PMRV Manufacturers Starting to See Production Uptick

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted the park model RV industry in a big way, but the top two manufacturers of park model RVs are still producing units. “In 2015, we did $15 million in sales, but we had close to $80 million in park model sales last year,” said Dick Grymonprez, director of park model […]

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Michigan Campgrounds Topic of Next ‘WCM Fireside Chat’

Park owners in Michigan finally received some good news on Monday (June 1) when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lifted the state’s stay at home order, allowing private campgrounds to reopen to recreational campers. Still, some localities can limit recreational camping and there are guidelines park owners must follow as they welcome campers back. To help sort […]

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Commentary: California Campgrounds Mired in COVID-19 Hell

”Frustration” may not effectively express what Dyana Kelley, the CEO and president of the CampCalNOW RV Park and Campground Alliance (CampCalNOW), is feeling at the moment. But it’s the most politically correct term appropriate for public consumption available to Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM), a sister publication to RVBusiness magazine. That’s because the Golden State’s park owners have […]

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Calif. Campgrounds Struggling with Continued Restrictions

WCM Fireside Chats, the weekly livestream show produced by Woodall’s Campground Management, a sister publication to RVBusiness, welcomed Dyana Kelley, CEO and president of CampCalNOW RV Park and Campground Alliance (CampCalNOW), to the show June 1 to discuss the campground restrictions in California. She mentioned that the COVID-19 crisis has forced a majority of parks […]

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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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Mich. Campgrounds Still Await Green Light to Reopen

With Michigan State Parks set to open in late June and many private campgrounds still closed, Memorial Day weekend is going to feel different for many Michigan campers, and private park owners throughout the state are going to feel the financial sting, according to Greg Katt, executive director of the Michigan Association of RV Parks […]

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OCOA’s Grassroots Effort Leads to May 21 Reopening

There is light at the end of the tunnel for Ohio park owners as Gov. Mike DeWine announced a May 21 reopening date for campgrounds. The date is key for many park owners as it allows them to be open for Memorial Day weekend, typically one of the busiest weekends of the year for most […]

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PCOA: ‘The Best Cooperative Effort I Have Ever Seen’

Editor’s note: This note to Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association (PCOA) members was written by the association’s executive director, Beverly Gruber, and is posted here with her permission.  As I write this newsletter unprecedented things are happening in our world. None of us could have predicted that a pandemic would cause the world to shut down […]

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RoverPass Announces $5M Campground Stimulus

RoverPass, an online RV park directory and reservation system, announced during the Back to Camping Summit on Monday (May 11) that it had created a $5 million stimulus fund for RV parks and campgrounds that were current RoverPass customers. During a session entitled Back in Business: Making Our Way Out of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Ravi […]

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‘Back to Camping Summit’ Virtual Event Draws 500

A morning bike ride in early April served as a catalyst for what would become the virtual Back to Camping Summit, which concludes today (May 12). With more than 500 registered for the two-day event, there were more than a dozen educational sessions and Toby O’Rourke, CEO and president of Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA), […]

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