Ben Quiggle

Editor’s Note: Ocean City, Md.-based Blue Water Development began making waves in the RV resort sector in 2009 when a planned shopping center investment property turned into Castaways RV Resort and Campground in Berlin, Md. Owned by Jack and Todd Burbage, Blue Water was originally started to build housing, shopping centers and hotels, something they […]

The threat of the Ferguson Fire and the increasing presence of smoke has caused reservations to drop at High Sierra RV Park in Oakhurst, Calif., according to the park’s general manager Kathy Frye. “We were packed in the weeks before the fire started,” she noted to Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM). “But now we have quite a few […]

Sagadahoc Bay Campground in Georgetown, Maine, has been a hive of activity since representatives from NBC’s“The Today Show” called a little over a week ago informing them that Al Roker would like to shoot part of the July 24 morning program from the park, according to park owners Eric and Patricia Kosalka. Patricia Kosalka told Woodall’s Campground Management, sister publication […]

Mary Arlington, executive director of the Colorado Campground and Lodging Owners Association, said that wildfires and follow-up rain have had a “negative impact on tourism in many parts of Colorado.” “While nearly all campgrounds have not been closed or evacuated this summer, 2018 cancellations have been off the charts,” Arlington told Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM), sister publication […]

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 […]