Month: March 2014

Editor’s Note: The following was sent to Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) members offering an update by Chairman Jeff Hirsch on dealer-assisted financing and its status with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Hirsch delivered the update at RVDA’s board meeting. During the RVDA Board of Directors meeting earlier this month, the board and staff spent a good […]

(March 28, 2014) -- "Our interiors division hit $100 million in sales last year, so it's an incredibly fast-growing division of ours," said Lippert. "We'll have everything under one roof for the first time. We can set things up the way we need to set things up."

Liberty Coach, a builder of Prevost luxury motorcoach conversions, announced the introduction of a new communication link that facilitates monitoring of a coach’s lithium ion battery systems from both inside and outside the vehicle. The new link allows motorcoach owners to monitor the performance of individual batteries or the entire battery system. Users can call up […]

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is expected to sign in to law legislation that was supported by the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) and passed by the state’s Senate and House to classify park model RVs as vehicles under Utah law for purposes of registration, titling and taxation. The legislative initiative in Utah is part of [...]

(March 27, 2014) -- "We remain committed to growing our market share by expanding sales of the company's higher-margin proprietary products and implementing new sales and marketing programs particularly for our core RV dealer market," said Musbach.

(March 27, 2014) -- “Advocacy Day is one of the highlights of Committee Week for attendees and a vitally important element in RVIA’s efforts to increase awareness of the industry and our issues at the federal level,” said Landers.

(March 27, 2014) -- The legislative initiative in Utah is part of RVIA’s continuing effort to clarify the regulation of park model RVs as a type of RV for state titling and taxation purposes. The law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2015.

(March 27, 2014) -- There are seven positions up for election this year including seats for four manufacturer representatives, two supplier representatives and one park model RV manufacturer representative.

(March 17, 2014) -- Smith manages the real estate company and owns three resorts, so he is in a unique position to help campground owners in Florida determine the best value for their businesses. Arlington, who owned a campground in rural Kansas for many years, knows what it's like to buy and sell a commercial property, too.

(March 27, 2014) -- In the podcast interview, Alanko, the president of MBA Insurance, talks about the success of the 2014 RV Rental School and why so many dealers are interested in jumping into the rental market. He describes dealers who make between $500,000 and $1 million in states where they have only a six-month rental season. He describes the advantages for dealers to rent RVs, as well as some of the common pitfalls that dealers can avoid to improve their profitability.