Camping and RV News and Press Releases
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January 8, 2022
California capital drives sale of improved Oklahoma City-area RV park
A 1970s mobile home park turned RV park marketed as "more than a haven for the personnel of nearby Boeing, Tinker Air Force Base, and pipeline industries," has sold to West Coast investors. The seller, WAIP LLC, spent $1,332,000 the past several years upgrading the 169-unit park, which has has...
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January 7, 2022
Bish’s RV Acquires Michigan’s Haylett Auto & RV Superstore
Performance Brokerage Services, one of North America’s highest volume dealership brokerage firms, announced the sale of Haylett Auto & RV Superstore in Coldwater, Mich., from David and Nancy Haylett to Bish’s RV. Operating on 15 acres, the dealership recently averaged over 1,000 units sold annually. According to RV Dealer Association...
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January 6, 2022
RVshare 2022 Travel Trend Report Forecasts a Robust Year
RVshare, one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer RV rental marketplaces, reveals findings from its 2022 Travel Trend Report, predicting that next year will be a blockbuster year for travel as nearly all (90%) of survey respondents say they’re very or even 100% likely to travel for leisure next year. RV...
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January 6, 2022
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta RV sites all gone
If you didn’t get your RV reservation last Jan. 5 for the Oct. 1-9, 2022, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta® you may be out of luck. More than 20,000 RV reservations for the event were booked within an hour. By 10:30 a.m., they were gone. At one point, there were more...
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January 5, 2022
RV Maker Winnebago Reincorporates as Minnesota Company
Minnesota is now home to yet another publicly traded company. On Jan. 1, RV maker Winnebago Industries Inc. officially reincorporated as a Minnesota company, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on that date. Founded in 1958, the company had been previously incorporated in Iowa. Twin Cities Business
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January 5, 2022
Go RVing partners with Black Folks Camp Too
Go RVing – an arm of the RV Industry Association (RVIA) in the United States – has agreed on a partnership with Black Folks Camp Too to embark on a new dealer education series to discuss how to market better to black consumers. The three-part series, created in close collaboration...
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January 5, 2022
Big Rig Media Offers Complimentary Marketing Evaluation to RV Parks and Resorts
/OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Big Rig Media, the recognized leader in providing high-growth modern marketing solutions to the outdoor hospitality industry and specializing in RV parks and resorts, is offering a consultation session free of charge to evaluate current marketing efforts, planned efforts for 2022, and to offer recommendations for the...
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January 4, 2022
Colton RV Acquires Pocono RV, Expands into Pennsylvania
BUFFALO, NY – Colton RV, a family-owned RV dealership serving Western New York, announced today (Jan. 4) the acquisition of Pocono RV Sales and Service, adding brands including Entegra Coach and expanded inventory by Keystone, Dutchmen and Palomino. RVBusiness
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January 4, 2022
Leonardo DiCaprio’s $1.5 Million Motorhome Is a Ginormous Exercise in Opulence
In a list of over-the-top, insane (and extremely dated, we might add) celebrity motorhomes, DiCaprio’s celebrity suite is right up there in the top three. Estimated at $1.5 million, it offers lavish amenities like heated marble floors, a custom kitchen, and two fireplaces. The styling is incredibly dated, comparable to...
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January 3, 2022
Scientists see troubling signs in humans spreading Covid to deer
Humans have infected wild deer with Covid-19 in a handful of states, and there’s evidence that the coronavirus has been spreading among deer, according to recent studies that outline findings that could complicate the path out of the pandemic. Scientists swabbed the nostrils of white-tailed deer in Ohio and found evidence...
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January 3, 2022
Hipcamp Buys UK Booking Brand Cool Camping
Hipcamp, a San Francisco-based startup that offers campsites for booking, has acquired Cool Camping, an online travel agency in the UK, according to regulatory documents released during the Christmas break. Hipcamp, which a year ago quietly raised $57 million in a Series C funding round, has been seeking international expansion....
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January 3, 2022
The Haugen RV Group Adds to Portfolio
Salt Lake City-based dealership group the Haugen RV Group has announced its purchase of Crater Lake RV in Klamath Falls, Ore. A purchase price was not disclosed. The Haugen RV Group also owns Legacy RV in Salt Lake City and Bonne Terre, Mo.; Funtime RV in Tualatin and Sandy, Ore.;...
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January 2, 2022
This Expanding $2.4M ‘Mobile Estate’ RV Used to Be Will Smith’s Movie Set Trailer
Smith could literally and figuratively raise the roof in this 1,200-square-foot behemoth, which is as big as some full-time homes and includes a 30-person screening room. Today, you can rent it for a mere $9,000 per night from Anderson Mobile Estates, based in Elgin, Texas. This double-decker RV sits on...
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December 28, 2021
Chip Shortage Expected to Remain ‘Complicated’ in 2022
The global microchip shortage cost the auto industry millions of lost vehicles and billions in lost revenue last year. The latest estimates have the problem lingering through the first half of 2022. RV Business
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December 27, 2021
Sun Outdoors Acquires LSI, Franchisor of Jellystone Parks
It was announced Tuesday (Dec. 21) to Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort franchisees that Leisure Systems Inc. (LSI), the franchisor of more than 70 Jellystone Park locations in North America, had been acquired by Sun Outdoors. Sun Outdoors currently owns more than a dozen Jellystone Park locations. Woodallscm
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December 25, 2021
Thor works to dominate EV RVing
While the possibility of smaller electric-powered motorhomes moves closer to reality, travel trailers are a different story. But industry gorilla Thor is making a move to dominate EV RVing in the towable market. Now Thor has announced it has signed on the dotted line with with ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF),...
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December 23, 2021
Magnificent motorhomes and large camper vans of 2021
It was officially "The Year of the RV," and the US RV Industry Association (RVIA) didn't even need to wait for the year to end to declare it. It was over by October, at which point the 510,608 shipped towable and motor RVs surpassed 2017 numbers for a new record....
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December 23, 2021
Hundreds of Consumer RV Shows on Tap in 2022
As an eventful, record-setting 2021 winds down, we head into the new year with a full calendar of in-person RV shows – there are no less than 41 shows in January alone. Woodallscm
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December 23, 2021
THOR Industries Announces Binding Mou with ZF Friedrichshafen AG for Global Electric Trailer Systems
ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 23, 2021 -- THOR Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO) announced the execution of a binding Memorandum of Understanding with ZF Friedrichshafen AG ("ZF") which outlines the parties' joint development of a proprietary high voltage electric drive system for towable recreational vehicles ("eTrailer System"). The development driven by THOR and...
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December 23, 2021
How Amazon’s CamperForce program doubled this year, adding jobs for seasonal workers who live on the road
Five nights a week from December through February, Shay Machen and America Martinez take off from their Mississippi campground for an overnight shift at Amazon, leaving their two kids and two dogs with Machen’s parents. This is Machen’s fourth holiday season with Amazon, and Martinez’s fifth. After losing their jobs...
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December 22, 2021
FBI Seeking Potential Victims in Grand Canyon NP Voyeurism Investigation
Between November 2018 and September 2020, visitors to several inner-canyon restroom facilities may have been filmed or photographed without their knowledge. The FBI and National Park Service Investigative Services Branch are looking to identify victims who were filmed covertly at the Grand Canyon’s Phantom Ranch, Bright Angel Trail, North Kaibab, and...
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December 21, 2021
RV Shipments Set A New November Record
Results for the RV Industry Association’s November 2021 survey of manufacturers determined that total RV shipments ended the month with 49,135 units, a new record for the month of November and an increase of 15.6% compared to the 42,513 units shipped during November 2020, the previous record for November. Year...
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December 21, 2021
THOR Industries Announces $250 Million Share Buyback Authorization
ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 21, 2021 -- THOR Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $250 million of its Common Stock. The Company may purchase shares on a discretionary basis from time to time through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or other means....
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December 20, 2021
Lazydays RV celebrates one billion dollar revenue milestone
One of the United States biggest RV dealer chains Lazydays RV recently celebrated the achievement of breaking through the $1 billion revenue barrier for the first time. As part of an organised celebration that the company called ‘Thanks a Billion’, it organised luncheon, gifts for employees and a video message...
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December 20, 2021
Kentucky RV Dealer Files $1.3M in Fake Payroll Loans, Pleads Guilty
A Lexington, Ky., RV dealer pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge, admitting he filed $1.3 million in fake payroll protection loans for employees who did not exist. Randall Blankenship Jr., who owns Bluegrass RV, could face up to 20 years in prison for the scheme to defraud the federal...