Month: June 2014

(June 13, 2014) -- The half-hour special "12 For The Road" is focused on kids with non-traditional lives, showcasing the day-to-day life of the 14-member Kellogg family who travel across country full-time in their RV. The show is set to air June 17th at 8 p.m ET on Nickelodeon.

(June 13, 2014) -- Many hotels are putting a luxurious spin on the camping experience by offering fully decked accommodations in the heart of nature.

(June 13, 2014) -- In a bipartisan vote, the House Financial Services Committee sought to turn back an effort by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to eliminate dealers' flexibility to discount the interest rate offered to vehicle buyers, the RV Dealers Association reported today.

(June 13, 2014) -- A 10-year-old Casper boy diagnosed with a rare recessive neurological disease received his very own RV camper from Sonny's RV through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

(June 13, 2014) -- As of June 9, advanced reservations for the Father’s Day weekend (June 13 to 15) were running 5.6 percent ahead of the same period in 2013. A total of 22,150 reservations had been made, representing a total of 56,100 camping nights.

Winnebago Industries Inc. will report financial results for the company’s fiscal third quarter, ended May 31, on June 26. The company will also host a conference call at 9 a.m. CDT to discuss performance during the quarter. the conference call may be heard live via the company’s website at http://www.winnebagoind.com/investor.html. The event will be archived and available for replay for the […]

More camping fathers – and their families – will be enjoying Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) locations in North America this Father’s Day weekend, according the advanced reservations reported by the Billings, Mont.-based company. As of Monday (June 9), advanced reservations for the Father’s Day weekend (June 13-15) were running 5.6% ahead of the same period […]

(June 13, 2014) -- Using airlock technology similar to that found on submarines and spacecraft, the pumping creates negative pressure between the suction cup ends and the contact surfaces. The air is forced out, resulting in a strong vacuum that holds without clamps, clips or sticky pads. Removes easily.

AmeriGO RV Club, the newest RV consumer organization in the RV industry, announced that one of its popular bloggers, Susie Kellog, and her family are scheduled to be featured on Nickelodeon’s Nick News TV show with Linda Ellerbee. According to a press release, the half-hour special “12 For The Road” is focused on kids with […]

Consumer confidence in the U.S. unexpectedly fell in June to a three-month low, adding to signs of a more restrained rebound in the second-quarter economy. Bloomberg reported that the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of sentiment decreased to 81.2 from 81.9 in May. The median projection in a Bloomberg survey of 67 economists called for a June […]