In a column in the most recent edition of Highways magazine, Marcus Lemonis, chairman and CEO of Good Sam Enterprises LLC (formerly Affinity Group Inc.), outlined changes in the Good Sam Club that include: New fuel discount program. More value-oriented insurance,...
Editor’s Note: Here are two more stories from campground owners from Maryland, which was hit by Hurricane Irene over the weekend. Both are members of the Maryland Association of Campgrounds. From Russ & Jill Yates, Owners, Holiday Park in Greensboro, Md....
A group of seasonal campers at Nopiming Provincial Park says a private campground operator is charging high fees and Manitoba Conservation has turned a blind eye to it, according to the Winnipeg Free Press. Jim Ilasewich, spokesman for the Caribou Lake Seasonal...
Park model builder Woodland Park Inc. will be hosting an Open House at the company’s manufacturing complex in Middlebury, Ind., Sept. 20-22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The event will coincide with the 4th Annual Elkhart County Manufacturers’ Open House running...
Consumers’ confidence in August dropped almost 15 points to the lowest level since April 2009 as worries about the economy fueled the wildest stock market swings since the financial meltdown in 2008, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday (Aug. 30). At a time...
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. (ELS) is giving a financial presentation today (Aug. 31) at the Midwest IDEAS Investor Conference. Michael Berman, ELS’ executive vice president and CFO, will conduct the presentation at 8:35 a.m. Central time, according to a...
Tropical Storm Irene has had “a devastating effect” on the private campgrounds in Vermont and at least two have suffered “total flooding,” according to a report from Peter Daniels, executive director of the Vermont Campground Association (VCA)....
After safety inspections and cleanups in Irene’s wake, the state of Connecticut has started reopening its parks and campgrounds, but all state swimming areas remain closed as a precaution, said Dwayne Gardner, spokesman for the Department of Energy and...
Click here to watch a sometimes choppy video courtesy of the New England Cable News about the following story. Sixteen of the 23 campgrounds in the White Mountain National Forest are closed in the aftermath of Irene. The rush of water that came through the Campton...
What do residents in the equestrian community in Wellington, Fla., think about seasonal RV parks? Not in our backyard, they told the Wellington Village Council at its Aug. 23 meeting. And the council agreed, Fort Lauderdale’s the South Florida Sun-Sentinel...
The bulk of the summer is over, but privately owned campgrounds, RV parks and resorts are still planning fun family activities throughout September and October, according to a news release from the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC). Consider...
The Vermilion Fishing Club recently sent another proposal to Dynegy Inc. to buy the lake-front campground in central Illinois the club has been leasing for more than 50 years. But the club’s board members don’t hold out a lot of hope that the Houston-based...
