Winnebago Recognizes 2009 20/20 Vision Winners
Winnebago Industries Inc., Forest City, Iowa, has announced its 20/20 Vision Winners for 2009. To be honored as a 20/20 Vision winner, dealerships provide exceptional customer service to Winnebago...
View ArticleFleetwood Owners Give Boost to Hoosier City
Businesses in Decatur, Ind., are receiving a much-needed economic boost thanks to hundreds of RV enthusiasts. Hundreds of RV owners have returned to the birthplace of their home on wheels, Fleetwood RV...
View ArticleTexas RV Rental Firm Reports 2009 Business up 70%
Uniquely situated between a sagging economy and dropping gas prices, Dave Zentgraf’s RV rental business in Wichita Falls, Texas, is at the right place and the right time. D&D Enterprises is in the...
View ArticleAirline Employees Find Part-time ‘Home’ at LAX RV Lot
For about 15 days a month, Alaska Airlines pilot Jim Lancaster lives in a motorhome in Parking Lot B near the southernmost runway at Los Angeles International Airport. Every four minutes, a jetliner or...
View ArticleCamping World Launches ‘Cash for Campers’ Incentive
Camping World has launched a “Cash for Campers” incentive, giving up to $7,500 cash allowance for motorized RVs when current RV owners purchase a new vehicle. It is designed to mirror the the...
View ArticleDec. 31 Deadline to Get Tax Credit on RV Purchase
Taxpayers who missed out on the “Cash for Clunkers” program can still get some money back from the federal government for buying a new car, light truck, motorcycle or motorhome before the end of this...
View Article2,000 RVs Expected for FMCA Oregon Rally
About 6,000 RVers in 2,000 motorhomes are expected Aug. 11-14 in Redmond, Ore., for the annual Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) international convention, the RV News Service reported. Major...
View ArticleWinnebago WIT Rally in Full Swing This Week
About 1,100 motorhomes rolled into Forest City, Iowa, last weekend and will stay through Friday for the Winnebago Itasca Travelers (WIT) Grand National Rally (GNR). According to the Mason City Globe...
View ArticleThree Perish in Grand Canyon Motorhome Fire
Grand Canyon National Park authorities said there were fatalities after an RV caught fire Monday (Oct. 3) morning. At approximately 7:20 a.m., firefighters responded to a report of a motor home with...
View ArticleFilmmaker Traveling ‘Route 66′ by Motorhome
Cinematographer John Holod always has a room with a view. As reported by The Oklahoman, Holod, behind the wheel of his Winnebago, is on the mother road to produce a video about Old Route 66. He is...
View ArticleCampgrounds Take the ‘Roughing It’ Out of Camping
At Smokey Hollow Campground in Lodi, Wis., according to the New York Times, a typical weekend goes something like this: Families splash around in the man-made “swimming pond” – a lined, sand-bottomed...
View ArticleJayco’s Homecoming: Dealers in An Upbeat Mood
With the RV industry starting to pick up a little momentum, some 140 dealers gathered in Middlebury, Ind., this week (June 22-24) for Jayco Inc.’s ”Homecoming” to be followed Thursday and Friday by...
View ArticleAlaska RV Travel ‘Off to A Slow Start’ This Summer
A dozen white motorhomes clogged Alaska’s Kenai Holiday gas station parking lot Monday morning (June 22), giving locals a rare glimpse at the kind of caravan that has been conspicuously missing from...
View ArticleAmericans Take to Road Over Fourth Holiday
Robert Neal will take to the road this Independence Day holiday the same as millions of other Americans. But there’s a difference in their road-trip ritual this Fourth of July. The price of gasoline,...
View ArticleRVIA Lauds Potential of NBC’s ‘Great American Road Trip’
RV travel and camping are receiving a timely boost with the debut of NBC’s Great American Road Trip, the reality TV show showcasing the adventures of seven families traveling in motorhomes on a...
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