PREMIERE ISSUE! - Park Model Living Magazine

By Benjamin Regal
PML Contributing Writer
Five years ago a camper, tired of having
just one vacation spot, walked up to a campground
owner in New Hampshire and posed to
him a simple question, a question that would
lead to a big answer. He explained that he
wanted to buy another
park model RV from
him, but this time he
wanted to put it in Florida.
Could that be
done?
That simple question
planted a seed into
the mind of the campground
owner. Over
the next two years that
seed grew and in 2004
Joe Persechino, the then
campground owner
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and now entrepreneur,
created Park Models Plus, LLC.
This company is a new kind of animal in
an old industry. A bold idea indeed, this is a
dealersh ip th at doesn‟t ju st sell its cu stom ers a
park model but one that helps its customers enter
into a new lifestyle.
It is, as President Anne Sailer describes, a
different type of company for a different type of
R V , “one th at is m ore in lin e w ith th e park m odel
lifestyle, and one that better caters to the park
m odel clien tele.”
As president of Park Models Plus, as
daughter of Joe Persechino and as a major architect
of his vision, Anne Sailer sits behind her
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desk and proudly explains how PMP has innovated
to meet the demands of people who want
to enter the park model world.
Sailer, with the unusual combination of
youthful exuberance and what is clearly a deep
understanding of the industry, is ready with a list
of m ajor differences betw een a traditional “brick
an d m ortar” dealersh ip
an d h er fam ily‟s com -
pany.
“P ark M odels P lu s
only sells park m odels,”
sh e says, “an d only th e
best ones at th at,” sh e
adds with confidence.
Based on the knowledge
gain ed from h er paren ts‟
years of selling park
models inside their
campground in New
Hampshire, and after an
exhaustive research period
and a series of factory visits, Sailer identified
manufacturers for PMP to ally itself with.
Their manufacturers include Athens Park Homes
and Woodland Park Homes. Both examples were
chosen for ones who build-in the most quality
construction and standard features, and offer
flexible floor plans and solid warrantees.
But why limit sales to only one type of
R V ? S h e sm iles, it‟s obvious to h er. “W e decided
to specialize in park models because we
knew clearly, that there was a market out there
not being satisfied. Park models are different
than a travel trailer or a motor home in that they
really aren ‟t design ed to travel an yw h ere!”