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Thousand Trails, RVTrader.com Team Up
Thousand Trails, a major provider of RV resorts and campgrounds, and RVTrader.com, one of the nation’s premier RV classifieds marketplaces, announced they have partnered to offer the complimentary “One-Year Thousand Trails Trial Camping Pass” program. The dealer...RV/MH Park Owner Settles With County
The Clatsop County (Ore.) Board of Commissioners approved a settlement agreement last week with the owner of the Sunset Lake RV and Mobile Home Park in Warrenton, the Daily Astorian reported. The agreement ends a lengthy standoff over multiple county code violations,...Town Leases Campground To Private Co.
Portsmouth, R.I., will collect an annual revenue payment and no longer has to worry about day-to-day operations at Melville Ponds Campground after selecting WP Management Group LLC to run the town-owned site, Patch.com reported. The Portsmouth Town Council recently...Mass. Campground Hikes Seasonal Rates
Seasonal campers will have a spend more this coming summer to stay at Historic Valley Park Campground in North Adams, Mass., iBerkshires.com reported. The Windsor Lake Recreation Commission voted to raise seasonal fees 10%, or an extra $180, for campers who spend the...Township Vote On Campground Delayed
Millcreek Township supervisors delayed a vote on a land-development plan for a campground that would be built near the entrance to Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle State Park, the Erie Times-News reported. Brothers Al, Dean and the Rev. Theofanis Nacopoulos have...County Ready For Camping Reservations
Genesee County (Mich.) Parks will begin accepting reservations for the summer season at Wolverine Campground beginning at 8 a.m. Jan. 2 for the summer, according to a written announcement from the parks department. The forested campground is on the north shore of the...Campground Guests Help Fund Sculpture
For five summers, visitors to the Hot Springs (S.D.) Kampgrounds of America (KOA) have been asking campground owners John and Cathy Adler about the unfinished sculpture just down the road at Maverick Junction, the Rapid City Journal reported. As they were new to the...Doug Haag Describes Jellystone’s Origins
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort franchisees got an unexpected treat during Leisure Systems Inc.’s (LSI’s) annual symposium — a surprise visit by Douglas Haag, the founder of Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts network. Haag, who is now...Guest Wi-Fi Access Is Not A Simple Issue
When Catherine DeStasio, marketing manager of TengoInternet, ran across a report on a recent speech by Dimiter Zahariev, the manager of passenger experience development for the International Air Transport Association made one comment that really resonated with her....Ocean Lakes Holding "Polar Bear Plunge"
Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, S.C., announced that it will host its 14th Annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Eve. The ultimate icy challenge will take place on Dec. 31 at 3 p.m., at the oceanfront observation deck, and carries the...Bill To Boost Snowbird Stays Languishing
A bill that passed the U.S. Senate to close a loophole in the law and allow Canadians to stay longer in this country is collecting dust in the House of Representatives, the Press-Enterprise of Riverside, Calif., reported. There was promise as Canadians departed last...
