Protect Yourself, Your Employees and Campers
Today was the first in a series of webinars presented by ARVC. I highly recommend everyone taking the time to review all of these resources.
Today’s webinar was “ Coronavirus: What you can do to protect Yourself, Your Employees, and Campers.”
This webinar features presentations on emergency planning by Patrick Hardy, CEO of Hytropy, and on marketing during crisis by Brian Searl, CEO of Insider Perks. During the second half of the webinar, Mark Koep, CEO of CampgroundViews.com, also a marketing expert, joined the panel for a Q&A.
Click Here to Watch a replay of today’s webinar.
Links from the Presenters:
• Sign Up for FREE Reputation Management Tool (Brought to you by Insider Perks and ARVC)
• Overview: Insider Perks Presentation on “Marketing During Coronavirus”
• Additional Resources (NOTE: We will be adding to this folder, so check back regularly)
Upcoming WEBINARS:
ARVC will be hosting webinars every Monday and Thursday at 11AM ET. Future webinars will feature expert panelists ready to answer questions on the following topics.
Emergency Planning
Marketing
Insurance
Finance/Banking
Advocacy
Legal
There will be additional webinars all at 11:00 AM:
• Monday, March 23
• Thursday, March 26
• Monday, March 30
• Thursday, April 2nd
CARVC is here for you! Please feel free to contact me at anytime.
Dee Witting
Executive Director
Is COVID-19 effecting your campground
CARVC/ARVC is keenly aware of the impact the virus is having on our member businesses. ARVC is conducting meetings this week with key industry leadership groups, including Partnering State Executives and the ARVC Business Forum to gather perspectives and ultimately develop a plan of action that will be shared with the ARVC Board of Directors for quick dissemination. This plan will provide guidance on several topics, such as how to deal with state and local orders to shut down campgrounds, obtaining financial assistance through government loans, potential support of/through the ARVC Foundation Disaster Relief program.
CARVC remains optimistic that our campgrounds remain a viable, safe and healthy alternative to other forms of vacation accommodation and hope to be a positive influence with the public advocating in this regard.
Watch for future Constant Contact emails/CARVC Facebook page/CampingCarolinas.com member login for the information included in this email. For more details and daily updates on the Coronavirus-COVID-19 please reference the following links:
https://www.ready.gov/business/implementation/emergency .
https://www.scemd.org
https://www.ncdps.gov/ncem
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE ORGANIZATION AND THE INDUSTRY.
CARVC is eager to hear from you as well- give us a call at 828-557-4786 or send us an email at carvcmembership@outlook.com, if you have any questions or concerns or would like us to help you find resources to handle a specific question.
Stay Healthy and Safe.
Dee Witting, Executive Director
CARVC Board of Directors
Campgrounds Across Carolinas Offer Unique Accommodations
CAMPGROUNDS ACROSS THE CAROLINAS OFFER UNIQUE RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS, FROM FURNISHED GLAMPING TENTS, TEPEES AND YURTS TO COZY CABINS AND COTTAGES
The Jellystone Park in Bostic, N.C. even has treehouse like cabins while accommodations at Campfire Lodgings in Asheville, N.C. include a 3,000-square foot cliff house with a stone fireplace. Stoney Fork Campground in Ferguson has its own bed and breakfast inn in a 100+ year-old farmhouse.
When people think about camping, tents and RVs immediately come to mind.
But campgrounds, RV parks and resorts across the Carolinas actually offer an enormous variety of rental accommodations.
“You really don’t need a tent, an RV or even a sleeping bag to enjoy a camping experience in the Carolinas, whether you want to camp on a mountaintop, along a lake or on a campsite with a view of the Altantic Ocean,” said Dee Witting, executive director of the Carolinas Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds.
“We have campgrounds that offer everything from RV rentals to furnished glamping tents, tepees, yurts and even treehouse-like structures to cozy cabins and cottages and lodges big enough to sleep 20 people. One campground even has a bed and breakfast inn inside a century-old farmhouse, while others offer beach and bayfront vacation house rentals. The variety of rental accommodations at campgrounds across the Carolinas is truly astounding.”
Here’s a sampling of some of the rental accommodations offered by campgrounds in North and South Carolina:
Blue Bear Mountain Camp in Todd, N.C.
This off-grid campground complements its RV and tent sites with solar-powered cabins and tepees. Each cabin features a queen-size bed and sleeper sofa, a kitchenette, fireplace and gas grill. Tepees feature queen-size beds with high-quality linens, a bistro table and chairs, a charcoal grill and a picnic table. Campground amenities include hiking trails and trout fishing.
Visit their website: http://www.bluebearmountain.com
Campfire Lodgings in Asheville, N.C.
This campground is perched atop a scenic ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains and offers a mix of RV and tent sites along with a variety of rental accommodations, including yurts, cabins and a secluded cliff house. The yurts are circular tent-like structures with lattice siding, windows, a dome-shaped roof and skylight. The yurts have air conditioning and heating and include kitchens equipped with a small microwave, a small fridge and a coffee maker, as well as a gas grill and picnic table. Some units also have bathrooms. The yurts also feature gas log fireplaces for chilly nights or simply to create a romantic setting. Campfire Lodgings also offers two-bedroom, two-bathroom cabins with full-size kitchens, air conditioning, heating and gas log stoves as well as wood decks with gas grills. The 3,000-square foot cliff house is located on the side of a mountain and is surrounded by woods. The house has weathered chestnut barn siding and features a large stone fireplace and huge boulders that double as walls, mahogany doors from The Bank of London as well as antique glass. The house has three bedrooms and sleeps six.
Visit their website: https://www.campfirelodgings.com
Carrollwoods Coastal Campground and Grapeful Sisters Vineyard in Tabor City, N.C.
This campground is part of a winery, so campers can enjoy nine varieties of wine from semi-dry red and white wine to sweet Southern traditional red wine. The campground offers RV and tent sites as well as furnished cabins and a two-room glamping tent with a comfortable queen-size bed and a ready-to-light campfire, which make this venue a great place to take your spouse for a romantic weekend. The campground offers picnic basket lunches as well as steak and potato dinner baskets that are ready to cook over the open fire. Wine tastings and chocolate and wine pairings are also available. A bed and breakfast inn, called the Inn d’Vine, is also located close by.
Visit their website: http://www.myrtlebeachcampingwest.com
Four Paws Kingdom Campground and Dog Retreat in Rutherfordton, N.C.
This campground caters to dogs and their human companions and has pet friendly cabins and yurts in addition to RV sites. Each weekend has a different theme with dog activities, dog/human activities and adult human activities. An “Amazing Race Weekend” is set for May 31-June 2 and includes an obstacle course competition for dogs and their human companions, while a “Woofstock Weekend” with live music will take place Aug. 16-18. The campground has RV sites as well as pet friendly cabins and yurts.
Visit their website: http://www.4pawskingdom.com
Jellystone Park Golden Valley in Bostic, N.C.
This campground currently offers tent sites as well as two-bedroom cabins and loft cabins with full size kitchens and bathrooms; three-bedroom lodges that sleep up up to 14; as well as one-room “Treetop Cabins” that are elevated on stilts, like a treehouse. This campground also offers luxurious glamping tents that sleep up to five and include a queen bed, a sleeper sofa, a hideaway twin bed, a microwave, a mini fridge, a coffee pot, access to a shared washing station and a charcoal grill. RV sites will be available starting July 1. This campground also offers organized family activities and theme weeks and weekends with Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Ranger Smith and Cindy Bear. Campground amenities include outdoor movies, jumping pillows, miniature golf, gem mining, Gaga Ball, laser tag, and a water zone with 165-foot long water slides, two kiddie water slides, 13 water blasters, two water cannons, and a 750-gallon hydro storm bucket that periodically dumps 750 gallons of water on anyone standing beneath it. Other activities include catch-and-release fishing, canoeing, kayaking and stand up paddle boarding on the park’s lake.
Visit their website: https://campgoldenvalley.com
Jellystone Park in Tabor City, N.C.
This campground complements its RV and tent sites with cabins, yurts and two bunkhouses that can each sleep up to 20. In addition to offering organized activities and theme weekends with Yogi Bear, this campground has a mini golf course, a playground, a bike track, a gem mining sluice, a jumping pad, two dog parks, a 2,200 square-foot heated indoor swimming pool and installed a 20-foot-tall AquaPlay structure that features water cannons, water slides and a bucket that fills up and dumps water on children playing below. Other amenities include an activity center, a restaurant and a homemade ice cream shop that draws customers from throughout the Carolinas.
Visit their website: https://www.taborcityjellystone.com
Lakewood Camping Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
This 1,300-site park sits on 300 acres and includes five lakes and a half mile of beachfront property. The resort complements its RV and tent sites with vacation accommodations that range in size from one to five bedrooms. Park amenities include miniature golf, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a full-size waterpark with multiple slides, a lazy river and splash area as well as multiple sports venues. The resort also offers a free Bible-themed summer day camp for kids.
Visit their website: https://lakewoodcampground.com
Myrtle Beach Travel Park in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
This campground complements its campsites with rental accommodations, including 35 park models and 45 travel trailers. The park recently renovated two of its two-bedroom park models with new appliances, new hotel grade furniture, new TVs, new decking and landscaping. The park also recently added 10 two-bedroom Salem travel trailers that are equipped with a fireplace and sleep six. This campground features a heated indoor swimming pool as well as an outdoor swimming pool, splash pool and lazy river. The park also has a fresh water fishing lake with paddle boats and recently added a barrel train ride. Activities include arts and crafts, magic shows, family sand castle building, boys-versus-girls pool games and Karaoke.
Visit their website: http://www.myrtlebeachtravelpark.com
Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
This 3,435-site family owned park is the largest campground on the East Coast and nearly a mile of oceanfront and Sandy Harbor Water Park for guests.y. It complements its beachfront RV and tent sites with more than 300 rental accommodations, including one- and two-story beach houses on stilts that sleep up to 20 guests. Summer activities include family ceramics classes, tie dye, scavenger hunts, fishing tournaments in the surf for all ages as well as miniature golf tournaments for adults and children. The campground also has an onsite Nature Center Discovery Lab that features a live alligator and offers classes on a variety of topics as well as beach cleanups and nature walks and a Junior Naturalist Program. The campground also has a kids day camp called Kamp Starfish for children ages 4 to 11 and a “Kids Night Out” program, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., so parents can have a “date night” while their children enjoy pizza, games and activities. Summer shows include a weekly “Fire and Hula Show,” and a magic show in addition to themed weekends and special events throughout the year. Visit their website: https://www.oceanlakes.com
Solitude Point Cabins & RV Park in Cleveland, S.C.
This campground offers a variety of cabins, including units with a hot tub inside a screened porch. Onsite activities include hiking on the park’s nature trail as well as canoeing, tubing and kayaking on the Saluda River and fishing for bream, trout and catfish. Several waterfalls are also located nearby, including 420-foot Raven Cliff Falls.
Visit their website: http://www.solitudepointe.com
Stoney Fork Campground and Bed and Breakfast in Ferguson, N.C.
This campground is located on a 28-acre homestead with 2,000-feet of frontage along Stoney Fork Creek with a mix of white pine, hardwoods, rhododendron and blackberry plants as well as grassy areas. In addition to offering creekside RV and tent sites, this campground has 100-plus-year-old farmhouse that’s used as a small bed and breakfast inn featuring homegrown cuisine raised in the campground’s garden.
Visit their website: https://www.stoneyforkcampground.com
The Great Outdoors RV Resort in Franklin, N.C.
This park complements its RV sites with three cabins, including a studio cabin with a full bathroom and a kitchenette and two one-bedroom, one- bathroom cabins with a kitchenette. All three cabins have porches and mountain views.
Visit their website: http://gorvresort.com
For more information about campgrounds, RV parks and resorts across North and South Carolina, pl
Upcoming Summer Activities
CAMPGROUNDS ACROSS THE CAROLINAS ENTICE GUESTS WITH UNIQUE AMENITIES AND ACTIVITIES
Activities range from “ladies only” deep sea fishing trips to nature walks, beach cleanups and organized family activities and themed weekends. One campground offers pet-themed activities every weekend, including a “Woofstock” music event.
Are you looking for different kinds of experiences in the Great Outdoors this summer?
How about joining a “ladies only” deep sea fishing excursion? “They’re called Reels and Heels, and are always very fun,” said Irina Yashova, co-owner of Seahaven Marine RV Park in Sneads Ferry, N.C., adding that the trips are scheduled “on demand.”
“If there is a group of ladies who would like to charter it for ‘Heels and Reels,’ it can be done any time,” she said.
Seahaven Marine RV Park also offers a variety of other deep sea fishing excusions, including father-and-son trips, girls weekends out, bachelorette and bachelor parties, graduation celebrations and appreciation trips for work colleagues, parents and various groups.
Do you hear the mountains calling?
Consider using Linville Falls Campground as a base camp for visiting Linville Falls, which carries more water than any other waterfall along the Blue Ridge Parkway, or for checking out Linville Caverns, the only cave open to the public for tours in North Carolina.
Are you looking instead for organized family activities? Many campgrounds across North and South Carolina provide family activities.
“There is really so much families can do,” said Dee Witting, executive director of the Carolinas Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds.
“Visit CampingCarolinas.com and you can find campgrounds that offer every conceivable summer activity, such as hiking, swimming, fishing and river tubing, kayaking or canoeing. You can also find campgrounds with organized family activities, summer day camps and even nighttime kids activities so parents can enjoy a ‘date night’ on their own.”
Here are examples of the amenities and activities available at several campgrounds across North and South Carolina this summer:
Four Paws Kingdom Campground and Dog Retreat in Rutherfordton, N.C.
This campground caters to dogs and their human companions and has a different theme each weekend with dog activities, dog/human activities and adult human activities. An Amazing Race Weekend is set for May 31-June 2 includes an obstacle course competition for dogs and their human companions, while a Woofstock weekend with live music will take place Aug. 16-18. The campground has RV sites as well as pet friendly cabins and yurts.
Visit their website: http://www.4pawskingdom.com
Jellystone Park Golden Valley in Bostic, N.C.
This campground, which has scheduled its grand opening for Memorial Day weekend, offers organized family activities and theme weeks and weekends with Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Ranger Smith and Cindy Bear. Theme weekends include a “Chocolate Frenzy Week” July 15-21 with a chocolate balloon toss, teen only chocolate maze, a chocolate Slip N Slide, and an adults only chocolate buffet. Amenities include outdoor movies, jumping pillows, miniature golf, gem mining, Gaga Ball, laser tag, and a water zone with 165-foot long water slides, two kiddie water slides, 13 water blasters, two water cannons, and a 750 gallon hydro storm bucket that periodically dumps 750 gallons of water on anyone standing beneath it. Other activities include catch and release fishing, canoeing, kayaking and stand up paddle-boarding on the park’s lake.
Visit their website: https://campgoldenvalley.com
Myrtle Beach Travel Park in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
This campground features a heated indoor swimming pool as well as an outdoor swimming pool, splash pool and lazy river. The park also has a fresh water fishing lake with paddle boats and a barrel train ride. Activities include arts and crafts, magic shows, family sand castle building, boys versus girls pool games and Karaoke.
Visit their website: http://www.myrtlebeachtravelpark.com
Norwood Campground in Norwood, N.C.
Annual activities at this campground include a dip competition called “Put a Chip in It,” for Cinco de Mayo and a 4th of July Parade with golf carts, bicycles and tricycles. Fall activities include carnival day Oct. 5; a “Battle of the Bowls” chili crawl Oct. 12, and a barbecue competition Oct. 26 as well as hayrides and trick or treating for Halloween.
Visit their website: https://www.norwoodcampground.com
Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Summer activities include family ceramics classes, family tie dye, scavenger hunts, fishing tournaments in the surf for all ages as well as miniature golf tournaments for adults and children. The campground also has an onsite Nature Center Discovery Lab that features a live alligator and offers classes on a variety of topics as well as beach cleanups and nature walks and a Junior Naturalist Program. The campground, which offers RV and tent sites as well as beach house rentals, also has a kids day camp called Kamp Starfish for children ages 4 to 11 and a “Kids Night Out” program, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., so parents can have a “date night” while their children enjoy pizza, games and activities. Summer shows include a weekly “Fire and Hula Show” and in addition to themed weekends and special events throughout the year.
Visit their website: https://www.oceanlakes.com
River Bottom Farms in Swansea, S.C.
This campground, which features RV and tent sites as well as various rental units, offers many activities for children and their families, including chocolate-themed weekends June 7-9 and Aug. 23-24 with chocolate crafts, chocolate Slip-N-Slides, chocolate ice cream eating contests, candy bar bingo, a chocolate tug of war, and a chocolate chip pancake breakfast. A Christmas in July weekend is set for July 12-14 with kids crafts, a campsite decorating contest, pictures with Santa and a family movie. A “Wild West Weekend” will take place July 26-28 with a cow pie eating contest, a roping contest, barrel races, hoppity horse races and live music.
Visit their website: http://www.riverbottomfarms.com
Rocks Pond Campground in Eutawville, S.C.
This campground, which has RV and tent sites as well as cabin rentals, is popular with fishing enthusiasts, offering opportunities to catch largemouth bass; striped bass, blue cat catfish, flathead catfish, crappie and redear sunfish.
Visit their website: https://www.rockspond.com/index.html
Solitude Pointe Cabins & RV Park in Cleveland, S.C.
Activities at this campground include hiking on the park’s nature trail as well as canoeing, kayaking and tubing on the Saluda River as well as fishing for bream, trout and catfish. Several waterfalls are also close to this campground, including Looking Glass Falls, Twin Falls, Wild Cat Falls and 420-foot Raven Cliff Falls.
Visit their website: http://www.solitudepointe.com
For more information about campgrounds, RV parks and resorts across North and South Carolina, please visit CampingCarolinas.com.
Why join CARVC?
Transcript:
Hello, my name is Jim Culderbank. I own Moonshine Creek Campground up in the mountains of western North Carolina. I was asked what my take away was when I went and lobbied in Washington DC for ARVC and campground association. One of the main take away that I had is the respect that congressman, senators and their staff have for ARVC. They would greet Paul Bambi, Al Johnson, Jeff Sims by name. And seeing this relationship really made me feel like I’m not alone in DC. I’m not alone with my legislators. As a small campground of only 93 sites and cabins, I don’t have the time, the talent or the treasure to do what I saw my association can do in Washington DC. It made me feel good that I’m not alone. Specifically, I remember going there and finding out that another organization member, who wasn’t even a campground owner, a supplier who had worked with the NEC, which is the National Electric Commission to stop from having a regulation having campgrounds put GFCI circuits for 30 and 50 amp and that alone at $400 – $500 per breaker saved my park $43,000. And the thing that really impressed me as almost as much as the savings that ARVC saved for me through their legislative arm and public access was that the gentleman that did this owns outdoor supply company that sells electric equipment and he gave up his own self-interest his own sales and revenue because he said its just not right that we have to do this and that saved the collective camping community over $100 million dollars. I didn’t even know that until I was in Washington DC. So this is why I’m an ARVC member. This is why I’m a CARVC member. Yes last year and the year before and the year before that I have been full. We have waiting lists. I’m already full for 2019 in October but I think it’s important to support the industry because they have my back and I know that I’m not alone.
Business Returns to Normal at Many Campgrounds and RV Parks in the Carolinas
GREENVILLE, S.C., Oct. 4, 2018 — Business is returning to normal at many campgrounds and RV parks in North and South Carolina, particularly as road conditions improve in the wake of Hurricane Florence.
“Business is picking up again,” said Barb Krumm, director of marketing and public relations for Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, S.C., which has 859 campsites and 300 beach house rentals.
While Ocean Lakes’ occupancy declined in September as a result of Hurricane Florence and flooded roadways near the SC coast, much of the floodwater has receded to the point where roads are reopening and allowing travelers to reach the park again.
“A lot of the roads are now open. I-95 opened last week,” Krumm said, adding that the latest road reports for South Carolina are available at https://www.scdot.org.
North Carolina road reports are available at https://www.ncdot.gov/Pages/default.aspx.
“September was rough for the Carolinas, especially along the coast, and the flooding has really impacted many local families and businesses – for many, life has a new ‘normal’ – we all want to keep them in mind,” Krumm said.
Ocean Lakes had previously scheduled three “Hallo weekends” this month, with holiday themed contests for pumpkin carving, site decorating and costumes (including pets), a family festival, a Monster Mash Ball, and trick o’treating, but has added a mini-Halloween weekend Oct. 5-6 to boost business and morale, Krumm said.
Other parks near the coast are also seeing a gradual return to normalcy.
“Things are starting to improve for sure. We’re looking forward to having a great October,” said Vickie Fuller, administrative manager for Pirateland Camping Resort in Myrtle Beach, which has 1,480 sites, including 650 annual sites.
Fuller said Pirateland has many activities planned in October, including two Halloween-themed weekends with a magic pumpkin patch, “trunk or treating,” Halloween crafts and a haunted house.
Pine Ridge Campground in Roebuck, S.C. is “pretty full” and has a waiting list for its Halloween-themed weekends, according to park operators Brad, Cecilia and Evan McGalliard, who also said they have snowbirds both staying at the park and passing through.
Many campgrounds not only weathered Hurricane Florence, but have provided campsites and rental cabins for evacuees, particularly in the inland and mountain areas of the Carolinas.
“We were able to provide safe harbor for many evacuees in the days leading up to and during the storm,” said Michael Way of the Greensboro KOA Journey campground in Greensboro, N.C.
“We are continuing to operate as normal, providing a safe place to stay for those passing through as well as many insurance adjusters making their way into the Carolinas to assist in our recovery.”
The Boone KOA in Boone, N.C. also took in evacuees, according to park managers, who added that all park activities are on schedule.
Mike Gast, vice president of communications for Billings, Mont.-based KOA, said all KOA campgrounds in the Carolinas are open and operating normally, with the exception of the New Bern KOA Holiday in New Bern, N.C., which sustained flood damage to its cabins and other structures. But the campground’s RV sites are full.
Several campground operators noted that most of the floodwaters associated with Hurricane Florence were near the coast.
“Everybody went into panic (before the storm), but there was no flooding in our area. We were unscathed,” said Jane Emirbayer, co-owner of the 16-site Jellystone Park Camp-Resort in Asheboro, N.C., which is in the process of expanding to 41 campsites.
“The flooding was in the lowlands, not the mountains,” she said.
Emirbayer said the North Carolina Zoo is a popular attraction that brings lots of people to Asheboro in the fall. Many also come to enjoy the Halloween-themed weekend activities at Jellystone Park, which include campsite decorating and costume contests.
“We’re sold out for our three Halloween-themed weekends in October,” Emirbayer said, adding that she plans to add eight new rental cabins to her park in November.
Further to the West, the 51-site Valley River RV Resort in Marble, N.C. is also ready for business.
“We had no damage during the storm. Just a lot of rain,” said Jean-Marie Harrison, of Valley River RV Resort, adding, “Our roads are clear.”
The park features RV sites with concrete slabs, 30 and 50 amp electrical service as well as a bathhouse and laundry and pet wash station. The park accommodates nightly and weekly as well as monthly guests.
“While some of our member parks did sustain flood damage during and after Hurricane Florence, most of our affiliated campgrounds and RV parks got through the storm OK and are trying to get their businesses back to normal as quickly as possible,” said Dee Witting, executive director of the Carolinas Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CARVC).
Here’s a sampling of reports the association has received from other campgrounds across the Carolinas:
— Broad River Campground in Winnsboro, S.C.: Open.
— Camp Clearwater in White Lake, N.C.: Open.
— Camp Hatteras RV Resort & Campground in Rodanthe, N.C.: Open.
— Carolina Country Campground, Salisbury, N.C.: All campground activities are proceeding as scheduled. Snowbirds are expected to arrive during the winter months.
— Carrollwoods RV Campground & Vineyard in Tabor City, N.C.: “Carrollwoods is open with business as usual and we’re looking forward to the snowbird season,” said Christine Carroll.
— Crosswinds Family Campground in Linwood, N.C.: Open and operating as usual.
— Cypress Camping Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: Park is tentatively set to reopen Oct. 18.
— Dan Nichols Park in Salisbury, N.C.: Open.
— Fort Tatham RV Resort in Sylva, N.C.: Everything is proceeding normally at the park, according to Resort Manager Paula Russell, who noted the park closes Nov. 1 for the winter season.
— Great Outdoors RV Resort in Franklin, N.C.: “Everything is proceeding as planned,” said Polly Gamblin. “Hurricane Florence did not rear her ugly head here at all.”
— Green Acres Family Campground in Williamstown, N.C.: Open.
— High Rock Lake Marina & Campground, Lexington, N.C.: Open and operating as usual.
— Iron City Campground in Blacksburg, S.C.: Open and ready for business.
— Lazy Acres Campground in Fayetteville, N.C.: The park is “open, cleaned up and full,” according to park managers.
— Magnolia RV Park & Campground in Kinards, S.C.: Open.
— Myrtle Beach Travel Park in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: Open.
— Norwood Camping in Norwood, N.C.: Operating normally with its usual activities.
— Oasis of North Carolina in Marston, N.C.: Open.
— Southern Point Campground in Chocowinity, N.C.: Open.
— Willow Tree RV Resort in Longs, S.C.: Open.
— Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park at Daddy Joe’s in Tabor City: Open with Halloween-themed weekends planned every weekend in October.
Based in Greenville, S.C., the Carolinas Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds is the trade association representing campgrounds, RV parks and resorts in North and South Carolina. The association produces free printed campground directories and hosts https://campingcarolinas.com, the travel planning website.
Parks Accommodate Florence Evacuees
GREENVILLE, S.C., Sept. 20, 2018 — More than a dozen campgrounds and RV resorts across North and South Carolina are providing temporary shelter or a place to stay for Hurricane Florence evacuees, and several of them are offering discounts, according to the Carolinas Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds.
“Campgrounds and RV parks are uniquely positioned to accommodate evacuees and often provide emergency shelter during or after major storms, not only in the Carolinas, but across the United States,” said Dee Witting, executive director of the Carolinas Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds.
Witting added that many areas of the Carolinas escaped damage during Hurricane Florence and campgrounds in these locations are able to accommodate evacuees as well as travelers.
Although the Carolinas Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds hosts a travel planning website at https://campingcarolinas.com, Witting is reaching out to each campground, RV park and resort that’s a member of the association to determine which parks are currently open and best able to accommodate evacuees right now. These parks include:
— Boone KOA, Boone, N.C., (828) 264-7250 or https://koa.com/campgrounds/boone/.
— Camp Hatteras, Waves, N.C., (252) 987-2777 or http://www.camphatteras.com. (Roads are clear)
— Cape Hatteras KOA, Rodanthe, N.C., (252) 987-2307 or https://koa.com/campgrounds/cape-hatteras/. (Roads are clear)
— Fort Wilderness RV Park and Campground, Whittier, N.C., (828) 497-9331 or http://www.fortwilderness.net
— Grapefull Sisters Vineyard and Carrollwoods RV Park, north of Myrtle Beach, S.C., (843) 284-6397 or (910) 653-5538 or http://www.grapefullsistersvineyard.com
— Lanier’s Campground, Surf City, N.C., (910) 328-9431 or http://www.lanierscampground.com. (This campground expects to re-open later this week)
— Magnolia RV Park & Campground, Kinards, S.C., (864) 697-1214 or http://www.magnoliarvparksc.com
— Ocean Lakes Family Campground, Myrtle Beach, S.C., (843) 828-4829 or https://www.oceanlakes.com. (Limited spaces due to special events in October)
— Pine Ridge Campground, Roebuck, S.C., (864) 576-0302 or http://www.pineridgecampground.com
— The Great Outdoors RV Resort, Franklin, N.C., (828) 349-0412 or http://gorvresort.com.
— White Oak Shores Camping & RV Resort, Stella, N.C., (252) 393-3244 or
http://whiteoakshores.com. (This park is accepting local area evacuees)
— Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort, Asheboro, N.C., (336) 964-0813 or https://asheborojellystone.com.
— Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort, Tabor City, N.C., (877) 668-8586 or https://taborcityjellystone.com.
Based in Greenville, S.C., the Carolinas Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds is the trade association representing campgrounds, RV parks and resorts in North and South Carolina. The association produces free printed campground directories and hosts https://campingcarolinas.com, the travel planning website.