KSBY reports that the community is invited to come out, give blood and save a life.

(May 24, 2012)-- Rand McNally has expanded its award-winning travel community Best of the Road with a new microsite dedicated to RVers. The "Best of RVing" site, at bestoftheroad.com/rv, kicks off with a prize-a-day giveaway featuring items such as Rand McNally RV GPS devices, e-reader tablets, and campground memberships.

(May 24, 2012) -- TriCities.com reports that the Sullivan County Commission denied a request to rezone a residential piece of land next to Boone Lake in Piney Flats where the property owners want to build a 20-site, high-end campground that would be similar to a gated residential community.

(May 24, 2012) -- On Monday, the Magnolia Planning Commission voted to approve a variance to city zoning regulations to allow an RV park to be built in a residential zoning area, reports Magnoliareporter.