Ben Quiggle

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, […]

It was a big year for Kampgrounds of America’s (KOA) Care Camps in 2017, as the organization passed the $12 million mark in the amount of money raised since the program was started in 1984. Focused on providing children diagnosed with cancer an opportunity to attend camp, Wade Elliott, KOA Care Camps chairman, told Woodall’s […]

Editor’s Note: Jim Westover, vice president of operations at Milford, Ohio-based Leisure Systems Inc. which franchises Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts, spoke with Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM) about the franchises recent recognition by business-focused magazines Franchise Business Review and Entrepreneur. The 83-park system appeared for the first time on Franchise Business Review’s Top 200 list of award-winning franchise opportunities, and moved up 207 […]

In 2013, John T. Baker stood next to his grandfather looking over a piece of land to the east of Austin, Texas, and told him he was going to turn the roughly 42 acres of land into a campground. “I think I have spent one night in an RV and have camped a half-dozen times,” […]