RV News Service

Camping World, Coleman team to sell large RVs

Russ & Tiña De Maris — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:42:24 +0000

Camping World says you’ll soon be able to buy a new Coleman RV from them–maybe at a location near you. The new Coleman RVs may not be what you’d expect: Instead of pop-up trailers, come December the Coleman logo’d RVs–produced by Thor Industries–will include three different lines of full-sized rigs. The Ultra-Light series will offer travel [...]

Use your RV to visit National Memorials? Here’s the newest one

Russ & Tiña De Maris — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:37:25 +0000

(Port Chicago, CA) On July 17, 1944, while the nation was furiously embroiled in World War II, crews at the naval magazine in Port Chicago, 35 miles north of San Francisco, were frantically loading active munitions onto Pacific-bound naval vessels. There was a spirit of competition among loading crews–who could get the most tonnage loaded [...]

Florida RV park reservations up–or is it down?

Russ & Tiña De Maris — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:56:31 +0000

A mixed bag of news comes out of Florida as RV park owners in the Sunshine State stir their tea-leaves, attempting to predict what the snowbird season will bring. According to the "official" word of the Florida Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, announced mid-month, RV park reservations are up. 'Not so fast!,' says an informal survey conducted by a local Florida paper. And how does the season look out West?

Florida highway named All-American Road

Staff Report — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:51:34 +0000

FLORIDA KEYS (October 20, 2009) — The Overseas Highway, a portion of U.S. Highway 1 that spans the Florida Keys from north of Key Largo to Key West, recently was named an All-American Road by federal transportation officials. The highway is the only Florida road to achieve All-American status, the highest recognition possible under the National [...]

California RV dealer, salesmen accused of ripping off RVers in court

Russ & Tiña De Maris — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:54:26 +0000

RVers who may have been bilked out of $300,000 by the former owner and three salesmen of Anderson RV are finally seeing progress made in their possible prosecution. Prosecutors allege the quartet took the money and ran after defrauding the owners of 80 RVs.

RVers seeking California park reservations will face tough slog

Russ & Tiña De Maris — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:18:04 +0000

RVers who want to camp in one of California’s state parks may have reservations about the whole matter when they hear the latest: The Golden State parks are staying open despite the budget crisis, but campground reservations have been eliminated in all but 23 of the state’s parks. Says a notice on the official state park [...]

RV experts to appear on Saturday webcast at RVtravel.com

Chuck — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:47:13 +0000

EDMONDS, Wash., Oct. 16, 2009 — The RV Doctor Gary Bunzer and RV performance expert Eric Davis will appear tomorrow morning, Oct. 17, 2009, on a live webcast at RVtravel.com. Both will take email questions from viewers and answer as many as time permits. Gary will appear on the webcast between 10 and 11 a.m. (Pacific [...]

RV Travel to publish 400th newsletter

Staff Report — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:38:12 +0000

The week of Sept. 11, 2001, Chuck Woodbury was set to issue his first RVtravel.com online newsletter. He recalls he had less than 100 subscribers. “Then, after the terrible events of that day, it seemed unimportant to be discussing RVing,” he said. Two weeks later, he issued his first newsletter, initially every other week, then weekly [...]

Mean Motorhome RV Race coming Halloween Night

Staff Report — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:16:34 +0000

Mark your calendars, RV and automotive race enthusiasts: Perhaps the biggest race of the U.S. racing season is coming Halloween night, Oct. 31, to Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. It’s part of opening day of the 36th annual K&N Halloween Classic. The race is huge. Well, maybe not the race, but the race vehicles. “It’s [...]

Arizona snowbirds will find fewer open rest stops

Russ & Tiña De Maris — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:18:35 +0000

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) will be closing the bulk of its highway rest areas, effective October 19. With 18 current “pit stops” available, RVers and other snowbirds traveling the Grand Canyon State will soon have but five to choose from. Caught in a budget crisis, ADOT is relying on commercial businesses to take [...]