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A 99-year-old RVer driving wrong way kills teens in head-on crash

Chuck Woodbury -
(Feb. 12, 2018) — The Florida Highway Patrol reported that Mr. Roney died from his injuries on Friday, Feb. 9.  (Feb. 7, 2018) — A 99-year-old...

Incredible! RV is being built with 3-D printer

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris RV manufacturers are using "high tech" to a higher degree each day. But the average U.S.-based RV builder will...

RV History: Aviation pioneers and the early RVs

Chuck Woodbury -
By Al Hesselbart Aviation pioneers and other aviation related leaders have played a very large part in the growth of the RV industry from the...

Dogs or cats and chocolate: Lethal combination?

Deanna Tolliver -
Ask the RV Vet With Dr. Deanna Tolliver, M.S., DVM YourRVvet@gmail.com Dear RV Vet, I know that chocolate can be bad for dogs, but what about...

Stupid Tourist Questions. Ya gotta wonder. . .

Chuck Woodbury -
There's no such thing as a stupid question. Right? Well, yes there is, if you ask the National Park rangers who compiled this list...

Rants not welcome on this website

Chuck Woodbury -
By Chuck Woodbury Editor Last Saturday, our big day at RVtravel.com when we open our cyber doors to about 40,000 visitors (readers), some readers' comments...

Thumbs up – January 2018

RV Staff -
Positive comments about products, people and places. Here are some recent "thumbs up" letters or comments we've received from readers of RVtravel.com. ...

RV News for January 27 – February 2, 2018

RV Staff -
No surprises: RV manufacturers had a bang-up year, pushing 17 percent more units out of factories and on to dealers, comparing 2017 with 2016...

Has Good Sam Man been hijacked by Gander Man?

Chuck Woodbury -
By Chuck Woodbury Good Sam Club CEO Marcus Lemonis, also head of Camping World, with ownership in about 100 other businesses, recently purchased the...

RV Pet Vet: Tell me about rabies

Emily Woodbury -
Ask the RV Vet With Dr. Deanna Tolliver, M.S., DVM YourRVvet@gmail.com Dear Pet Doc, We travel during the summer, mostly in the West, with a Lab and...

LP cylinders: Tips, tricks and safety

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris If you own an RV and it's not a motorhome, chances are close to 100 percent that you have...

It’s official: RV shipments in 2017 topped half-million

Chuck Woodbury -
The following is a news release from the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association RESTON, Va.--(January 29, 2018) -- The comeback story of the U.S. RV industry...

RV stock prices plunge at market watcher warning

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris While RV industry cheerleaders are practically wearing themselves out flashing their pom-poms and losing their voices shouting about the...

Winnebago, Thor stocks fall, dealer inventory “unsustainable”

Chuck Woodbury -
Stocks of Winnebago and Thor Industries plunged in heavy volume Friday, extending recent losses as an analyst raised concerns over dealer inventories. Northcoast Research...

RVing News for January 20–26, 2018

RV Staff -
January 20–26, 2018 The latest news about RVing from the editors of RVtravel.com. New at Amazon: Great deals, $10 or less with free shipping (even without...

A trip to the emergency room and what it taught me

Chuck Woodbury -
By Chuck Woodbury A man knocked on my door yesterday at 4 p.m. "Gail asked me to come get you," he said. "She tripped...

RV industry toots its own horn

Chuck Woodbury -
Here's a five-minute video from the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association where it highlights its efforts in 2017 on behalf of its members to promote...

“Homeless” who live in RVs are not all the same

Emily Woodbury -
By Emily Woodbury It's a problem much of America is facing: skyrocketing housing costs, abruptly forcing people out of their homes.  Illegally parked RVs are...

RV Pet Vet: Can dogs (and cats) get the flu?

Emily Woodbury -
Ask the RV Vet With Dr. Deanna Tolliver, M.S., DVM YourRVvet@gmail.com This week, I was asked this question: “Here we are in the midst of a...

How about a desert sea serpent? But wait, there’s more…

Greg Illes -
By Greg Illes Sprawled across the back lots of Borrego Springs, California, are dinosaurs. And prehistoric camels. Miners, farm workers, battling bighorn sheep and,...

Customers shedding teardrops over teardrop trailer debacle

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris An Australian RV manufacturer, Gidget Retro Teardrop Campers Pty Ltd. has left its customers in the United States and...

RVing News for January 13–19, 2018

RV Staff -
January 13–19, 2018 FROM RVTRAVEL.COM New at Amazon: Great deals, $10 or less with free shipping (even without Prime) Return to this week's newsletter (#829) Read last...

Is staying overnight in an RV at Walmart in jeopardy?

Chuck Woodbury -
By Bob Difley RVers who frequently spend the night in Walmart parking lots while on road trips are in danger of losing the privilege,...

Pros and cons of residential fridges in RVs

RV Staff -
By Diane McGovern Hoo boy! Did we ever hear from a bunch of readers this last week about refrigerators in RVs! In his essay in...

RVers worried about traveling with dog because of seizures

Chuck Woodbury -
Ask the RV Vet With Dr. Deanna Tolliver, M.S., DVM YourRVvet@gmail.com Dear Dr. Deanna, We have finally made the decision to sell our home and travel...

RV fires: They happen, and they’re not pretty!

Chuck Woodbury -
By Chuck Woodbury Just about every week in our Saturday newsletter, we post an RV Fire Safety Tip. The fact is, RV fires happen. And...

Grand Design RV honored for new Transcend trailer

Chuck Woodbury -
Based on a news release from Grand Design Middlebury, IN, January 16, 2018 - Grand Design's new introductory level Transcend Travel Trailer was recently...

Lance Camper acquired by REV Group

Chuck Woodbury -
MILWAUKEE -- REV Group, a $2.3 billion manufacturer of industry-leading specialty vehicle brands and leading provider of parts and services, announced Friday the acquisition of...

RV News for January 4-11, 2018

Chuck Woodbury -
The latest news about RVing from the editors of RVtravel.com January 4-11, 2018 // Expect to pay more for fuel this year, says...

Texas’ Stonehenge is good RV short stop

Chuck Woodbury -
By Chuck Woodbury It's called Stonehenge 2, but it's not. Maybe Stonehenge 3 or 4, maybe 5. There are a lot of Stonehenge's, that's...

Dumped RVs costly to property owners who must remove them

Chuck Woodbury -
A growing problem of abandoned RVs has hit home for a Central Point, Oregon, couple who face a major clean-up bill after someone left...

The mystery of the burning RV cover

Chuck Woodbury -
By Chuck Woodbury Now here's a situation that you have likely never encountered: a brand-new RV cover, in this case a high-quality one from ADCO...

Goodyear tires under investigation

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris A consumer group is saying Goodyear Tire could be treading on thin ice with the federal government's safety watchdog,...

See the Redwoods, for free!

Emily Woodbury -
  We're all busy planning our 2018 RV adventures and deciding which route we'll take. Has it been a while since you've visited the Redwoods?...

An RV park with a twist: vintage trailers only

Chuck Woodbury -
An Arkansas resort that rents vintage trailers will open this spring if local officials approve. "It will be like an RV park where you don't...

Missing Children Report: January 5, 2018

Emily Woodbury -
  As RVers, we get around. We not only see a lot of beautiful scenery but a lot of people too. With more than 50,000...

Iowa RV dealer blasts Camping World tactics

Chuck Woodbury -
An Iowa RV dealer has released a professionally produced video in which he blasts the sales tactics of Camping World and its CEO Marcus...

Readers’ Recipes: Einar’s Chuckwagon Range Rub

Emily Woodbury -
By Emily Woodbury STAFF WRITER Not much has changed in my life since I wrote last week, moaning about getting back into the kitchen after...

RV burns before Sugar Bowl game. See it go up in flames

Chuck Woodbury -
We publish a fire safety feature in each weekly issue of the RV Travel Newsletter. We do it for a reason: RVs burn, and...

Airbag recalls continue: 34 million vehicles affected

Chuck Woodbury -
(January 1, 2018) — Approximately 34 million vehicles are currently under recall for approximately 46 million defective Takata air bags that can explode when...

Sokol Surveys – Jam Band

Mike Sokol -
  It may be hard to believe by looking at me now, but back in the '60s and '70s I was a bit of a...

Thumbs up – December 2017

RV Staff -
Positive comments about products, people and places. Here are some recent "thumbs up" letters or comments we've received from readers of RVtravel.com. ...

Readers’ Recipe: Irv’s Make-Ahead Frittata Muffins

Emily Woodbury -
By Emily Woodbury STAFF WRITER We've all done enough cooking for the holidays, right? I don't want to be in my kitchen (or any other,...

New fees – and fee hikes – in the Idaho Panhandle

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris In a move that may be unsettling for some Pacific Northwest recreationists, fee increases, and new fees where none...

Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.8 million Ram pickups

RV Staff -
December 22, 2017, Auburn Hills, Mich. – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) US LLC is voluntarily recalling an estimated 1.48 million trucks in the U.S., and...

RV street dwellers: “It’s a crisis.”

Chuck Woodbury -
By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR We're written a lot lately about crowded RV parks due mostly to record setting sales of RVs (a half a million...

Keep your pets safe this holiday season

Emily Woodbury -
Lots of us have pets, especially dogs and cats that accompany us on our RV travels. This holiday season, while you’re busy decorating, cooking...

National Parks announce free entrance days for 2018

Emily Woodbury -
  The National Park Service announced today that the public will be invited to experience all national parks, without entrance fees, on four days in 2018. The...

Camping World to offer ‘home shopping service’

Chuck Woodbury -
(December 11, 2017) — In a sponsored posting on Facebook today, Camping World Holdings Inc. announced a new “Home RV Delivery Service” that “lets...

Bonus RVtravel.com contest: What is this?

Chuck Woodbury -
We have a winner! No more entries for this contest, please! The answer: 3.) A Beaten Biscuit Machine! What is this? Hint: It was...
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