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October 28, 2022
Nudist RV resorts more popular among RVers than you’d think
Would you stay at a clothing-optional or nudist RV resort? That was a question posed in a recent poll, and a surprising number of people said they would. In fact, based on the comments, a surprising number of people said that they had. RVTravel
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October 27, 2022
This Company Will Send You on a Two-Year RV Trip to Visit Breweries
For beer and spirits lovers, the idea of spending two years traveling around the country in an RV hitting up hundreds of breweries and distilleries might sound like a dream come true. Well, the RV campsite company Harvest Hosts is looking for someone to do exactly that — and will cover a...
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October 27, 2022
Wholesale RV Values Up as Shipments Decline
The average selling price for motorized units was $74,069 which is up $5,066 (7.3%) from the previous month. Towables came in at $21,217, up $685 (3.3%) from last month. One year ago the average motorhome sold for $74,990 and the average towable unit brought $22,009. RV Business
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October 27, 2022
The Difference Between Zero-Sugar and Electrolyte Sports Drinks
Sugar-free sports drinks are made with artificial sweeteners, such as sucralose, and are generally lower in calories and carbohydrates than regular sports drinks. However, this doesn’t mean they’re completely void of electrolytes. Outside Online
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October 26, 2022
Finding a Campsite in Shenandoah National Park Just Got Easier. Thank Technology
Shenandoah National Park is launching a new alert system to notify subscribers about campsite availability and hazards or closures within the park, officials said this week. On the weekends, subscribers will receive an afternoon message detailing the number of first-come, first-serve campsites that are available within the park. They will receive...
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October 26, 2022
Camping and Glamping Boom Makes Ex-Money Manager a Billionaire
From Maine to Arizona, Florida to California, Tang’s fortune surged during the Covid-19 pandemic as Americans reconnected with the great outdoors in an era of social distancing, boosting revenue at his Kampgrounds of America. The Billings, Montana-based company, which the China native bought in 1980 when he was still a Wall Street financier, said revenue has...
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October 26, 2022
Dometic Reports Q3 Sales Increase of 37%
Outdoor gear and accessory maker Dometic reported net sales during the third quarter of approximately $697.7 million, which is a 37% increase over the same period a year ago. Because it’s a Sweden-based company, it reports its earnings in the currency of its home country, the Swedish Krona (SEK). The...
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October 26, 2022
This Major Outdoor Trade Show Is Now Letting Consumers In
The Big Gear Show (BGS), the exclusive hardgoods-only event created in 2020, is attempting to reinvent and revitalize the outdoor trade show model by inviting the public next June. Moving from its former open-air location in Park City, Utah, to the Convention Center in downtown Denver, Colorado, the June 8-11...
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October 26, 2022
Garmin Raises 2022 EPS Guidance On Improved Margin Outlook
Garmin, Ltd. reported sales declined 4 percent in the third quarter ending September 24, dragged down by an 18 percent slide in the fitness segment. Second-quarter earnings topped Wall Street estimates and Garmin lifted its full-year EPS outlook on an improving margin outlook. SGB Media
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October 26, 2022
Netflix’s ‘Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake’ Is About So Much More Than the Mountain
Aftershock documents the horror and devastation caused by the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal that left nearly 9,000 people dead and an estimated 2.5 million homeless. It tackles the question of what happens when millions of people are instantaneously placed in survival situations—do they look out for one another or...
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October 25, 2022
September RV Shipments Top 28,000 Units
Results for the RV Industry Association’s September 2022 survey of manufacturers determined that total RV shipments ended the month with 28,333 units, a decrease of (-48.5%) compared to the 55,014 units shipped in September 2021. Through September, RV shipments are down (-8.2%) compared to the same point last year with...
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October 25, 2022
This Van Life Brand Tried the 4-Day Work Week and Isn’t Going Back
Vansmith cut employees’ work week from 40 hours to 32 without cutting anyone’s pay — and it’s still cranking out some of the coolest custom vans, faster than anyone else. Gear Junkie
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October 25, 2022
Study Forecasts Strong Increase in Winter Camping
October’s KOA Monthly Research Report projects that 8.2 million households are planning to camp this winter. This is a sizeable increase over the 6.9 million households that winter camped in 2021, a growth of 19% in just one year. The increase in winter camping builds on the overall popularity of...
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October 24, 2022
Ohio Campground is Sold to Tenn. Outfit for $1.65M
Records show that Empire Properties 10 LLC, based in Winchester, Tenn., purchased the 69-acre site from Chris Pater LLC on Oct. 20. The park markets itself as a “family-owned campground offering fun activities for all ages” according to its Facebook page, and provides outdoor recreation such as swimming, camping, fishing,...
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October 24, 2022
The North Face To Open 70-Plus Stores In North America
The North Face plans to open more than 70 stores in North America and up to 300 additional retail and partner locations globally over the next five years. The North Face also said it plans to continue transforming existing sites to ensure consistent store formats for consumers who shop brick-and-mortar....
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October 22, 2022
RoverPass announces ‘Flag a Camper’ feature to correct bad camper behavior
RoverPass, an online campsite-booking platform, has just launched the “Flag a Camper” feature. This feature allows RV park owners to flag campers that have broken the rules, created issues, and been generally unruly. RV Travel
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October 22, 2022
Love RV travel but hate driving one? RV delivery is growing
One of the biggest RV delivery operators is RVshare, a company that operates like Airbnb for RVs. And although not all RVs offered there are deliverable, RVshare said that almost 40% of its RV rentals have been delivered in 2022, up from 27% in 2021 and 16% in 2020. LA...
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October 21, 2022
Lippert Announces Opening of New Plant
Lippert announced the grand opening of what it calls Plant 156 in Mansfield, Texas. The company said this is the first facility Lippert has opened in more than 20 years that is solely dedicated to supplying chassis to the manufactured housing (MH) industry. RV Pro
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October 21, 2022
Camplify to acquire German company PaulCamper
Australian RV rental company Camplify has reportedly entered an agreement to acquire Germany’s leading peer to peer RV rental marketplace PaulCamper. The deal will help Camplify continue its global expansion – it is already a rental market operator in countries including Australia, New Zealand, Spain, the UK, Netherlands, and Austria....
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October 20, 2022
Al’s Sporting Goods aquires all Bob Ward & Sons locations
Al’s Sporting Goods announced the acquisition of Bob Ward & Sons and will take over operations of all five of its locations in Missoula, Bozeman, Butte, Helena, and Hamilton. There are currently no plans to change the company name of Bob Ward & Sons, but they will integrate successful operations and...
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October 20, 2022
KOA: 2.1% Q3 Revenue Growth, Advance Bookings Up 4.5%
Kampgrounds of America Inc.’s (KOA) shares continued revenue growth in its Q3 Business Report, according to a company release. Comparing the same period in a record-setting 2021, revenue improved by 2.1% on a same-store basis. Looking ahead, advanced deposits on future business are up 4.5%. RV Business
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October 19, 2022
Cotopaxi Closes San Francisco Store After Repeated Break-Ins
Citing lawlessness and “chaos,” Cotopaxi CEO Davis Smith announced on his personal LinkedIn page yesterday that he has closed the company’s sole San Francisco retail location. “As of today, we are closing the store due to rampant organized theft and lack of safety for our team,” Smith wrote on October 18. “Our store is...
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October 19, 2022
Aspen Snowmass Has Cool Idea to Help Housing Crunch for Workers
It’s called Tenants for Turns and it’s a simple idea. If homeowners or landlords in the Roaring Fork Valley area of western Colorado, which encompasses Aspen and Carbondale, two areas in which affordable housing is incredibly difficult to come by, rent their housing to employees of the company that owns...
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October 19, 2022
RV Industry Association Responds to Indy Star Reports
The RV Industry Association (RVIA) on Wednesday issued a statement in response to a pair of Indy Star stories published Oct. 19 that reflected poorly on the RV manufacturing side of the industry, which RVIA represents. The “subscriber’s exclusive” focuses initially on the period in early 2020 when COVID-19 first...
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October 19, 2022
Outdoor Retailers Give Customers Their Expertise for Free. Should They?
The cost of spending valuable time and energy on customers, only to have them walk away, is measurable and meaningful. Ieremia estimates he and his sales staff lose 10 to 15 hours per week to non-paying customers, or 480 to 720 hours a year. In dollars, he estimates that time...