Month: March 2015

(March 2, 2015) -- Awesome RV, formerly Uhlmann RV, is an Olympia, Wash., business that, after many years of success, was ready for some change, and has made it a goal in 2015 to rebrand itself with a new name and some new features for its customers to look forward to.

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) reported January’s park model RV shipments totaled 261 units, an increase of 4% from the 227 units in the same month of 2014. By state, the largest number of park model units were shipped to Arizona, followed by Texas, then Maine, Wisconsin, Minnesota and California, according to RVIA figures.

(March 3, 2015) -- The Washington County Search and Rescue team had a busy Saturday responding to four campers who were stranded in the snow near Leeds, Utah, a man injured by a mule and a dirt bike rider who crashed and injured himself.

(March 2, 2015) -- Campers can start planning your camping trip to Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina now that the park has released the opening dates for the campgrounds.

(March 2, 2015) -- The Saskatchewan government has made some changes to the online booking system. In previous years the website crashed due to high traffic and people were overcharged on their credit cards.

Little Dealer, Little Prices of Mesa, Ariz., made a $1,000 gift to the Mike Molino RV Learning Center, bringing the dealership’s total lifetime contribution to $11,050. The RV Learning Center kicked off its annual fundraising campaign in November during the RV Dealers International Convention/Expo, the premier education event for dealers in North America. “The recent […]

Australians’ desire to see their country has helped push RV production to levels not seen since the industry’s boom years of the early 1970s. The Courier Mail reported that Queensland now has the second-highest number of caravan manufacturers in the country, building everything from humble camper trailers to “Rolls Royce” models that sell for more […]

(March 2, 2015) -- "The dip in nominal personal spending in January was entirely accounted for by lower prices, as gasoline prices fell sharply in the month," said Janzen, who noted the 0.5 percent drop left the measure up just 0.2 percent from a year ago, which was the lowest year-over-year change since October 2009.

A coalition representing auto lenders says a federal agency should admit it is wrong. According to Wards Auto, the group in a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) asks it to address its alleged bias and error in an analysis it uses to determine whether disparate impact, or unintentional discrimination, exists in a […]

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) reported January’s park model RV shipments totaled 261 units, an increase of 4% from the 227 units in the same month of 2014. By state, the largest number of park model units were shipped to Arizona, followed by Texas, then Maine, Wisconsin, Minnesota and California, according to RVIA figures.