RV Sales Try to Hold their Ground During Recession from MSNBC
The recession is taking its toll from the auto industry to the housing market - but what about the business that falls somewhere in between. Recreational vehicles are like a home on wheels, but in a recession, is it considered an extravagance or an affordable option? More
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Digital Switch Includes TVs in Campers, RVs from KSL-TV The digital television switch happens next month, and it will affect even the little TV out in the camp trailer. Russ Temple at Russ Temple Motors in Orem, Utah, estimates 90 percent of camp trailers and motorhomes with TVs still are using analog systems with those crank-up antennas. More
RV Makers to Buyers: Don't Worry, Be Happy from Reuters When the Chicago Boat, RV & Outdoors Show opens this week, exhibitors have a ready answer for consumers spooked by the deep economic downturn and surging unemployment. Stop worrying. You can afford this. Faced with one of the most significant recessions in decades, manufacturers and retailers of pleasure boats, campers and other recreational products are setting aside two areas inside the vast McCormick Place Convention Center to showcase the less-expensive ends of their lines. More
WiFiRV Increases Investment Budget to Provide Best Wireless Services to Campers and RVs from PRWeb Consistent high-speed WiFi Internet access is what all property managers want. RV parks, campgrounds, and resorts were geographically located so travelers could "get away from it all" but now they want to be away from it all and take it all with them too. That's where WiFiRV comes in. WiFiRV has consistently shown it is the best solution for RV owners to get high-speed Internet, and that has been even more evident as WiFiRV sales continue to rise even in a down economy. More
Economical-to-Operate Recreational Vehicles Gain Momentum from The San Francisco Chronicle Small trailers that can be towed by smaller, economical vehicles continue to rise in popularity, and manufacturers are adding them quickly to their product lines. The Holiday Rambler is long known for its top-quality, higher-end trailers and motorhomes. HR took a significant side-trip with the recent introduction of its new Campmaster lightweight trailers, but it's a move that makes sense. More
More Credit Sought for RV Buyers from The Register-Guard Oregon’s congressional delegation is working to make credit more readily available to people interested in buying RVs. The lawmakers ask that a loan fund established to make credit more readily available to auto buyers and auto dealers be opened up to include consumers trying to buy RVs and to RV dealers. More
Portable Filter Reduces Formaldehyde Problem from MotorHome Magazine With detectable levels of outgassed formaldehyde well above levels recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in such mass-produced environments as motorhomes, and trailers, Indianapolis-based Pure Air Systems is looking to provide viable portable air filtration solutions to combat the rising concern of formaldehyde gas in an airborne environment. More
RV-Friendly Highway Signs to be Popping Up in California from PRWeb As Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, recently signed the legislation putting the popular "RV friendly" highway sign to use in the popular coastal state. The motorhome friendly logo is used on highway signs to indicate facilities that cater to RVs (gas, food, lodging, businesses) and is already in use in several other states. More
Deals Abound at RV Show from the South Bend Tribune Step into one of the many spacious, classy motor homes at the 33rd annual Valley RV and Camping Show at Century Center in South Bend, Ind., and it's hard to not start dreaming. Comfy recliner chairs, cozy restaurantlike booths, sofas, great sounding stereos and even sizable TVs. And the front seat passenger can even get up and take a nice walk to the back and enjoy it all. More
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