Rick Kessler

The 25th Annual Fall Detroit Camper & RV Show, sponsored by the Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC), is expanding to take up the entire 214,000 square feet of showroom floor at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Mich. In recent years, the Fall Detroit Camper & RV Show had occupied roughly two-thirds […]

Linda and Ted Corley drove all the way from Lilburn, Ga., to attend the 3rd Annual International Rally of the Forest River Owners’ Group (FROG), which is running this week at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind. The couple has seen the event grow since its inception in 2012 when it drew 200 FROG members. Last […]

Linda and Ted Corley drove all the way from Lilburn, Ga., to attend the 3rd Annual International Rally of the Forest River Owners’ Group (FROG), which is running this week at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind. The couple has seen the event grow since its inception in 2012 when it drew 200 FROG members. Last […]

Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly, on summer break from Congress, toured Thor Motor Coach’s Axis and Vegas recreation utility vehicles (RUV) production facility Monday (Aug. 4) in Elkhart, Ind. After turning a few screws and smoothing out a few stickers, Donnelly also spoke with the media on immigration and veterans’ issues as well as the resurgence […]

A dealership helping customers find the RV that best meets their needs is the premise behind “Big Time RV,” a new television show that premiered on the Travel Channel Sunday (July 27) night. In back-to-back premiere episodes, the 30-minute show followed several couples and families as they shopped for a RV. Helping them in their quest […]

In 1964, a young Tom Raper opened a used car lot with his father on the corner of North 14th and E streets in Richmond, Ind. This year, Tom Raper RV, one of the most successful and well-known RV dealerships in the nation, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. “Everyone I knew, with the sole exception […]

Indiana’s two senators have asked the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to bring “much-needed clarity” to the organization’s “ambiguous definition” of the RV exemption in federal manufactured housing standards. On July 16, Indiana Sens. Dan Coats (R) and Joe Donnelly (D) sent a letter to HUD outlining their stance. Mark Bowersox, executive director for the […]

The 2014 Jamboree in the Hills country music festival starts today (July 17), and the industry’s national Go RVing marketing campaign has a strong presence at the event. For over 36 years, more than 100,000 fans have flocked annually to the rolling hills of east-central Ohio near the community of Belmont to take part in […]

The 2014 Jamboree in the Hills country music festival starts today (July 17), and the industry’s national Go RVing marketing campaign has a strong presence at the event. For over 36 years, more than 100,000 fans have flocked annually to the rolling hills of east-central Ohio near the community of Belmont to take part in […]

The good news in the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) 2013 Industry Profile released last week is that the RV industry is as strong as it’s ever been. Production and sales are up and the typical RV owner is younger than ever before. The bad news, in turn, is that the bar has been raised even […]