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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From Tynan’s Life Outside the Box Blog:

I was on the phone a couple days ago with my friend Hayden. After hearing about my plan to continue up to San Francisco, he predicted that within a year I would be living “somewhere posh”. I doubt it. I really just love living in this RV, and can’t imagine circumstances that would make me move out (famous last words). There are certainly upgrades I’d like to do (more solar, more batteries, more water capacity), but for now I have no inclination to move out.

Why do I love it so much? What makes me so willing to give up things like adequate floor space for a trash can? Here are six of my favorite things about living in an RV.

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Flojet Macerator Pump Draining your RV waste tanks just got easier! Eliminates the need for a 3″ sewer hose. Waste pump connects directly to your RV’s waste outlet. Enables you to dump at longer distances — and you can drain your holding tanks at home! Includes a garden hose discharge port, remote on/off switch with 6′ wire harness and rugged portable case for easy storage.