Tag: Your First RV Outing
Traveling Solo with Margo: RV driving schools
By Margo Armstrong
At last, the perfect RV materializes. Now what? Just looking at it sends chills down your back. Sitting in the driver's seat...
Basic tips for “dry camping”
By Bob Difley
Dry camping, camping without utility hookups, requires special preparations – and that includes wise use of electricity. Here are a few basic...
Leaving the comfort zone of home hard for first-time solo RVer
Here's a question from a reader of RVtravel.com about solo RVing.
Hi Bob,
I'm still getting ready to go solo in my 30-foot National Sea Breeze 5th...
Reader letter – First RV trip a disaster!
By Gary Hammond
Last summer was our first time to “camp” in an RV. For 15 years, we had only been in tent trailers. We began...
New RVer asks: Why is my RV too old for the park?
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
An RVer with a 1989 motorhome tried making a reservation in an RV park. When the reservation clerk learned...
One way to save your motorhome’s rear end
By Ron Jones
Dragging the rear end of your motorhome, especially while flat-towing a car with the tow bar attached, is not good. This is...
Making your first RV trip with your dog
Taking your dog on an RV trip can be rewarding for both you and Fido but it requires planning. Only non-aggressive dogs should be...
Overweight RVs: An industry and consumers’ problem
By Greg Gerber
editor, RV Daily Report
There has been a lot of discussion in recent years about overweight RVs. Most of the talk centers around...
RV weight limits can sneak up on you
By Greg Illes
I've learned to always drive my RV within its specified weight limits. How I learned this is a long and somewhat sordid...
RVing: Travel without the hassle
By RV Travel Staff
Family vacations are a tradition as old as travel itself. But these days with far-flung family and dwindling free time, planning...
Avoid big trouble: know your RV’s height
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
It should be intuitive for RVers, but a British insurance firm has the "straight up" facts: If you keep...