Rick Kessler

For the third year, Go RVing and Sports Illustrated magazine are teaming up to produce a season-long, cross-country tour of some of college football’s most storied venues in celebration of two American traditions: tailgating and RVing. Officially dubbed the “2015 Sports Illustrated College Football Tailgate Tour presented by Go RVing,” the tour begins its 10-city […]

For a few days starting next week, the Sanibel Harbor Marriott Resort and Spa in Fort Myers, Fla., will be overrun with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and all other sorts of superheroes. It’s not a Comic Con, though. The capes and spandex are part of “Discover Your Inner Hero! RV Con 2015,” which is the theme […]

Mark Bowersox, whose last day as executive director of the Indiana Manufactured Housing Association-Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (IMHA-RVIC) is Friday (Sept. 4), was honored with a farewell reception last night by the Indianapolis-based organization. “It was very nice, a lot of fun and it was very gracious of people to come see me off,” Bowersox […]

Editor’s Note: To view a slideshow of the Forest River West Coast Open House scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page. Forest River Inc. officials reported that about 150 dealer personnel attended the 4th Annual West Coast Open House, held Aug. 18-20 at the company’s manufacturing plant in Harrisburg, Ore. About 100 […]

During the week of the Elkhart County RV Open House, Skyline Corp. will display four park model RVs at its headquarters in Elkhart, Ind. Current and prospective dealers will be able to tour the Shore Park and Vacation Villa units – two will be CSA models and two will be ANSI models – as well […]

During the week of the Elkhart County RV Open House, Skyline Corp. will display four park model RVs at its headquarters in Elkhart, Ind. Current and prospective dealers will be able to tour the Shore Park and Vacation Villa units – two will be CSA models and two will be ANSI models – as well […]

San Francisco-based startup Outdoorsy today (Aug. 20) announced the launch of the first-ever community-driven marketplace bridging the gap between the fast-growing demand for rental RVs and the people who supply them. After a successful beta program in California, RV inventory will now be available for rent in all 50 states, the company announced in a […]

More than 100 dealer personnel are in Alabama for the 2015 Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. Dealer Meeting at the Marriot Shoals Resort & Spa in Florence, Ala. The two-day meeting began Monday night (Aug. 10) with a dinner, some words of welcome from President Bob Tiffin and a performance by 3 Wheel Drive, which treated the audience to […]

At the Sept. 22-24 Elkhart County RV Open House Travel-Lite Inc. will debut an innovative line of truck campers called the Rayzr. Dustin Johns, president of the New Paris, Ind.-based manufacturer, said the key element of the new Rayzr is that the units do not have a sleeping area overhanging the cab of the truck, instead […]

New Paris, Ind.-based Travel-Lite Inc. reported 184% growth with year-over-year truck camper sales nearly tripling, according to President Dustin Johns. “It’s pretty astonishing, especially considering that the Canadian economy is pretty slow right now. We have some Canadian dealers doing okay, but it’s a lot tougher for them than normal,” Johns told RVBUSINESS.com. “But America has come […]