Month: February 2014

Editor’s Note: The following is a column penned by RVtravel.com Editor Chuck Woodbury offering a look at his recent visit to the Tampa Show where he checked out luxury motorhome builder Millennium Coach’s manufacturing facility. Like many of you, I am hooked on the popular PBS series “Downton Abbey.” It’s a period drama about the [...]

Winnebago Industries Inc. and Ram had the perfect venue this week at the Chicago Auto Show to exhibit the 2014 Winnebago Travato, a Class B motorhome based on the Ram ProMaster chassis. According to a report by Cars.com, that’s because the record cold temperatures and near record snowfall this very, very long winter have pushed [...]

When the five top Northeast Florida RV dealerships converge on the Jacksonville Equestrian Center on Thursday (Feb. 13) for the Florida RV Trade Association’s (FRVTA) Jacksonville RV MegaShow, their 400 motor-homes, fifth-wheels, trailers, and pop-ups will take up most of the space and generate most of the sales. However, according to a report by the [...]

Inside Dutchmen RV in Elkhart County, Ind., employees are in “catch up mode” to get back on track after an unusually cold December that led into one of the worst Januarys seen in decades, television station WSBT reported. “When we lose a day of production, it can put us back two or three days,” explained [...]

(Feb. 7, 2014) -- If you have expectations for how much of your inventory you want to sell in a year, then shouldn’t you have expectations for how much money you want tied up in inventory and how you’re going to turn it into a profit as quickly as possible?

Visiting the Feb. 14-17 Springfield (Mass.) RV, Camping & Outdoor Show on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield is almost like taking a vacation without stepping outside the fairgrounds, MassLive.com reported. At the popular show “vacationers” can find exhibits by many major RV dealers who offer a wide range of equipment [...]

(Feb. 7, 2014) -- "This year, it’s all coming together, with a rapidly expanding dealer base and booming retail sales," said Spencer. "We can feel the momentum building, and we intend on capitalizing on it with dealers who want to share in our growth.”

(Feb. 7, 2014) -- Wellhouse Leisure will be showing its award-winning campervans, plus two new models and a preview of a potential new compact campervan on its stand at The Caravan and Camping Show at the NEC, Birmingham

(Feb. 7, 2014) -- Wellhouse Leisure is expanding and introducing a new brand, Volksleisure, which will be officially launched at The Caravan and Camping Show at the NEC, Birmingham from 18 to 23 February.

Findlay RV body shop Manager Rob Russell is a behind-the-scenes kind of guy who fixes things, according to the Las Vegas (Nev.) Review-Journal. From the simple fender bender to the full-blown, head-on accident with a giant deer, he has seen it all over the past 27 years. Repairing the body of a motor home requires [...]