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Full-Time RVers Hunker Down as Many Wait Virus Out
While campground associations across the country work to have campgrounds and RV parks declared “essential businesses,” snowbirds and full-time RVers are hunkering down wherever they have spent the past few weeks or months Many fear if they leave their current...California Authorities Search Park For Transient RVers
Sheriff’s deputies surprised occupants of a Northern California RV park in late March as they searched for overnight travelers hailing from other areas of the country. The unannounced inspection took place at 9 p.m. Friday (March 27) at Aurora RV Park, a 63-site park...Lawyer/Doctor Park Owner, May Challenge County Ban
Park operators who are wondering how the various coronavirus restrictions affect their business need to check with their state associations. They also need to contact their county health officer to determine if their park qualifies as an “essential business,” which...
Mercer Works To Build Support For ‘Care Camps’
Few things are more devastating to parents than to learn that their child has cancer. Over the past 35 years, Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) Care Camps has established itself as the campground industry’s largest coordinated effort to raise money for children and...
Owners Find Offering Repair Service Good For Business
RV servicing and repairs used to be pretty much the exclusive domain of RV dealers, independent garages and mobile RV service technicians. But some entrepreneurial park operators have found that they can develop an entirely new profit center and improve guest...
When Dealers, Parks Collaborate It Can Benefit Everyone
Industry insiders acknowledge that most private park operators and RV dealers do not do as much as they could to develop reciprocal marketing relationships. But park operators and dealers who take the time to cultivate such relationships can develop close ties that...
Royal Gorge Finds Success Catering to Glamping Crowd
Campground operators across North America are increasingly investing in canvas “glamping” tents, which they furnish to varying degrees with household amenities, typically found in a furnished cabin. But while consumer interest in canvas tent glamping is on the rise,...
New Minimum Wage Laws Are Impacting Park Owners
George O’Leary and Paul Friesen’s parks are nearly 2,400 miles apart and they couldn’t be any more different. O’Leary owns and operates the 1,100-site Rincon Country West RV Resort and the 460-site site Rincon Country East RV Resort in Tucson, Ariz., which cater to...Some Jellystone Owners Utilize Exchange Programs
The Wisconsin Dells has positioned itself as “the Waterpark Capital of the World,” with marketing campaigns highlighting the fact the Wisconsin city has the largest concentration of indoor and outdoor waterparks on the planet. In 2018 alone, the city attracted four...