Archive for July, 2009

>Today, Go RVing Canada released a major new independent Family Vacation Cost Comparison Study. The Study found typical family RV vacations to be up to 75 percent less expensive per day than the other types of trips. Several forms of travel were compared and in all cases, RV vacations were more economical than other types of travel, regardless of trip duration, distance, or region of the country where the vacation took place.

“This study confirms what we have been saying for years now,” said Jeff Redmond, chairman of Go RVing Canada. “RV vacations represent the most economical way for families to travel and see the beautiful country that we live in. In today’s economic environment, people need to know that RVs represent an adventurous form of travel that is more cost-conscious than any other vacation.”

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New Hampshire campground owners and campers say the jury is still out on the effect of the newly imposed 9% camping tax, but campground owners charged with collecting it say their collective nightmare is just beginning.

It’s been three weeks since the Legislature passed the budget that included, among other things, a new tax on camping that, for most of them, has become more than a customer relations issue, according to the Laconia Citizen.

“It’s an accounting headache,” said Jon Mackie, who with his wife Sue are the owners of Clearwater and the Meredith Woods Campground in Meredith and who initially opposed the tax on its merit and are now realizing the accounting changes that they’ll need to make.

“For me, the biggest issue has been the level of indecision on the part of the state,” said Mackie, who said he’s still trying to determine how to tax his guests who partially paid before the effective date of July 1 but who are actually camping after the effective date.

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