Month: December 2016

(Dec. 6, 2016) -- The average selling price for motorized units was $38,206, which is down $6,391 (14.3 percent) from the previous month. Towables came in at $13,129 up $321 (2.5 percent) from last month.

(Dec. 6, 2016) — Marathon County Crime Stoppers is asking for your help to find a motorhome that was stolen from the town of Rib Mountain, Wausau Daily Herald reported.

(Dec. 6, 2016) -- Dealer attendance fell by 6.7 percent, yet total buyers were up by nine people. Total attendance dropped by 51; however, international attendance rose by 119 people and represented 18 percent of all buyers.

(Dec. 6, 2016) — Emergency services were scrambled to the scene to reports of multiple injuries on the mountain near Murwillumbah, Australia, on Tuesday, Express reported.

(Dec. 6, 2016) -- Booming tech and professional services sectors should denote a healthy economy, but a new Gallup analysis identifies fundamental weaknesses in the U.S. economy that have emerged over decades.

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) 54th annual National RV Trade Show ended Dec. 1 after a robust display of industry participation that included dealers, suppliers, manufacturers and media converging on the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. RVIA reported in a release that attendance totaled 7,674 for the four-day event, on par with the 7,725 […]

Tucson, Ariz., RV park owners are alarmed over escalating surcharges that are being applied to RV parks, which they fear could drive snowbirds to abandon Tucson in favor of other more affordable destinations. “These fees pose an unfair financial burden on RV park guests and undermine Tucson’s competitiveness as a snowbird destination,” said Scott Swanson, […]

Black Book reported that towable RV wholesale values continued at a record-setting pace during November while motorhomes experienced a substantial decline. “Once again, we’re seeing towable sales at auction increase, which is fairly surprising given the time of year and the usual effects of seasonality,” said Eric Lawrence, director of specialty products for Black Book. Motor […]

Thor Industries Inc. President and CEO Bob Martin, who recently earned the No. 21 spot on Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year list, has shined the spotlight on the RV industry and Indiana’s Elkhart County. To view the video click here or scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.

Editor’s Note: The following story appearing in the SC Times reports on a significant step toward combatting drug overdose championed by Dan Pearson, owner of Minn.-based Pleasureland RV. Pearson is a former Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) chairman, current vice chairman of the Mike Molino RV Learning Center and a director of the RV Assistance Corp. […]