March 31, 2022

HitchFire Unveils The New F20 Hitch Mounted Grill

March 31, 2022 (Santa Cruz, CA) – Following the launch of the Forge 15 in 2019, HitchFire announced today the release of the F20, the next generation of their proprietary hitch mounted grills. The F20 has an impressive 20,000 BTUs of power packed into two independent burners allowing for individual...

March 29, 2022

The Dyrt: 60% of RVers Say Gas Prices Will Affect Plans

The Dyrt, a leading app for camping with the most active online camping community, has found that record-high gas prices in the U.S. will affect the plans of more than 60% of RV and other vehicle campers in 2022. The Dyrt surveyed members of its community who said their primary...

March 29, 2022

RVIA Analysis Shows Need for More Campsites, Amenities

With the completion of the first-ever Campground Industry Market Analysis, the RV Industry Association (RVIA) has compiled a comprehensive report that details the availability of campsites and campground amenities at federal, state, municipal and private campgrounds across the United States. RV-PRO

March 29, 2022

Two-Thirds of Campers Plan to Take at Least One Camping Trip this Year

The new Kampgrounds of America (KOA) Monthly Research Report indicates that nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of campers expect to take a camping trip this year. With 50 percent of campers indicating they have already booked some of their trips and building on a robust 2021, the outlook for 2022 camping...

March 29, 2022

Major RV and boat maker Winnebago says it now has a $4.4 billion worth of orders in its backlog as demand continues to rise

Winnebago Industries' towable RV backlog is now sitting at $1.87 billion while its motorhomes are back $2.21 billion and its marine products almost $278,000. The backlog of towable RVs has been recovering the fastest, but the same can't be said for Winnebago's motorized RVs or boats, according the company's most...

March 29, 2022

Solo Brands Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2021 Results Provides Fiscal Year 2022 Outlook

GRAPEVINE, Texas--Solo Brands, Inc., (NYSE: DTC) a direct-to-consumer platform for rapidly growing lifestyle brands (the “Company,” “we” or “our”), today announced its financial results for the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2021. The operating results in 2021 include the activity of Oru, ISLE, and Chubbies post-acquisition. The...

March 28, 2022

Thor Industries announces changes to innovation team leadership

One of the world’s biggest producers of RVs and motorhomes, Thor Industries, has announced some personnel and leadership changes to its innovation team. McKay Featherstone, currently vice president of product development and engineering of Thor brand Airstream, has been hire as the company’s new senior vice president of global innovation....

March 24, 2022

Thor Motor Coach Rolls Out Two New Luxury ‘MEGA C’ Motorhomes

Pasadena and Inception are built exclusively on the Freightliner S2RV cab chassis, intentionally designed for consumers seeking the performance and power of a diesel pusher with the familiarity and convenience of a cab chassis. The front-end diesel chassis features a Cummins ISB-XT engine, outputting 360 horsepower and 800 pound-feet of...

March 24, 2022

Fun Town RV Acquires Lloyds RV Center in Orange, Texas

Fun Town RV LP, the largest towable RV dealer in Texas, announced further expansion into the Lone Star State with an agreement to acquire Lloyds RV Center, located in Orange, Texas. Fun Town RV currently operates 14 locations in Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois and Indiana, with plans to open as many as 15...

March 24, 2022

Roamly Launches Nationwide Pet Insurance Product

Roamly, an embedded insurtech for travel enthusiasts with unique RV insurance offerings, announced it is marking new territory with the launch of its pet insurance product. Roamly will market pet insurance to all U.S. pet owners, including customers of Outdoorsy, an online recreational vehicle rental and outdoor travel marketplace. Inside Outdoor

March 23, 2022

Winnebago Industries Delivers Strong Second Quarter Fiscal 2022 Results

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., March 23, 2022 -- Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WGO), a leading outdoor lifestyle product manufacturer, today reported financial results for the Company's Fiscal 2022 second quarter. Second Quarter Fiscal 2022 Results Revenues for the Fiscal 2022 second quarter ended February 26, 2022, matched the record of $1.2...

March 23, 2022

New Campers are Increasingly More Diverse, According to 2022 Camping Report

PORTLAND, Ore., March 23, 2022 -- The Dyrt, the No. 1 app for camping with the most active camping community in the world, found that 40 percent of the people who went camping for the first time in 2021 identified as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. This is up from just 23...

March 23, 2022

Outdoor Retailer Headed Back to Utah Despite Boycotts, Industry Protests

The event has been held in Denver for the past five years, moving out of Utah, where the trade show first began, after state politicians supported the federal government’s stripping of protections from national monuments in the state. The decision comes after some of the biggest outdoor brands in the...

March 22, 2022

Lazydays RV Announces Plans to Open New Dealerships in Surprise, Arizona and Wilmington, Ohio

Lazydays, The RV Authority®, announces new dealership locations in Surprise, Arizona to serve the western Phoenix metropolitan area, and Wilmington, Ohio which is strategically located between the Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton metropolitan areas.  The Company expects the new dealerships to open in the second quarter of 2023.  The dealerships will be branded Lazydays RV of West Phoenix and Lazydays RV of Ohio. "We...

March 21, 2022

Examining Our Campsite Shortage Problem, Which Is Actually a Reservation Problem

Wyoming State Parks, which has seen a major spike in visitor numbers throughout the pandemic, changed its policies in 2021 in an attempt to reduce the number of no-shows by eliminating the fee and allowing folks to make changes up to the day of arrival. Outside Online

March 21, 2022

New Yosemite Reservation Requirements for 2022: All You Need to Know

Unusually high construction initiatives will force new reservation requirements for summer 2022, according to Yosemite officials. As concern over Yosemite Valley’s increasing traffic problem mounts and construction projects pile up, park officials responded with a new permit system. Gear Junkie

March 18, 2022

A New Era of RVing?

THOR Industries and Winnebago separately debuted what the future of electric-powered RVs may look like at January’s 2022 Florida RV SuperShow. And while representatives for THOR and Winnebago declined to offer a timetable on when these technologies could become road-ready, their debut at a major industry event would seem to...

March 18, 2022

KOA Website Back Up After Nearly 2-Day Disruption

After nearly two days, Kampgrounds of America Inc.’s (KOA) website, koa.com, is back up and running after a service disruption that shut down the ability for campers to book reservations online through the website, according to company officials. Park owners that WOODALLSCM.com (WCM) spoke with noted that they could still take reservations...

March 17, 2022

Dexter Acquires HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.

NOVI, Mich. - DexKo Global Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dexter Axle Company (“Dexter”) acquired HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc. (“HiSpec”), located in Mishawaka, IN. Established in 1995, HiSpec designs and provides aluminum and steel wheels, tires, and related accessories to the RV, trailer and transportation industries. The company has earned a reputation for offering the...

March 17, 2022

RVIA: Buyers Spending an Average of $73,115 on New RVs

RVing has never been more popular as more and more people turn to RVs as the ideal way to experience an active outdoor lifestyle. Learn more about these new RV buyers and their preferred destinations, motivations, and demographics.  

March 16, 2022

I traveled the US for 7 months with my family for just $5,000, thanks to a few smart moves I made with our house and RV

In August of 2020, author Kelly Burch bought an RV, despite the fact that she never once spent a night in one. She packed the kids and headed out, and over the next seven months, visited 33 states, racking up more than 16,000 miles. The trip was priceless, but in actuality...

March 16, 2022

Netflix drops trailer for Barack Obama’s national parks documentary series

On Tuesday, Netflix dropped its trailer for Our Great National Parks, a five-part nature documentary series about the wildlife found in national parks across the globe. The narrator? Former President Barack Obama himself. The show is just one of several projects in the works from Obama's production company, Higher Ground. Mashable

March 15, 2022

Winnebago is First RV Brand to Produce 500,000 Motorhomes

The 500,000th motorhome is the popular Revel, a model introduced four years ago that embodies Winnebago’s continuous innovation and proven ability to meet customers’ evolving needs. RVBusiness

March 15, 2022

RVshare Appoints Co-Founder of Qunar, a Chinese Online Travel Platform, and Former Dentalcorp CMO to its Board of Directors

RVshare, the largest peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace, welcomes Fritz Demopoulos, a co-founder of Qunar, one of China's largest online travel platforms, and Reetu Gupta, former Chief Marketing Officer of Dentalcorp (DNTL.TO) to its board of directors. PR Newswire

March 15, 2022

Ford to Ship ‘Incomplete’ Explorers Due to Chip Shortage

Ford Motor Co. is working to get dealers and customers their Ford Explorers sooner by shipping some units without rear seat controls for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning, a company spokesperson told the Detroit Free Press on Saturday. RVPRO