Xantrex to Host Live Solar Power Online Q&A with ‘RVgeeks’

Xantrex, manufacturer of power inverters, lithium battery systems, and solar panels, is teaming up with Peter Knize and John Sullivan, hosts of YouTube’s popular RVgeeks channel. Seventeen-year full-timers Knize and Sullivan are also the co-hosts and co-executive producers of the Discovery Channel and PBS TV show The RVers. Knize and Sullivan will host a Facebook […]

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Built on Historical Island, KOA Adapts to Flooding, COVID

Throughout history, the often-repeated stories of immigrants coming to the U.S. from foreign lands to pursue their dreams in business and in life has been the embodiment of the American Dream. But while the U.S. campground industry is filled with examples of native-born entrepreneurs, husband and wife teams and families who have built successful campgrounds […]

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Caravan Salon Venue Eyes Digital Restart to Trade Fairs

Messe Düsseldorf, which hosts Europe’s largest RV trade show, Caravan Salon, and several others, says that thanks to strong results in 2019 it is in a strong financial position to manage the effects the Corona pandemic will have on its operations and profitability in 2020. It also says it is rising to the current challenges […]

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Numerous Reports Show RV Sales, Rentals Booming

RV sales and rentals across the U.S. are booming ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, as long-weekend vacationers seeks to safely travel amid COVID-19 concerns. NBC affiliate WCYB staffer Alayna Clay, reporting from Johnson City, Tenn., noted that as more restrictions were lifted ahead of the holiday weekend, campgrounds were filling up and RV sales […]

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Boondocking: Safest Way to RV Amid Virus Outbreak

Editor’s Note: This article was reprinted by permission from TruckCamperAdventure.com. Americans have cabin fever and are anxious to vacation. States hard-hit by COVID-19 pandemic like New York, California, and New Jersey largely remain locked down, yet a good number of states in America’s heartland and in the South are allowing their businesses to open back-up […]

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Care Camps Big Weekend Goes Virtual; Support Needed

Moved to a virtual format this year in response to the COVID-19 crisis, Kampgrounds of America Inc.’s (KOA) Care Camps Big Weekend was still a success, according to Jennifer Mercer, Care Camps’ director of development. Held at the beginning of May, normally Big Weekend allows campers to stay at participating KOA parks on a Friday […]

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Senate to Vote on Great American Outdoors Act in June

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced yesterday (May 21) that the Senate will take up the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) when it resumes work in June, according to a release from the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR). This landmark legislation would fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), as well as address […]

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‘Employee Wellbeing in Post-Pandemic Era’ Webinar Set

The Mike Molino RV Learning Center and strategic partner KPA will host a free webinar at 1 p.m. Eastern, Wednesday, May 27, titled “Return to Work Safely: Employee Wellbeing in a Post-Pandemic Era,” according to a release. Attendees of this complimentary webinar will learn: How to work with employees afraid to return to work About […]

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