RV News Service

First hybrid RV to hit the road this summer

Staff Report — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:16:57 +0000

FOREST CITY, IA (June 15, 2009) — Winnebago Industries, Inc., will showcase the industry’s first hybrid RV, a 2009 Winnebago Adventurer motorhome, during the upcoming summer tour of Brad and Amy Herzog. The Herzogs are spokespersons for the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA). The concept Winnebago Adventurer hybrid rides on a Freightliner Custom Chassis’ ecoFRED chassis, [...]

RV Lemon Law guidelines unveiled by RV club

Staff Report — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:58:17 +0000

The Good Sam Club, the world’s largest RV owners’ organization, today unveiled the first-ever model motorhome “lemon law” legislation, developed in conjunction with RV industry officials and the International Association of Lemon Law Administrators (IALLA). If enacted by a state, the legislation will provide specific rights and remedies for motorhome buyers against product defects if the [...]

RV parks offer special events this summer

Staff Report — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:26:55 +0000

LARKSPUR, Colo., June 9, 2009 ‒ If you’re looking for something different to do this Father’s Day, why not take dad camping? The Friendly Beaver RV park and campground in New Boston, N.H. will host a Father’ Day dance with a live band, while Land-O-Pines Family Campground in Covington, La. plans to host father-child horseshoe, [...]

Fleetwood RV signs agreement to sell motorhome assets

Staff Report — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:16:12 +0000

RV maker Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., one of the nation’s largest motorhome and manufactured home makers, said today that it has signed an asset purchase agreement to sell its motorhome business to American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV, L.P. (AIP) of New York. AIP is a middle market private equity firm which makes control investments in [...]

Indiana town proposes ban on RV and truck parking

Staff Report — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:47:02 +0000

The city council of Hobart, Indiana has passed the first vote of a proposal to prohibit trucks and RVs from parking in city parking lots. Violators could be fined up to $2,500. Hobart is s 38 miles from Chicago, Illinois and 151 miles from Indianapolis, Indiana, near three major highways; I-65 to the west, I80/94 to [...]

More RV campers, others, booking New York campsites

Chuck — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:33:12 +0000

ALBANY, NY — With the summer camping season fast approaching, more than 100,000 reservations have been booked by RV enthusiasts and other campers at New York state campgrounds, and those who are coming plan to stay a little longer. Advance reservations at campgrounds operated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and [...]

KOA adds 15 RV parks to campground system

Chuck — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:11:26 +0000

Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) has added 15 new campgrounds to its system. The parks are popular with RV enthusiasts, tenters and other campers. The new parks stretch from California to North Carolina, and range from overnight facilities by popular highways to expansive campgrounds that serve as family camping destinations. More than 450 RV parks [...]

New Hampshire RV parks, campgrounds upgrading facilities

Staff Report — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:36:32 +0000

EPSOM, N.H., May, 10, 2009 – The economy and the RV industry may be mired in recession, but that hasn’t stopped the owners of private RV park and campgrounds in New Hampshire from investing in new campsites, cabins and other upgrades for the upcoming summer camping season. “The recession is temporary, and most campground and RV [...]

Law banning RV stays in Maine parking lots in the works

Staff Report — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:27:36 +0000

(May 7, 2009) — Overnight parking in recreational vehicles in all public parking lots of Maine will be illegal if pending legislation passes the Maine State Legislature. LD114/HP98 would make it a civil offense to park an RV overnight on any public parking lot in the state. The text of the bill reads, in part: “A person [...]

New chief operating officer at KOA RV campgrounds

Chuck — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:05:12 +0000

BILLINGS, MT (April 27, 2009) - Pat Hittmeier, most recently the vice president of Kampgrounds of America’s Sales and Campground Development Division, has been promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer for the RV park and campground company. KOA has more than 450 locations in North America and hosts nearly six million camping families each [...]