(Sept. 3, 2010) -- “Solex is basically able to provide us with a total package for financing recreational vehicles,” said Hamm. “We can go from the front end credit investigation, submit to lenders, and do all the back-end functions once the loans are approved -- the document prep, contracts, and such -- all in the same system.”

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- "Are your sales getting better or worse?" asks Chad Carr, owner of Rainmaker Consulting. "It is still very tough out there, but there are things you can start doing immediately to increase your sales. There are dealers who are selling more today than ever in their history and we have clients who are reporting their most profitable years."

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- "The acquisitions of these new products and services continue our history of successfully increasing our RV content per unit, a critical component of our long-term strategy," said Fred Zinn, president and CEO of Drew Industries. The initial cost of these transactions aggregated less than $1 million, which was paid from available cash. Future royalties on the RVLOCK will be based on sales."

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- Depending on damage done by Hurricane Earl, Assateague Island National Seashore hopes to reopen the campground Saturday, WBOC reported. At the Maryland state park in the northern part of the island, natural resources officials so far are asking campers with plans to arrive there by Thursday to delay their trip until further notice.

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- According to Lisa Gufstafson, manager of Campers Haven RV park, three people cancelled their weekend reservations and a few of the camp's 230 seasonal residents left early. But most were keeping a close watch on weather reports, planning to stay through the storm, but prepared to leave if conditions were too difficult, the Cape Cod Times reported.

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- The deal resulted in a discounted cost for a 2011 Monaco Diplomat. The special consideration on pricing allowed Mission of Mercy to purchase a second RV in order to expand their services. The RVs will be transformed into mobile medical vans that will include patient exam rooms, a patient education area and an on-site pharmacy according to the charity.

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- Access Outdoor Storage provides secure and accessible parking for boats, recreational vehicles (RVs), cars, travel trailers, campers, motor homes, and trucks. of all sizes The new facility in Cleveland is completely lighted and fenced, with gated keypad access offered to customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- AAA today projected the number of Americans traveling this Labor Day holiday weekend will increase 9.9 percent from 2009, with approximately 34.4 million travelers taking a trip at least 50 miles away from home. Last year, 31.3 million Americans traveled during the Labor Day holiday.

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- Henry and Donna Rosciti and Henry Rosciti Jr. had sued Pennsylvania-based American International Group Insurance Company alleging that the bankrupt Monaco Coach Corp., sold them a defective mobile home and then failed to repair it, which caused one of the plaintiffs to become ill from toxic mold. A federal judge ruled they couldn't collect on excess insurance policies because Monaco was unable to cover its self-insurance claims.

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- In writing an article about the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Washington Independent reporter Annie Lowry said she wound up learning a bit about the market for recreational vehicles and one of the very unintended consequences of Hurricane Katrina: How the federal government screwed up the American market for RVs.

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- "It was terrifying. It was very scary, I didn't know what to do," Watson told KTTC-TV. "I mean, we stay and take the chance of somebody with a gun who's not afraid to shoot at police, what are they going to do with us? Or go up the hill and take the chance of being shot by the police because they don't know that we're innocent people."

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- Some applications are extremely effective in helping people plan trips and improve their travel experience. Gripd.com, a company that develops web and iPhone applications nationwide, spent several months testing various apps on each platform to see which ones make the website's top four travel apps accessible by people who own an iPhone, Blackberry or Android phone.

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- "Today’s decline is modestly encouraging and, with the previous week’s sizeable drop, will continue to lend some support to the argument that the level of claims in earlier weeks may have been distorted by the layoff of temporary census workers," said Janzen. "With that said, despite a dip in the most recent week, the level of claims on a four-week moving-average basis remains uncomfortably high."

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- Winnebago Industries is the first manufacturer to offer the new DISH Network Mobile HD program that allows RV owners to pay month-by-month, only when they want to watch satellite TV programming. Subscribers purchase the receivers outright; there are no contracts, no equipment to return and no activation fees.

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(Sept. 2, 2010) -- Ryan Roske has been promoted to western area sales manager by Winnebago Industries. He replaces Larry Gram who retired after more than 30 years with the company.

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