News From Away, we are fortunate to be "Vacationland"

Silver Airstream trailers make for happier campers at selected KOAs

Dallas Morning News, March 15, 2009

Kampgrounds of America Inc. and Airstream Inc. are placing 25 of the company's most popular model trailers at KOA campgrounds in Las Vegas; Bar Harbor, Maine; and Key West, Fla., letting travelers rent the recognizable trailers like hotel rooms. (And the summer rate these folks pay..$165.39/night! )

Jim's notes: This is from a Dallas, TX newspaper. According to the U.S. Census July 2007 estimates, the metropolitan area has a population of 6.1 million.

Patti & I worked for KOA a while back... "camper" demographics would surprise you. Which "niches" do you market?

FMI

Budget bonanza
Feel free to roam this itinerary without pinching pennies - or even counting them

Boston Globe March 15, 2009

Here are five places to go and things to do in Maine that should get the mental gears turning on how to put more "free" into your vacation. Art walk, ...Perham's, ...Johnny's Selected Seeds, ...St. Saviour's Episcopal Church, ...Bar Harbor Whale Museum, ...MDI Biological Laboratory.

Jim's notes: Boston's combined statistical area (CSA) which includes the metro areas of Providence, Rhode Island and Worcester, Massachusetts.CSA is the nation's fifth largest and includes over 7.4 million people.

FMI