EDITOR’S NOTE: Tony Yerman, a technical consultant for the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA), has developed a list of precautions that dealerships, which are listed as essential businesses and still able to operate at some capacity, can enact to mitigate the risk of exposure to its employees and customers during the pandemic. 1. Wear gloves. […]
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Supporting the needs of the community during the COVID-19 crisis, Fresno, Calif.-based RV Country is providing a motorhome as a rest and meeting location for front line health care workers at Kaweah Delta Medical Center in Visalia, Calif., the company announced Thursday (April 9). RV Country has donated the use of a 37-foot-long, fully outfitted […]
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In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the RV Technical Institute (RVTI) will begin offering the Level 1 training course online later this month. The online, interactive classes will be virtually taught by RVTI trainers through Zoom. The rollout of this new curriculum delivery system will allow RV technicians to continue to be trained and […]
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Northern Indiana’s RV industry is taking a significant hit because of the COVID-19 pandemic and will start to turn around once the crisis ends. But it may take some time – plausibly during next summer’s selling season – before the Elkhart, Ind.-based RV sector can launch a substantial recovery, states Claire Zheng, an economic research […]
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It was a mixed bag in year-over-year retail registrations for February 2020, as Class A motorhomes saw a decline while Class C motorhomes reported a slight increase compared to the same month in 2019, according to to the latest report from Statistical Surveys Inc. Combined, Class A and C sales saw a 2.5% drop in the […]
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ABOUT THE VIDEO: Mike Wendland, who with his wife Jennifer are the editors of the RV Lifestyle podcast and YiouTube channel, interview Emily Phillips and Holly Haggard of RVs 4 MDs. This group is making it possible to help healthcare workers have a livable space so they can stay isolated while helping people during this […]
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The Virginia Campground Association is asking Governor Northam to make some changes to Executive Order 55, according to a Wednesday report by WHSV. “We feel that this particular order with the 14-day stay mandate, it really restricts a lot of people and it causes RV’ers to have nowhere to go,” Emily Peck, Executive Director of […]
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Led by experts from global management consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, RV Trader, an online marketplace for RV shoppers and division of Trader Interactive, will be providing a webinar on the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). at 4 pm (Eastern) today. The PPP, administered by the Small Business Administration, provides small businesses of 500 […]
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Global automakers reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic are accelerating efforts to restart factories from Wuhan to Maranello to Michigan, using safety protocols developed for China, according to a report today (April 9) by Automotive News. Certain safety measures differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. Ferrari said on Wednesday (April 8) it would offer voluntary blood tests […]
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The RV Industry Association (RVIA) is hosting a Q&A webinar at 2 pm (Eastern), April 15, with Dr. Richard Curtin, PhD, as he discusses consumer confidence in the wake of COVID-19. A longtime RV industry analyst and director of the survey of consumers at the University of Michigan, Dr Curtin will share the latest data […]
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