Justin Leighty

The Northeast Campground Association’s (NCA’s) 53rd Northeast Conference on Camping and Trade Show wrapped up Saturday evening (March 18) in Nashua, N.H., after three days of solid turnout by campground operators from Maine to Maryland and all points in between. In all, more than 310 people attended the conference at the Radisson Hotel Nashua, the […]

While many RV parks and campgrounds offer some sort of rental option, Scott Cory’s experience working for Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) helped drive his choices to offer a range of rentals when he decided to leave the company and become a franchisee. Cory and Steven Bitter own the Ventura Ranch KOA, and they have taken […]

The Northeast Conference on Camping entered day two (March 17) of its three-day run in Nashua, N.H., marked by a full agenda and a decidedly upbeat tone by members following a year in which both public and private parks were setting records. “People are cooped up and ready to camp. They’ve been posting on Facebook, ‘Is […]

There’s no question that growth in camping is one of the biggest themes in the 2017 North American Camping Report, released today (March 14). Generation X and Millennials are driving a lot of growth in camping in general, but also in family camping, group camping and minority camping, according to the report, which was commissioned […]

The Northeast Conference on Camping opened Wednesday (March 16) in Nashua, N.H., with a lot of optimism for the upcoming camping season from member states comprising the Northeast Campground Association (NCA), which range from Maine to Maryland. “We have a wonderful program planned over the next three days,” said NCA Executive Director Cyndy Zbierski at the […]

Campers in North America are, unsurprisingly, placing more and more importance on technology, though they also have a bit of a love-hate relationship with the effect of “being connected” has on camping trips. But from a business standpoint, the overriding factor regarding technology is that, for U.S. campers, access to technology is allowing a substantial bloc […]

The 2017 North American Camping Report became public this morning (March 15), and it’s got a lot of good news for the camping and RVing sector, both in the short-term and over the long haul. Today’s report is the third edition of the North American Camping Report, and while each has been commissioned by Kampgrounds […]

Across the North American camping market, tenting still reigns supreme, with roughly 60% of all campers using tents to enjoy the great outdoors and Millennials being the age group most likely to camp in a tent. But as the camping market grows younger and more racially and ethnically diverse, so too grows the popularity of other […]

In a conference call following Sun Communities Inc.’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 earnings results last Thursday (Feb. 23), Gary Shiffman, CEO and chairman of the Southfield, Mich., company highlighted Sun’s performance gains. The company’s portfolio includes 349 RV and manufactured housing parks it owns or has an interest in across 29 states in the U.S. […]

RonBreymier, executive director of the Indiana Manufactured Housing Housing Association-Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council Inc. (IMHA-RVIC), and Ken Eckstein, owner of Mount Comfort RV and immediate past president of IMHA-RVIC, took a dozen representatives of the Indiana National Guard and the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs on a tour of RV and manufactured housing providers in […]