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Reader asks: Can one still go camping with no plans or reservations?

Here's a letter we received this week from reader Jeff B. We have a feeling you're going to have plenty of answers for him... He...

How to make difficult RV beds

NOTE FROM EDITOR: We came across this reader question in our archives, and thought it would be good to bring it up again. We...

Letter to the editor: ‘I’d like to see an app that shows specific RV site specs’

Reader Earl B. sent this to our inbox earlier this week and we thought it was worth sharing. His idea about RV site specs...

Is RVtravel.com all about “lambasting the RV industry”?

Dear editor, I've read your weekend editions for a while now and I'm getting ready to unsubscribe. The main reason is that it has become...

RVers toss in keys! Costs up, campsites down — perfect storm

RVtravel.com's longtime friend and occasional contributor Mike Sherman emailed this message to his friends, family and us at RVtravel.com. We're passing it along because...

Letter to the editor: Children’s chalk art is ruining the campground!

We received this email from reader JXS and thought we'd share it with you. Read it, then please let us know your thoughts. Thanks! Every...

Letter to the editor: Why it’s important to have a plan in case of a health scare

  Dear editor, Do you have a plan if one of you has a health scare? This week it happened to us. My husband had a...

Reader Letter: Not a fan of our podcast

Dear editor: A suggestion: I read your newsletter daily but I always skip the podcast. Maybe it's just me, but I don't want to take...

Reader Letter: “Stop starting firestorms”

Dear editor, This is a simple request to you and your writing staff! I wish you would STOP, STOP, STOP starting firestorms, like last week's "Virus...

More wacky, unusual or otherwise remarkable mailboxes

Here is another installment of Mailboxes along the Road — unique, funny, outrageous and/or otherwise creative mailboxes the readers of RVtravel.com have spotted while...

Reader raves about LiquidSpring customer service

Editor's note: We received this letter, unsolicited, from RVtravel.com reader Alan Wolfe. We were so impressed with the service he received from LiquidSpring that...

Is Lazydays RV getting too big for its britches?

Dear editor: We really look forward to your stories and updates every day. We saw in our current issue of RV Living magazine that Lazydays...

Reader letter: I want to learn about how to build a campground

Dear editor, A topic I would be interested in learning more about is building NEW campgrounds. Almost daily someone on the RV forums posts that...

Reader Letter: What does “full-time RVer” mean?

Dear Chuck, Is there a definition of a "full time" RVer? The reason I ask is that I have noticed the term being used many...

Reader letter: Worried about crowded campgrounds this summer

Dear editor: We are full timers and have read your discouraging article about crowded campgrounds. My wife is so concerned about summer availability, with occasional...

Reader letter: So many fumbling newbies. Where will we all stay?

Dear Chuck, My partner and I have just returned home to Arizona, after an 8-day trip. We couldn't sit at home another day, so off...

Got a campsite reservation? Don’t be so sure during the Pandemic

Reader Roger Harker sent us this earlier in the week. He wrote: "We ran into an interesting problem with a reservation. We reserve a particular...

Reader letter: “Few wearing masks” and lots of newbie RVers

From reader Ron Hale: My partner and I have just returned home to Arizona after an 8-day trip. I just couldn't sit at home another...

Interracial RVing couple the target of white RVer’s anger

Dear Chuck Woodbury, I have been reading your newsletter(s) for probably a year now and even submitted our idea for our dream trip that was...

Readers reveal changes in their lives during coronavirus

Edited by Russ and Tiña De Maris Earlier this month, Editor Chuck reflected on how he and Gail had been trying to do “new” things...

An RV rental horror story: “I was ripped off by an RV rental scam!”

This comment was left on our Daily Tips Newsletter by Brian Burry. Here's Brian's story: Before my wife would consider us purchasing an RV, she...

Dear friends say goodbye to Gary Bunzer

By Mark Zepp My wife, Amber, got the text message we had been fearing on April 17 at 9:50 p.m. Our dear friend had lost...

RV Life in a Coronavirus World: “My RV taught me how to self-isolate”

CAVEAT: Comments, posts and/or tips in our newsletters are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of RVtravel.com or its staff. EDITOR’S NOTE:...

RV Life in a Coronavirus World: “Embracing technology and its lingo”

CAVEAT: Comments, posts and/or tips in our newsletters are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of RVtravel.com or its staff. EDITOR’S NOTE:...

RV Life in a Coronavirus World: A feel-good story about spaghetti and meatballs

CAVEAT: Comments, posts and/or tips in our newsletters are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of RVtravel.com or its staff. EDITOR’S NOTE:...

RV Life in a Coronavirus World: “What magnets taught me about social distancing”

CAVEAT: Comments, posts and/or tips in our newsletters are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of RVtravel.com or its staff. EDITOR’S NOTE:...

RV Life in a Coronavirus World: “I still try to smile”

CAVEAT: Comments, posts and/or tips in our newsletters are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of RVtravel.com or its staff. EDITOR’S NOTE:...

RV Life in a Coronavirus World: “People I admire during this time”

CAVEAT: Comments, posts and/or tips in our newsletters are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of RVtravel.com or its staff. EDITOR’S NOTE:...

Have a good laugh: “My Self-Isolation Quarantine Diary”

Thanks to Mark Schaffler for sending this along. Day 1: I Can Do This! I have enough food and wine to last a month! Day 2:...

Reader asks: What does your RV insurance cover?

Reader Kevin Parker sent us an email asking us to ask for your help. Here's what he wrote: "I got hit by a full-time RVer...

Reader letter: RV park doesn’t understand the term “LP gas”

Dear Chuck, I noticed this morning when I left an RV resort in Palm Desert, California, that one of my LP tanks was empty. I...

An RV lemon website, and comment about diesel savings program

Dear Chuck, My husband and I were on The RV Show USA with Alan Warren a few weeks ago and our website was featured -...

Buyer unhappy about RV dealer treatment. Your thoughts, please?

Dear Chuck, I read your articles on the Dysfunctional RV Industry with great interest as I am in the process of purchasing a new trailer....

RV Horror Story for March 7

Not a happy camper with his ACE motorhome NOTE FROM EDITOR: Some readers of RVtravel.com wonder why we complain so often about the poor quality of...

Can an RV park cancel your reservation for someone else?

Dear editor, This newsletter has lamented for years that just taking off and finding a campground is getting harder or in some cases impossible. It...

Reader abandons plan to buy another RV

Dear editor: Thank you for your truly informative newsletter. I am retired and was looking to buy a Class B for extended travel. But after...

This may be the longest fifth wheel RV in America!

Frankly, we don't know how this can be legal. But apparently it is. It's owned by RV Travel reader Derek Tietjen. Here is what...

Reader Letter: Advice needed about buying a quality fifth wheel

Dear editor: I was wondering if you did a ranking of 5th wheel trailers. I am buying one in the next six months or so,...

Reader Letter: Better RV park reservation system needed

Dear editor, I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with this idea, but I don't know why no one has filled this need...

RV monopolies degrade product quality

Dear Chuck, "In the early days of the automobile industry, before only Ford, GM and Fiat Chrysler were left, thousands of companies came and went....

Holy smokes! This is one very weird RV

Reader Don Vlack sent this photo. "Here's an interesting looking setup I saw in Florida," he wrote. "I did not have a chance to...

Does raising a trailer’s height void its insurance coverage?

Does raising the height of a travel trailer affect its insurance policy? That's the question a reader named Irv posted as a comment last...

Bet you’ve never seen an Airstream like this

So is this a trailer or a motorhome? Or both? Reader George Hills sent us the photo. He said the RV is for sale in...

Reader Letter: New RVing slogan needed

Chuck, I think RVers needing a new slogan to replace the no-longer-true "where you want, when you want." Maybe you should run a contest to...

Reader Letter: Picking up hitchhikers

Dear Chuck,  I was unsure how to vote on the hitchhiking poll. Normally we never pick up a hitchhiker. Having said that, we actually did...

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