In The News

RV camping usage expected to be up this summer [View]
Source: WNDU-TV, IN
Published: Friday, May 28, 2010.
Summary: Studies show that RV owners plan to travel more this year than they did last summer.

2010 is the Centennial of the RV [View]
Source: KTEN-TV, TX/OK
Published: Friday, May 28, 2010.
Summary: Camping out of an RV is one of America's great pastimes. "My husband and I have always taken our children when they were little we used to have a pop up," said Lana Hartley of Richardson, TX.

Herzog hits the road looking for heroes [View]
Source: Evanston Review, IL
Published: Thursday, May 27, 2010.
Summary: Traveling in his RV, he visited Athena and Troy, Ore., Mount Olympus, Wash., Sparta, Wis., Pandora, Penn., and other towns and cities where he found heroes or individuals with heroic attributes.

Summer gas prices lower, could fall more [View]
Source: USA Today
Published: Thursday, May 27, 2010.
Summary: The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association says 45.4% of RV owners say they expect to travel more this summer than they did in 2009.

Lakeshore campgrounds running out of reservation space for Memorial Day [View]
Source: WZZM-TV, MI
Published: Monday, May 24, 2010.
Summary: Some campgrounds are reporting they are nearly fully booked with reservations for Memorial Day weekend

RV's mark 100 years of bumpy roads [View]
Source: CTV.ca
Published: Sunday, May 23, 2010.
Summary: For many people, the May long weekend signals the start of summer travel and summer camping. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first motorized recreational vehicle, or RV.

Taking your vacation home on the road [View]
Source: Cape Cod Times, MA
Published: Sunday, May 23, 2010.
Summary: Jennifer and Rich Fagnant of Sandwich have been making their vacation dollars stretch for miles since they were children. Their secret weapon for the past two years now sits beside their home and has enhanced their multiple vacations each year with their three children.

Sales bounce back for RVs [View]
Source: Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD
Published: Sunday, May 23, 2010.
Summary: Sales of campers such as motorhomes and fifth-wheels also are starting to increase as people come out of hiding after the recession.

RV industry’s 100th anniversary celebrated [View]
Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Thursday, May 20, 2010.
Summary: The Florida RV Trade Association is planning recreational vehicle displays at highway welcome centers and was part of an effort to have June proclaimed Recreational Vehicle and Camping Month.

Vets roll to D.C. [View]
Source: Beloit Daily News, WI
Published: Monday, May 17, 2010.
Summary: “Let’s Roll Vets Roll,” was the call that went out this morning as a caravan of recreational vehicles and motor coaches left South Beloit on its way to Washington, D.C.