Ben Quiggle

For families with school-aged children summer break is filled with a slew of activities from vacations to summer jobs and just generally more time to spend outdoors, away from the routine of the school year. For campground owners, especially those in the northern states, this is typically the busiest time of the year, according to […]

Editor’s Note: Cyndy Zbierski, executive director of the Northeast Campground Association (NCA), spoke with RVBusiness sister company Woodall’s Campground Management about how NCA was doing in 2018 and some of the recent trends she has noticed in the campground arena. Zbierski has been involved in the campground sector since childhood. Her father, David Tetrault, was the […]

In June 2002, facing numerous complaints about a tire that had been installed on thousands of motorhomes, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. put out a service bulletin with one RV manufacturer to replace the tires for certain owners, free of charge. By then, Goodyear had received at least 20 injury and death claims over failures […]

Trump announced last week that the administration would follow through with 25% tariffs on imported steel and 10% on imported aluminum. The tariffs went into effect on Friday (June 1), according to CNN Money. Airstream-maker Thor Industries, the largest US manufacturer by sales, said on Thursday that tariffs had led to more expensive steel and aluminum prices […]

Speaking at the Baird’s 2018 Global Consumer, Technology & Services Conference in New York, N.Y., Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis revealed that Camping World’s plan all along has been to add RV dealerships to the acquired Gander Mountain locations, according to a press release.  At the conference, Lemonis revealed “Gander RV,” which he described as […]

At least two North Carolina campgrounds have suffered damage due to tropical depression Alberto, the first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season. Dee Witting, executive director of the Carolina Association of RV Parks and Campground (CARVC), told Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM) that River Creek Campground in Rutherfordton suffered from flood damage. According to Witting, a home on […]

Bobby Cornwell, president and CEO of the Florida Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (Florida ARVC), told Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM) today (May 29) that so far no reports of significant damage at Florida RV parks or campgrounds have been made in the wake of tropical depression Alberto. Forecasters downgraded Alberto, the first named storm of the 2018 […]

Campground association directors are saying that RV park and campground owners in northern states have had to deal with unseasonably cool temperatures and in some areas late spring snowfall, which has slowed the start of the 2018 camping season. Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM), sister publication to RVBusiness, reported that according to the National Weather Service, several […]

Campground owners need to be willing to embrace technology at their campgrounds, but how campers use that technology while camping may be shifting, according to the 2018 North American Camping Report commissioned by Billings, Mont.-based Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA). The report indicates that 93% of campers bring some form of mobile device with them on camping trips, […]

Editor’s Note: In December the Ventura Ranch Kampgrounds of America (KOA) Holiday in Santa Paula, Calif., fell victim to the Thomas Fire, losing more than 20 buildings. The Thomas Fire would go on to become California’s largest recorded wildfire, burning 281,893 acres and destroying 1,063 structures, according to CalFIRE. Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM), sister publication to RVBUSINESS, […]