Month: June 2014

(June 27, 2014) -- In March 2013, the CFPB issued a bulletin to banks and finance companies that, under existing law, any dealer finance charge participation may violate the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B. Since then, industry and lawmakers have been pressing the CFPB to explain how it determined that dealer finance charges are discriminatory.

(June 29, 2014) -- “The RVDA Convention/Expo Committee and RVDA Board of Directors agree that an event celebrating the achievements of RV dealers will be a great addition to the overall convention experience for attendees in Las Vegas,” said Ingrassia.

(June 27, 2014) -- Right now, I've heard there are more than 10,000 RVs waiting in Elkhart to be shipped to dealers. With the RV buying season slowing down soon, dealers don't want the things any more because they don't want to store them for nine months until the next RV shows. So, let's put border patrol agents on a bus or plane and send them to Elkhart. They can each drive or haul a new RV down to Texas for delivery to a newly immigrated family seeking to experience the American Dream. The RVs could be paired with Government Motors trucks, thus helping out the RV industry and helping out President Obama's publicly funded automaker.

Xantrex, a manufacturer of charging and inverting equipment for RVs, will be featured over the next five weeks on the RV Travel Channel on YouTube. One segment a week will be promoted in RVtravel.com’s daily newsletter RV Daily Tips. All together, RVtravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury expects more than 100,000 RVers will view the segments over […]

Priority One Financial Service, Inc., a division of Forest River Inc., announced that Debbie Carcione is marking her 10-year anniversary with the company. According to a press release, Carcione is a business manager at Priority One where she provides retail financial services for recreational dealers nationwide. On a daily basis she works with lenders to obtain loan […]

(June 27, 2014) -- New owners at Ghost Station in Cochrane, AB are already seeing a busy season. The purchase included a store, gas station, campground, and recreational storage facility.

(June 27, 2014) -- A seasonal campground on the foreshore in Lee Creek in Salmon Arm, BC, will go to public hearing sometime this summer after regional district directors gave approval to move the proposal forward.

(June 27, 2014) -- Some of Iowa’s state parks impacted from last week’s flooding have reopened and are ready for visitors, but others have portions still closed.

(June 27, 2014) -- Heavy rainfall overnight in Interior Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve flooded a backcountry lodge and left more than 100 park guests and employees stranded beyond Wonder Lake on the Denali Park Road on Thursday.

(June 27, 2014) -- Advanced reservations for the upcoming Independence Day weekend are up 8 percent, compared to the same time last year. Labor Day advanced reservations show a nearly 20 percent increase in camper nights compared to the same time last year.