Harvest Hosts Sold: What Does It Mean for RVers?
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Harvest Hosts Sold: What Does It Mean for RVers?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202626 min
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Is Harvest Hosts getting too big? Choice Hotels is buying the RV overnight membership company, and members are asking what comes next for prices, reservations and the small-business experience that made it popular. In the October 5, 2026 RV Podcast News Edition, Mike Wendland examines the deal, the membership growth and the questions RVers should ask before renewing. Also this week: Class B camper van makers are changing hands. We examine the ownership changes at Midwest Automotive Designs and Roadtrek, plus a preliminary report about Outside Van.A quieter Elkhart RV Open House offers clues about...

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Hello everybody, I'm Mike Weatherly and this is the Monday RV Podcast News Edition for October 5, 2026, coming to you from our RV. And we're at the KOA holiday on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee as this edition is being recorded.

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Now, before we get to the news, a reminder about something. It's happening this Thursday, October 8. I'm teaching an End of the Season RV Shut Down Workshop. It's going to be live and it will walk you through the complete shutdown process for

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your rig with special attention to the plumbing system. That's where all the expensive winter mistakes happen. It's just 10 bucks and if you cannot make it live, you'll have access to the video replay for several days afterwards.

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