Month: April 2014

(April 11, 2014) -- The village of Hersey is offering a $300 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals responsible for several break-ins at the village of Hersey Campground.

(April 11, 2014) -- Destinations have been using words such as staycation, mancations, glamping, etc. to appeal to a specific group of people in their marketing.

(April 11, 2014) -- The Corps of Engineers has been working through severe winter weather to prepare the campgrounds for opening this year.

(April 11, 2014) -- Built to be mobile recreational shelters, the conversion of several camper trailers into more permanent residences has officials in the Oho River village of Manchester checking the rules.

Economist Richard Curtin, director of the Consumer Research Center at the University of Michigan, will provide his first projections for 2015 RV wholesale shipments in remarks at the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) Committee Week during the Joint Committee Luncheon, taking place from noon to 1:30 p.m. on June 2. His presentation will also include […]

(April 11, 2014) -- A truck with an over-the-cab camper exploded in neighborhood in Hillyard, Wash. early Thursday that shot a fireball 20-feet in the air and shattered windows in nearby homes.

Year-over-year motorhome registrations grew 2.3% in February and 7.7% for the first two months, according to the latest report from Statistical Surveys Inc. (SSI). Thor Industries Inc. held the No. 1 spot year-to-date with a 26.6% market share followed by Forest River Inc. (22.1%) and Winnebago Industries Inc. (19.4%). In the Class A category, February […]

This week’s segment of “RV Capital Talk” features an interview with Shannon Nill, owner and general manager of Guaranty RV Super Centers, discussing the dealership’s new RV Travel Center designed to create more of a destination element at the well known Junction City, Ore., store. To view the video scroll to the right side of the […]

Campers Inn, a New Hampshire-based RV dealership with nine locations across the east coast, announced  that its newest location in Union, Conn., is officially open for business. The dealership, located off I-84, is the fourth New England location for Campers Inn and the company’s first in Connecticut. Campers Inn began work on the location in […]

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) has hired Scott Graham to be the association’s national show director with the responsibility of supervising, planning and implementing all aspects of the National RV Trade Show. He replaces Mary “Mike” Hutya who retired on March 31 after 38 years of service to RVIA. According to an article in RVIA Today Express, Graham […]