Month: July 2012

(July 9, 2012) -- The RV/MH Hall of Fame Update announced today that during the first week of July, it received several new contributions totalling in excess of $15,0000 toward the Ingram Family $100,000 challenge grant. The July contributions included a donation of $10,000 by Roy Beck and $5,000 from Bill Feneck, Searer reported.

(July 9, 2012) -- The first dealership is Specialty RV Sales, a two-location, full service RV dealership located in Lancaster, Ohio, which serves the scenic Hocking Hills region southeast of Columbus. The second dealer to join the network is Coastal RV in Carrollton, Va.

(July 9, 2012) -- “Given the synergies of these two business sectors, it made a lot of sense for us to pursue this acquisition,” added Goldenberg. “We can foresee both publications -- and websites -- benefitting from the melding of these two titles.”

(July 9, 2012) -- Evanne Schmarder, principal of Roadabode Productions and co-author of Unconventional Wisdom Works: 25 Marketing Strategies to Build Your Outdoor Recreation Business Today, will present this live webinar investigating how low or no cost guerrilla marketing tools can make RV dealerships more visible to prospects and customers.

(July 9, 2012) -- SD4, as the station is known, reaches more than 1 million homes in San Diego County, Imperial County, Riverside County and Yuma County, and is availble on Cox Cable systems and Time Warner cable.

(July 9, 2012) -- A U.S. company has developed the space-age solution to keep an RV interior dry and fresh. With a rugged yet classy design, the H2Out Space Dryers use a desiccant developed by NASA. This proven technology will prevent water condensation and contamination, eliminating corrosion, rust, mold, mildew, dampness and odors.

(July 9, 2012) -- CrossRoads RV announced today that the popular Cruiser Aire line now has fifth wheel options. This marks the first time CrossRoads has offered an ultra lightweight RV as a fifth wheel. The Cruiser Aire fifth wheel is currently available in three floor plans with two additional floor plans in the works.

(July 9, 2012) -- “Last year, after hearing the reservation staff telling people we are sorry we don’t have a cabin available, I decided to have them start keeping track of the lost sales,” said Quigley, owner of the 164-site resort. “I was shocked to see the total lost sales from early July through October to be over 230 site nights.”

(July 9, 2012) -- What’s interesting is the number of claims that fall into the “I forgot” category, and while many of these are not catastrophic, they can exceed the deductible, and claims equal higher insurance rates, the company noted. Here is a checklist to help RVers avoid the “I forgot” insurance claims?

(July 9, 2012) -- The Zanesville Times Reporter tells the story of a Vietnam veteran who had a tree crush the roof of his RV -- and it was a good thing it did.