Adventure Capitalists Coast to Coast can turn your travel dreams into reality
FROM THE President
G o West, young man! That simple phrase, attributed to Hor- ace Greeley, captured the outlook of most North Ameri- cans in the mid-1800s. It was a time when both Americans and Canadians were spreading westward across the continent to create the countries we know today. First the fur trappers and traders, later the prospectors and finally the homesteaders made their trek from East to West, from the familiar to the un- known, seeking their fortunes and a better life. It is a North American attribute, seemingly part of our DNA, that we’ve always been on the move. There’s a restless- ness in our culture, born of two countries created largely by people who sailed to our eastern shores from other lands and then kept right on moving. Our love of the automobile is another manifestation of this attribute, one more attempt to scratch that itch that we all possess to travel and to explore.
tors for that wonderful curiosity they passed on to you, that desire to travel and explore that led you to become a modern-day RVer. Maybe all this talk of new adventures has you psyched to take a road trip down some All-American Roads,
putting members first
featured on page 12. Whenever you’re ready to take your RV and journey beyond your home resort, whether to explore this continent or more distant shores, Coast to Coast is ready to help. Our network of 200 membership resorts and more than 200 Good Neighbor Parks stands ready to welcome you when you visit. I sincerely believe that there’s no more economical way to travel this continent, all the while staying at upscale parks and resorts, than a Coast to Coast membership. With resort night stays at only $10 per night and Good Neighbor Park stays at either $15 per night or a special Coast to Coast discounted rate (typically 20 to 25 percent off the nightly rate), the Coast to Coast network enables you to travel first-class while paying economy-class rates. You can stretch your budget even further by using your Trip Plus benefit, both at home and on the road, to save money every day on dining, shopping, entertainment and recreation. When you’re primed for traveling without the RV, Coast to Coast has you covered there as well. All members have access to Coast Travel Services, a full-service travel agency that can help you with everything from hotels, airline tick- ets and cruises to complete vacation packages. In addition, Coast Deluxe and Coast Premier members have unlimited access to condo vacation getaways at hundreds of exciting destinations at home and abroad. And these benefits extend to your family and friends as well. Coast to Coast is here to help turn your dreams into reality when you’re ready to scratch that travel itch. To get started, log onto our website at coastresorts.com or call our helpful member service team at 800-368-5721. Let this be the year that you give yourself and your family the greatest gift of all: travel memories that you’ll treasure for a lifetime. Coast to Coast can take you there.
Utah's Scenic Byway 12: On the road in North America.
Today’s RVs, with all their creature comforts, remind me in many ways of the Conestoga wagons and other more primitive modes of transportation that our ancestors used to traverse this broad land. Today we pile the family and our be- longings into the RV instead of the covered wagon and bring our pets rather than our livestock, but we share the same ex- citement at the prospect of a new and great adventure. I like to think that when we’re behind the wheel of an RV, pointed down the road to some new place or new ad- venture, we’re repeating the cycle of exploration that was responsible for the creation of our great countries. In that sense, there’s nothing more quintessentially North Ameri- can than RVing, as the urge to travel and explore has been integral to our culture since the beginning. Being largely a land of immigrants, we share with our ancestors a deep-rooted need to move and to be moved, to explore and expand our world and to grow as individu- als through new experiences. So the next time you find yourself cruising down the road in your RV, consider that you’re repeating a ritual that began when the first Euro- pean settlers sailed to this New World. Thank your ances-
Marcus lemonis Chairman and CEO
Bruce Hoster President Coast to Coast Resorts bhoster@goodsamfamily.com
Good Sam and Camping World marcusvip@goodsamfamily.com
spring 2014 COAST TO COAST 3
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker