Month: January 2017

You might think of it as Airbnb on wheels. An Okotoks, Alberta, couple are hoping to start an entirely new peer-to-peer market with travel trailers and utility trailers. The Calgary Metro reported that WheelEstate.ca allows owners of towable RVs to rent them out to other users by the day. The idea was born in the 2009 […]

You might think of it as Airbnb on wheels. An Okotoks, Alberta, couple are hoping to start an entirely new peer-to-peer market with travel trailers and utility trailers. The Calgary Metro reported that WheelEstate.ca allows owners of towable RVs to rent them out to other users by the day. The idea was born in the […]

Editor’s Note: The following is a list of recent RV-related recalls compiled by the U.S National Highway Transportation Safety Association (NHTSA). • Keystone RV Co. is recalling 1,651 2016-2017 Alpine fifth-wheel recreational trailers manufactured Aug. 10, 2015, to Dec. 1, 2016, and Avalanche fifth-wheel recreational trailers manufactured Sept. 11, 2015, to Dec. 1, 2016. The Federal […]

J.D. and Shirley Cook began spending about half their year in Victoria, Texas, nine years ago, the Victoria Advocate reported. They first chose to come to Victoria because it is in the Crossroads and close to many big cities, J.D. Cook, 45, said. “We stayed in a few places, and we found that we liked […]

Attendance at the Florida RV Trade Association’s (FRVTA) 32nd Annual 2017 Florida RV SuperShow in Tampa last week drew an estimated 70,000 attendees — breaking the previous year’s attendance by 7,000. The robust turnout at the Florida State Fairgrounds has prompted several Northeast Florida dealers to prepare for a strong showing at the 2017 Jacksonville RV […]

In addition to a record-setting crowd of more than 70,000, a sold-out 850-site rally and the most ever units on display at about 1,600, the recent Florida RV SuperShow featured more than 450 vendor booths featuring parks, campgrounds, aftermarket accessories and a variety of other retailers. One exhibitor that was particularly busy was MORryde as […]

RVIA’s Standards Department will be hosting the State Administrators Meeting (SAM) on April 6, 2017 at the Embassy Suites Hotel–Omaha-Downtown/Old Market in Omaha, Neb., as the association works to finalize the 2017 editions of standards for the RV industry.  As reported by RVIA Today Express, the state code administrators from Oregon, Nebraska and Washington, along […]

Highland Ridge RV, a subsidiary of Jayco Inc., conducts a factory tour of its production facility in Shipshewana, Ind. To view the video click here or scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.

Spring-boarding off of the unprecedented success in 2016, SylvanSport has added Arrkann Trailer & RV with two locations in Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta, and Southington, Conn.-based Hemlock Hill RV to its dealer body. According to a press release, as SylvanSport “continues to build relationships with its dealers, the company is simultaneously opening doors to future partners and customers.” New […]

Technicians from Sky River RV’s Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, and Buellton service centers in California received extensive training from Airstream service manager specialists Jim Parrett and Dan Snider during a three-day session held last week. This hands-on training was centered on the pre-delivery inspection, customer delivery of Airstream touring coaches and travel trailers, and aluminum repair and […]