Month: February 2018

If it were up to Amelia Holloway’s daughters – a 7-year-old and 4-year-old twins – the family’s next camper will need one feature to pass muster: bunk beds. “They love looking at the bunkhouses,” she said Sunday in the waning hours of the 2018 Fort Wayne RV & Camping Show. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette […]

Alliance Coach held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction on its new RV sales center on State Route 44 in Wildwood, Fla., on Feb. 1. Once completed, there will be new sales offices, RV display areas and a turn lane to provide easy access from the roadway.  According to a press release, owners Alan and Judy Shapiro are […]

Mercedes-Benz is on the cusp of revealing its latest Sprinter light commercial vehicle, with the brand set to raise the curtain on the new platform at its world premiere tomorrow (February 6) in Duisberg, Germany. Motoring reported that the brand has delivered a steady drip-feed of information on the new Sprinter in the lead-up to […]

Carefree of Colorado’s new Carefree Retreat Tailgate Annex attaches to the back of a toy hauler trailer, fully enclosing the entire tailgate to give RVers more usable living space without upsizing their RV or affecting their towing capacity. Elden Wood, vice president of sales, service and marketing, stated in a press release, “What we aimed […]

(Feb. 5, 2018) -- A few videos back, Jennifer delivered some straight talk to RV wives about RV living. Now, it's my turn.

Fort Worth, Texas-based Regency RV announced that it will be featuring its new Xalta Class B motorhome to dealers and consumers at the Houston RV Show Feb. 7-11 in the Topper’s Camping Center RV display.   Launched in 1965, the event is Texas’ largest RV expo with over 600 recreational Vehicles on display along with RV-related vendors representing campgrounds, resorts, […]

Looking out over the vast expanse of farmland that surrounds his home on C.R. 36 in Goshen, Ind., early Saturday (Feb. 3) afternoon, Stephen Salisbury was visibly upset about the prospect of losing that familiar landscape to industrial development.   And he’s not alone.   The Goshen News reported that Salisbury is one of a number of property […]

NADAguides’ year-end Market Insights Report for 2017 shows that its web traffic was significantly higher across the board over the past year, indicating strong consumer interest in RV travel. RV Executive Today Online reported that younger buyers are driving the demand for camping and truck trailers and, to a lesser extent, Class C motorhomes, says […]

(Feb. 5, 2018) -- Two years ago, the Homes section introduced Deryl Dale, a longtime master carpenter in Bloomington who decided to build himself a tiny home. In 2015, he began assembling it on a friend’s property off Ind. 446. His long time carpenter partner, Steve Neuenschwander, worked with him.

(Feb. 5, 2018) -- Forest River is recalling certain 2018 Palomino PaloMini recreational trailers. The mounting bracket for the single liquid propane (LP) bottle may break allowing the LP bottle to detach from the vehicle.