K-Bar RV Resort in Show Low, Ariz., is one of 12 businesses honored Thursday (March 29) during the 2012 Success Awards and Legislative Lunch at the Arizona state capitol in Phoenix. The event was hosted by the Arizona Small Business Development Center, the...
Southeast Publications, a leader in guest guide production for RV resorts, campgrounds, marinas and other recreational facilities, has now launched its own mobile phone app to assist RVers traveling across the U.S. and Canada to locate nearby campsites. Last month,...
A big shift is happening in Big Oil: an American giant now ranks behind a Chinese upstart. Exxon Mobil is no longer the world’s biggest publicly traded producer of oil. For the first time, that distinction belongs to a 13-year-old Chinese company called...
The U.S. economy grew at a solid pace in the final three months of 2011 but that growth likely slowed in the first three months of this year as businesses cut back on restocking their shelves, The Associated Press reported. The Commerce Department says the economy...
You’ve waited all winter: Now it’s time to get outside! Some Kampgrounds of America (KOA) campgrounds are offering 50 percent discounts for camping during the month of April. The offer is subject to availability and is exclusive to participating KOAs only,...
The mountains in Idaho are still buried in snow and summer is three months away, yet it’s not too early to start planning a camping trip. It may, in fact, be too late to reserve some of the more popular campsites the West has to offer, the Twin Falls Times-News...
Campgrounds in the Northeast experienced in 2011 some of the worst weather in their history, from tornadoes in the early summer to severe rainstorms and flooding and even a tropical storm in the fall. Dozens of parks were damaged, there was loss of life and at least a...
Tor Barstad’s idea is to offer a lot in a little package. With that in mind, he created the Tiny Smart House LLC in Albany, Ore., making homes he says may lack elbow room but can expand a budget, the Gazette Times, Corvallis, reported. “Tiny homes have been catching...
The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) is urging park operators to contact their congressional representatives and the U.S. Department of Justice before April 4 to voice their concerns about ADA pool lift requirements. “ARVC and other groups –...
Rising U.S. gasoline prices will probably prompt Americans to visit tourist sites closer to home and limit their itineraries, travel adviser AAA said. Bloomberg reported that Mark Brown, executive vice president for the non-profit group with more than 53 million...
Authorities at Black Butte Lake in north-central California have opened all campsites in the Buckhorn Recreation Area and the Orland Buttes Campground. The lake, formed in 1963 with the completion of Black Butte Dam, is located on Stony Creek west of Orland, and...
Early-bird pricing ends March 31 for the first Spring Seminar Series sponsored by the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC). The event is scheduled for May 16-17 at the Embassy Suites Denver Tech Center in Denver, Colo. All sessions support the...
