Month: November 2018

(Nov. 8, 2018) -- I enjoy television series. Some I follow from the beginning, tuning in each week. Some I stream or binge-watch on DVD; some are a little of both. After cramming the first couple of seasons while the shows were still airing, I blame “The Sopranos” for my HBO subscription, and “Dexter” for Showtime.

(Nov. 8, 2018) -- It’s no secret that across North America, many towns and cities are becoming increasingly anti-RV, prohibiting overnight camping anywhere except in RV campgrounds, which often charge an arm and a leg for what can often be pretty dismal campsites.

(Nov. 8, 2018) -- After stocking up on supplies in Durango, CO, I take 160 west to the small town of Mancos, where my friend Kate is celebrating her birthday. Her and her husband bought property in the area where they park their RV in the summer, then in the winter they travel around the south.

With a standing-room only crowd overflowing out of the Champagne Ballroom at the Paris Las Vegas Wendesday night (Nov. 7), the RVBusiness Top 50 Dealers Awards reception honored North American RV dealers for their outstanding customer service, community involvement and general excellence in overall operations. (To view a slideshow of the RVDA Expo scroll to […]

Mike Regan of Crestview RV Center in Buda, Texas, became RVDA’s 2019 chairman during the traditional gavel passing ceremony at today’s annual meeting. Regan, who started his career in the automotive industry, told convention attendees that although the two industries share similarities, he quickly realized he’d need to adapt to some important differences. In addition […]

Overall sales in the motorized segment dipped 1.2% for the first nine months of 2018, as the Class A and Class C markets remained flat. According to the latest report from Statistical Surveys Inc. (SSI), Thor Industries Inc. was the motorized sales leader for the nine months with a 43.2% market share, ahead of Forest […]

Bill Koster, vice president of specialty products at Protective Asset Protection, received the James B. Summers Award — the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association’s (RVDA) highest honor— for his 25-plus years of involvement in the RV retail industry. In presenting the award during Wednesday’s annual meeting, RVDA President Phil Ingrassia noted in a press release that […]

Chinook Motor Coach Corp. (CMC) has been quietly building its entry into the Class B motorized and towable RV markets over the past 18 months.  In July of 2017, RVBUSINESS.com reported that the Las Vegas, Nev.-based Class B motorhome builder was setting up shop in Elkhart, Ind., investing nearly $2.5 million to potentially create over […]

One of the busiest people on the trade show floor during the 2018 RV Dealers Convention/Expo at the Paris Las Vegas, has been Dustin Johns, president of Travel Lite RV. The towables and truck camper manufacturer brought two models of its Evoke travel trailer – including the all-new X Series – and Johns stayed busy […]

Camping World Holdings Inc. closed on just one acquisition in the third quarter, but the Lincolnshire, Ill.-based company announced two more deals and signed a purchase agreement for another in October as it takes advantage of a marketplace that is ripe for active buyers. “In a highly fragmented industry that is primarily comprised of smaller […]