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Column: Give Guests Personal Touch

This column by Peter Pelland appears in October’s issue of Woodall’s Campground Management. The more that we get caught up in believing that mass marketing and technology are the sole keys to bringing in new business, the more that we might miss out on...

Texas Campground Makes Vogue List

A tiny Texas town received a seal of approval from the fashion magazine Vogue, which named Marfa’s El Cosmico as one of seven outdoor outings with ‘just the right touch of luxury’ in the United States, television station KVUE reported. The campground...

CEO Nader Talks ELS RV Resort Boost

During Tuesday’s (Oct. 21) conference call on Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc.’s (ELS) third-quarter financial results, ELS CEO Marguerite Nader talked about the unexpected growth Chicago-based ELS has seen in their RV resorts this year. “Within our...

County Treating MH as Park Model RV

While most concerns about how the standards of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) relate to park model RVs center around HUD’s size limitations, a couple in Virginia have the opposite problem, with a county trying to treat a manufactured...

Temporary RV Park Gets An Extension

The Williams County (N.D.) Commission voted to extend a temporary housing conditional use permit for construction company Knife River to continue housing employees in eight mobile homes and 20 RVs. the Williston Herald reported. “To be honest with you, we’re in a real...

New Michigan RV Park Gets Approval

For those looking to come to Macon County, Mich.’s, Washington Township for fall festivals or summer vacations, an RV park should soon be available to those who like to stay outdoors, the Advisor and Source Newspapers reported. On Oct. 9, the Washington Township...

Town Leases Out RV Park Permanently

The Stony Plain, Alberta, town council agreed to give the Stony Plain Lions Club a perpetual lease of the RV park, the Stony Plain Reporter reported. A draft agreement was presented to the council during their Oct. 14 meeting. The club pays $1 per year for use of the...

ARVC Michigan Confab Wraps Season

A strong summer helped offset a slow-to-arrive spring, reported members of the Michigan Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds. About 65 people representing 25 campgrounds had gathered for the organization’s recent Fall Conference, which included a membership...

T4T, CampgroundViews.com Team Up

Tents for Troops (T4T) has partnered with CampgroundViews.com to help active duty military members easily find participating campgrounds and RV parks across the United States. Everyone needs some time off including our active duty military men and women who serve our...

Autumn Forest Burning Starts in Utah

Fire personnel with Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah will be conducting prescribed burns on dead vegetation, pine needles and “leaf litter” in Rock Canyon and Hope campgrounds, the Daily Herald of Provo reported. “In the fall, the temperatures are cooler at...

Farm Events Venue Adds Campground

Spread out over 200 acres in the rolling hills of southeastern Floyd County, Va., the growing outdoor events venue Chantilly Farm has obtained a permit to operate 25 full-service RV camping spaces with full hookups for water, sewer and electric, the Roanoke Times...

Work Starts On New Fla. Campground

Construction of a new campground at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area in Flagler Beach, Fla., officially got under way Thursday (Oct. 16) as dignitaries, park staff, friends of the park and others participated in a groundbreaking ceremony, the Daytona Beach...