Canadian Recreational Vehicle Association – News Release December 7, 2021 The Canadian Recreational Vehicle Association reports that RV Wholesale Shipments into Canada for the 3rd Quarter ending September 30th, 2021 totaled 14,245 units compared to 6,995 in 2020, representing an increase of 103.65%. Total RV Wholesale Shipments into Canada year to date as of September…
Press release Elkhart, IN – 11/15/2021 Truma North America has named Kyle Hastings to Head of Service. In his role, Hastings will lead the Customer Care, Mobile Service, Training and Dealer Service support from our North American Head Quarters in Elkhart. Hastings will report to Mark Howlett, COO of Truma North America. Hastings comes to…
By: RVBusiness| Published on: Oct 25, 2021 Results for the RV Industry Association’s (RVIA) September 2021 survey of manufacturers determined that total RV shipments ended the month with 55,014 units, an increase of 32.2% compared to the 41,600 units shipped during September 2020. This September was also the best on comparable record with shipments surpassing the…
CBC News · Posted: Oct 15, 2021 4:31 PM AT | Last Updated: October 15 After a pandemic and 5 years in politics, former Saint John mayor says it was time to ‘get out there and live’ After the pandemic, Don and Patty Darling decided they weren’t willing to put their dream adventures off for even one…
Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 01:45 AM With a continuing ban on leisure travel to the U.S., COVID-testing hassles for those travelling by air and a build-up of cabin fever — not to mention the ability to work from pretty much anywhere — interest in recreational vehicles has hit an all-time high.…
By: RVBusiness|Published on: Aug 19, 2021|Categories: Today’s Industry News One of the most exciting trends in RV ownership over the past few years has been the increase in families with young children, reports the RV Industry Association (RVIA). According to the recent Go RVing RV Owner Demographic Profile, these owners are under 45 years old and have…
The Canadian Recreational Vehicle Association is very pleased to report that RV Wholesale Shipments into Canada for the 2nd Quarter ending June 30th,2021 totaled 16,250 units compared to 4,471 in 2020, representing an increase of 263.45% over the same period last year. Total RV Wholesale Shipments into Canada YTD for the period ending June 30th…
Results for the RV Industry Association’s June 2021 survey of manufacturers determined that total RV shipments ended the month with 50,706 units, an increase of 25.3% compared to the 40,462 units shipped during June 2020; this June was also the best on comparable record being up 7% against the 47,416 shipments in June 2017.Typically, Canadian…
By: RVBusiness|Published on: Jun 1, 2021 Strong growth through the remainder of 2021 will push RV wholesale shipments to their highest historical total ever, according to the Summer 2021 issue of “RV RoadSigns,” the quarterly forecast prepared by ITR Economics for the RV Industry Association (RVIA). The latest projection shows total 2021 RV shipments ranging between…
May 19th, 2021 The Canadian Recreational Vehicle Association is pleased to report that RV Wholesale Shipments into Canada for the 1st Quarter ending March 31st, 2021 totaled 13,852 units compared to 8,634 in 2020, representing an increase of 60.44% for the period over last year. The RV and Camping Industry in Canada significantly increased in…
April 26th, 2021 More RVs were delivered to RV dealerships across North America in March than in any prior single month in the industry’s history, according to the newly released wholesale shipment data from the RV Industry Association’s (RVIA) March 2021 survey of manufacturers. The 54,291 wholesale RV units shipped this past March is a…
January 29th, 2021 RV vacations are on the rise from coast to coast in Canada and how affordable a family trip is depends on a number of factors. The Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) of Canada, the Canadian Recreational Vehicle Association (CRVA) and Go RVing Canada recently released the updated 2020 Family Vacation Cost Analysis, which analyzes and compares…
From : RVBusiness Dec 21, 2020 THOR Industries Inc. (NYSE: THO) today (Dec. 21) announced the acquisition of Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. and related companies (collectively, the “Tiffin Group”) for $300 million, funded with a combination of available cash and a draw on the company’s existing asset-based credit facility. The purchase agreement was executed and effective at the close…
RV Shipments Projected to Eclipse 500,000 Units in 2021 By: RVBusiness| Published on: Dec 1, 2020 North American Wholesale RV shipments are forecasted to gain nearly 20% to 502,582 units in 2021 after totaling 423,628 units in 2020, according to the “Winter 2020 RV RoadSigns” prepared by ITR Economics for the RV Industry Association (RVIA). The…
Camping Behavior Statistics One thing we’ve always found interesting is how differently people enjoy camping. Some camp alone, some take their friends and families on camping trips, and everything in between. We’ve found some awesome statistics about how often Canadians go camping, what kind of criteria they use to decide where they go camping, what…
November 20th- The Canada-U.S. border is set to remain closed well until at least mid-December. Multiple reports in Canadian news outlets, including The Toronto Star, the CBC and the Globe and Mail, said the governments of both countries have agreed to another 30-day rollover of the current travel restrictions, which were due to expire in…
By Heidi Mitchell Nov. 12, 2020 Earlier this year, Nate Luebbe came up with a new way to work from home: bring his home to where he worked, writes Heidi Mitchell for a Nov. 12 report published by The Wall Street Journal. The Seattle photographer, who often had to travel three hours each way to shoots, bought an…
Published Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:27PM MDT Courtesy of Dave Dormer CALGARY — Albertans looking for a way to be active and outdoors while adhering to public health measures have overwhelmingly turned to one activity during the pandemic — camping. Numbers from the province show a massive jump in provincial park campsite reservations in recent months, going…
Canadian Camping and RV Industry Files October 2020 Dear RV enthusiast, We would like to thank you for your continued support of the RV industry. As you are very much aware, the sudden onslaught of the pandemic has caused grave concern for everyone and we now find ourselves living in an unprecedented time. Industries across…
CAR RENTAL & RAIL LAURIE BARATTI SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 Many RV, travel trailer and camper van manufacturers are refocusing their new-model designs to cater to customers’ shifting priorities, as the COVID-19 pandemic forces people to rethink what their travel plans, work and home lives will look like. As COVID-19 prompted international border closures and caused air travel to virtually…