TCT California Regional Rally
Coloma, California - October 16-19, 2008

Registration includes three nights camping with full hook-up, available to first 22 Registrants. After those sites are full there are 9 additional sites with water and electric only. When the sites with hook- ups are filled, you will be placed on a dry camping site and receive […]

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POST YOUR EVENT IN THE FORUM SECTION TOO.
This section is for upcoming events for all across the country. If you don’t see your event here, please post it in the forum category. If you send “artwork” (at 320 x240) we will post it on this page as well. For any questions, please contact Lisa at […]

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While on the ‘celebrity RVer’ beat … here is a note about actor/songwriter Jeff Daniels.
Recently Daniels and his son (and two of his son’s college-age friends) drove Daniels’ 28-foot Jayko RV from his home on the Upper Peninsula of  Michigan to a fund-raiser in Rock Island, Illinois, according to an item posted on Weekly Wilson.com
Traveling to performances in an […]

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In an AP wire story a couple of days ago, Juan A. Lozano reports that hundreds of southeast Texas residents are living in tents and FEMA trailers months after Hurricane Ike–upwards of 5,000 trailers are needed.
Lozano writes that “last week, FEMA Administrator David Paulison as well as Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff have visited southeast Texas, […]

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According to Keith Lansdale in The (Nacogodoches, Tex.) Daily Sentinel, Foretravel Motorcoach is expanding into the custom, living quarter horse trailer market.
Landsdale writes that the “desire for a new product comes from sales on motorhomes slowing in the last few years.
“‘With the industry being depressed, we’ve been looking for other ways to maintain our production capacity […]

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In this week’s RV Travel newsletter, Jaimie Hall Bruzenak (RVLifestyles.com) reports on the increasing challenge of homeless people living in motorhomes; and how all “RVers could be caught in the backlash” of government ordinances to stop overnight parking on city streets.
Read more in “Are homeless RV campers ruining it for all RVers?”
Image: RVTravel.com

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Jeff Johnston writes today in the Washington Times about how USA RV makers are “striving for efficiency, economy” in their “efforts to design and build products better suited for today — and tomorrow’s — economic climates.”
Two RVs are profiled: the Freelander 2100 CB Class C motorhome from Coachmen RV and the Lance 1880 travel trailer.
Johnson reports that […]

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According to figures from the “Caravan Press,” it appears the economic slow down is hitting RV sales in Europe —
“The last sales period started on September 2007 and ended on August 2008. The total volume was 200,519 vehicles. This is five percent down from the previous period. Caravan sales dropped 7.9 % and totalled 110,519 units. Motorhome sales […]

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If you are checking out a previously owned travel trailer or motorhome, one Website to start collecting your information on how much to pay is Camper Blue Book Value.

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RVers are “concerned about today’s sagging economy and looking for ways to save money and cut costs,” according to the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s fall/winter survey.
Not too much of a surprise is that RVers are making fewer trips and are sticking closer to home. However, we’re are still getting out into nature on a regular […]

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