By Chuck Woodbury I was talking to someone the other day. He told me about someone he knew who had blown a piston in his diesel pusher motorhome. He showed me a photo. Oh, it was ugly! It was a big ol’ mess that would take $40,000 to fix. That, I’d say, is one monstrous “OUCH.” I think the most…
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What we learned about you last week (May 26 – June 1)
By Emily Woodbury Jeesh! Another week has flown by, how is that possible? One week down, and a whole lot more we’ve learned about you. In last Saturday’s newsletter, we asked if you would recommend your make/model of RV to a friend, and to our pleasant surprise, most of you (that’s 1,241 or 71 percent) said yes. Woo! We’re glad…
Read MoreWhat we learned about you last week (May 19-25)
Well, it seems like most of you are reading this from inside your RV! In last Saturday’s newsletter, we asked how much time you thought you’d be spending in your RV in 2018. The majority, 30 percent, or 515 of you, said probably about six months or so. 472 of you said just one to two months, while 301 of…
Read MoreWould you recommend your model RV to a friend looking to buy an RV?
Do you love your RV so much you’d gladly recommend the same make and model to a friend? Or do you think your RV is junk and would never recommend it to anyone except your worst enemy (of course you don’t have any of those, right?). Most of us are likely between those two extremes. How about you? Please leave…
Read MoreHow much time will you spend in your RV in 2018?
Will this be a big RV travel year for you? Or you will be stuck at home or work and get out only occasionally? The ever-inquiring minds at RVtravel.com want to know. So what do you think? The survey may take a few moments to load. . . so standby.
Read MoreWhat we learned from you last week (May 12-18)
Every week we learn a little more about you. This past week was no exception. We were not surprised at all about the results of our poll about where you boondock when you do it on Federal lands. We asked if you do it west or east of the Mississippi. As you can see to the right, our readers —…
Read MoreWhat we learned about you last week (May 5-11)
The results of our first reader poll last week was a shocker. More than 900 of you responded — those of you who purchased your RV from a dealer. We asked if you had ever been refused service by an RV dealer because you bought your RV elsewhere. Thirty percent of you answered “yes!” We would have guessed perhaps 10…
Read MoreWhen boondocking on Federal lands, where do you do it?
When you boondock on Federal lands, where to do you do it — in the West or East? By boondocking, we mean staying for free or nearly free (as on the Long Term Visitor Areas — LTVAs — on government lands of Arizona and Southern California). We are not referring to “pavement camping” like staying in parking lots, or official…
Read MoreReader questions “frugal” RV relevance. What do you think?
By Russ and Tiña De Maris Last week we published a story aimed at RVers looking toward a frugal lifestyle. The piece “Eat in or out – and still save some bucks” was barely on the internet when feedback came in from a reader, evidently frustrated with our topic. He writes: “Come on guys do you really think that a…
Read MoreWhat we learned about you last week (April 28-May 4)
It’s been an interesting week. Once again, our readers have spoken. Well, they didn’t really speak, but they let us know their habits through our reader polls. Getting online is a big deal to most of us these days. Alas, the free Internet advertised by many parks (if not most) is slow and undependable — if it’s even available. So,…
Read MoreHas a dealer refused to service your RV because you bought it elsewhere?
Let’s say you bought your RV from a dealer 200 miles away from where you live. Your local dealer either didn’t offer the particular model you wanted or didn’t have it in stock, or the out-of-town dealer would sell it to you for $5,000 less? The rub comes later when you then call your local dealer to have the RV…
Read MoreWould you pay extra at an RV park for fast Internet?
How much extra would you pay per day for dependable, unlimited high-speed internet at an RV park? Face it, most RV parks have lousy WiFi. If it does work, it’s usually slow, especially in the evening when some RVers hog bandwidth by streaming movies (bad RVers!). Would you pay extra for dependable, fast internet? That’s today’s question. Please leave a…
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