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Major Motorized RV Sales Up 5.1% in October

Retail sales of Class A and Class C motorhomes rose 5.1% in October over October 2011, Statistical Surveys Inc. (SSI) has reported. The hike was fairly even among both segments, with Class A’s showing a 4.1% hike over a year ago, while Class C sales were up...

New Resort Earns ARVC's Plan-It Green Award

Click here to read an earlier story in Woodall’s Campground Management. Cypress Camping Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is less than a year old, but the 101-site park has already generated national recognition by winning the Plan-It-Green award from the National...

6 Weeks After Sandy Hit, Cleanup Remains Huge

The usually advantageous geography of Gateway National Recreation Area, with its salt-sprayed parks, beaches and historic sites at the edge of New York City and New Jersey, put the federal lands in the bull’s-eye of Hurricane Sandy. Six weeks after the storm pummeled...

Motorcoach Country Club Partners with RV Maker

Motorcoach Country Club (MCC) in Indio, Calif., is partnering with Liberty Coach to display the manufacturer’s line of luxury motorcoaches, according to a press release. “We wanted a place that reflected Liberty Coach’s reputation as the very best in the...

Park Owners Sue TVA Over New Regs

In September the owner of the Southern Komfort Resort and Campground in Marshall County, Kentucky, said, because of the new Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) rules, many of his most loyal customers were leaving, WPSD-TV, Paducah, Ky., reported. The owner said months...

GPS Snafu Strands Tourists in the Outback

Editor’s Note: If you’ve ever encountered a snafu involving the GPS coordinates for your park, you’ll appreciate reading about this dilemma that struck some tourists trying to find a national park in Australia this past weekend. The account comes...

Anaheim Resort RV Park Honored by Chamber

Best Parks in America affiliate Anaheim Resort RV Park, has been recognized as the 2012 Family-Owned Business of the Year Award recipient as part of the coveted Anaheim Business Awards sponsored by the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. Receiving the award at the Anaheim...

Vineyards Owner Comments on ARVC Honors

The Vineyards Campground & Cabins in Grapevine, Texas, has received the campground industry’s highest honor, the “Park of the Year Award,” from the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC). The 93-site campground, which also has 13 park model...

GE’s Louisville Show Survey: 2013 Looks Good

Four years after the height of the economic downturn, North American RV industry participants believe they’re heading in the right direction, according to results of a survey conducted by GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) business unit and reported...

Illinois Couple Finds 2nd Home in Florida Park

For the past decade or more, Illinois residents Betty and Rolland Clevenger have spent their winters in Jackson County, Fla. The live in their fifth-wheel at Arrowhead Campground in Marianna. With an awning, some chairs and a few other creature comforts, they created...