EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt of an opinion piece written by Jessica Turner, executive director of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable. It was published by The Hill. Summer is here and Americans are headed outside — boating, camping, ATVing, hiking,...
Editor’s Note: This column was written by Sue Bray who is well known in the RV community, primarily due to her work as executive director of the Good Sam Club. In 2009, she was inducted into the RV/MH Hall of Fame. When she retired in 2012, she started her own...
The Fairmont Hills RV Park in Fairmont, W. Va., opened for business on Monday (June 20) morning and was welcomed to the community with a ribbon cutting held by the Marion County Chamber of Commerce, according to The Fairmont News. The RV park has 43 sites and NYM...
As a packed room of neighbors looked on, the Valley (Neb.) Planning Commission on Tuesday (June 21) voted down a proposed luxury RV park along the Platte River, according to the Star Herald. Brad Brown, a developer of high-end homes in the Omaha metro area, had hoped...
Legendary Emerald Isle, N.C., businessman and politician Ronnie Watson has sold his 46-year-old resort, the Holiday Trav-L Park off Coast Guard Road, to Equity LifeStyle Properties, according to News-Times. According to online records at the Carteret County Register...
Ocean City, Md.-based outdoor hospitality specialist Blue Water partnered with the Chincoteague (Va.) Chamber of Commerce to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the newly opened Jellystone Park Chincoteague Island on Thursday (June 9), according to a press release....
Ali and Eric Rasmussen, the founders of Spacious Skies Campgrounds, joined WCM’s Outdoor Hospitality Update on Tuesday (June 21) to talk about the incredible growth of their company over its first year in business. The couple has added 10 parks to their...
The Department of the Interior has announced that visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2021 resulted in a $42.5 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 322,600 mostly local jobs, according to a press release. “Nature is essential to the...
RVs Move America Week 2022 was a huge success, according to a News & Insights report by the RV Industry Association. Last week 114 participating advocates and guides took part in 101 meetings with Senators from 27 states and Representatives from 54 different...
Campspot is excited to announce that parks can now list lodging inventory on Booking.com, one of the largest and most popular marketplaces in the travel industry, according to a press release. “Booking.com, which ‘[enables properties around the world to...
Go RVing’s new campaign launched this spring with all-new branding, messaging, and creative content, according to a News & Insights report by the RV Industry Association (RVIA). The campaign pieces can be broken down into three basic categories – Recruit, Retain...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an edited excerpt of an article by Mike and Jennifer Wendland, creators of the RV Lifestyle website, podcast and YouTube channel, in which they discuss the rising gas prices and how they mighty affect people’s RV travel plans, as well...
