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Author: Mike Wendland

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Celebrating the RV Lifestyle by Mike and Jennifer Wendland. Tips, travel ideas, RV news and great interviews about the RV Lifestyle.
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This week on the RV Podcast: We share our no-holds-barred predictions on 2025 RV Camping and Travel. We’ll tell you what to expect and identify 10 trends that will impact your RV Lifestyle in 2025. Plus the Social Media Buzz, RV News of the Week and your questions coming up in Episode 527 of the RV Podcast
This week on Episode 526 of the RV Podcast: How to Deal with RV Warranty Disputes - perhaps the industry's best-kept secret. Plus, RV News of the Week, the Social Media Buzz, and answering YOUR questions about the RV Lifestyle.
This week on the RV Podcast: We answer all your questions about the controversial clean air regulations in California that are threatening to limit the availability of all large motorhomes in a bunch of states starting next year. Is an all-electric, no water RV toilet right for you? Maybe… we’ll tell you the pros and cons  Plus, the Social Media Buzz and your questions coming up in Episode #525 of the RV Podcast
This week on the RV Podcast: There's more confusion over the so-called Motorhome Ban: The California Air Resources Board now denies there is a ban coming in 2025. The RV industry still insists there is. RVers are urgently needed in North Carolina…to help those displaced by the hurricane to learn about their temporary RV housing. In our RV Conversation of the Week: 7 Red flags about bad camping neighbors that may make you want to leave a campground. All this plus the RV News of the Week and your questions coming up in Episode #524 of the RV Podcast.
There’s more bad news about the 2025 California Motorhome Ban, which even includes Class Bs, as well as some Heavy Duty Trucks. The fallout from these California clean air regulations threatens to have a major impact in the RV industry. We detail the latest. Also, in the podcast, news of RV recalls, off-season suggestions, and a warning about traveling toll roads in an RV.
Big motorhome sales banned in California and five other states, effective Jan 1, 2025! This is a special edition of the RV Podcast involving a breaking story that we need to get out there. California and five other states have a controversial regulation in place that will effectively ban the sale of most large motorhomes starting January 1, 2025. How could this happen? We dig into this in this Special Episode of the RV Podcast. PLUS other news of the week, the Social Media Buzz, and answering your questions.
This week on the RV Podcast:  Campground theft: How to Protect Your Gear while camping Somebody is trying to keep folks out of an Oregon national forest by burying planks booby-trapped with nails on forest roads. How RVers can get a nice break on diesel prices. All this plus the RV News of the Week and your questions coming up in Episode #521 of the RV Podcast
This week on the RV Podcast: An UNBEETABLE RV Experience. And we spell Beet BEET. Were talking about RVers who Workcamp the Sugar Beet Harvest. We'll explain all in the RV Conversation of the Week Brinkley RV is continuing to set the pace in the RV industry, this time with an all-new luxury Ultralite Travel Trailer that can be towed by a large SUV. A Major RV manufacturer has shut down its two California plants because it's just too expensive to do business there. And this comes as the state proposes a clean air fee that could add another 65 cents a gallon to its sky-high fuel costs. All this, plus the Social Media Buzz and your questions coming up in Episode #520 of the RV Podcast.
The Hurricanes just keep coming. As recovery is still underway from Hurricane Helene a new one, Hurricane Milton is taking direct aim at millions of Florida residents and many of the favorite snowbird campgrounds in Florida.  Why are so many campgrounds adding treehouses, covered wagons and tiny homes instead of more campsites? Blame the millennials. At least, so says Kampgrounds of America. RV Prices are starting to drop. And that’s good news for consumers after years of jacked-up dealer prices All this plus the RV News of the Week and your questions coming up in Episode #518 of the RV Podcast
This week on Episode 515 of the RV Podcast: Essential RV Extras: The Top Upgrades Real RVers Want!
This week on the RV Podcast: Enough is Enough. RVers have had it with ever-rising campground fees The BLM wants to charge RVers up to $600 to boondock in the Arizona desert.  And speaking of Arizona, we have the details on a large chunk of highly desirable RV property near Kingman and Route 66 that’s going to be sold off in 5 acre parcels later this month All this plus the Social Media Buzz and your questions coming up in Episode #514 of the RV Podcast
This week on Episode 513 of  the RV Podcast:  RV Horror Stories: Real RVers Share Their Most Embarrassing RV Fails and “Operator Errors” Is it right for State Parks to give priority camping reservations and special rates only to in-state residents? Getting rid of condensation stains on RV shades… there’s an easy solution to make them look like new again.
Last week, a dog died in an overheated RV when the Air Conditioner lost power. This week in Episode 512 of RV Lifestyle's RV Podcast, we learn about two safety devices every RVer who travels with a pet needs to have. Plus, how one of our followers saved over $1,000 in their extended RV warranty, the Social Media Buzz of the Week and how we plan and find great campgrounds.
We go into a lot of detail about what actually happened when we came back to the U.S. in this week's RV Podcast. PLUS Wendy's Social Media Buzz and more.
RV Tips for Long Trips

RV Tips for Long Trips

2024-08-1434:31

In Episode 510 of the RV Podcast, Jen and Mike are on location in the Canadian Maritimes and share their tips for easy long trips in an RV. They are joined by fellow travelers who offer even more helpful advice, Plus the Social Media Buzz, a surprise announcement about no camping at the upcoming Florida RV Supershow in Tampa, and your questions about the RV Lifestyle.
In Episode 509 of the RV Lifestyle RV Podcast, we share the results of how Starlink has performed all across North America. And we also check into the experiences of other Starlink-using RVers who are up here in Nova Scotia with us as part of a 27-day tour of the Canadian Maritimes run by Fantasy RV Tours.
This week on the RV Podcast:  Why you MUST take travel breaks! The deadly risk of blood clots caused by too much driving. Wildfires are once again devastating the Pacific Northwest and parts of Canada, The smoke from more than 200 blazes is making its way all the way to the east coast. Updates from the road and answers to your questions about being part of an RV Caravan Tour. We’ll give our honest opinions on what it's really like. All this plus the RV News of the Week coming up in Episode #508 of the RV Podcast
This week on the RV Podcast: RV quality problems don't seem to be getting better, and campground infrastructure issues are straining the 2024 camping experience The brutal heat wave gripping the West is being blamed for at least four deaths in National and State parks. In Jen & Mike’s storytime, we’ll share how what sounded like a good marketing idea turned out to be the most embarrassing thing we’ve ever done as RVers. All this plus the RV News of the Week and your questions coming up in Episode #506 of the RV Podcast.
The topic stems from a very lively discussion from our RV Lifestyle Community when readers were asked to fill in the blank… “As much as I Love the outdoors, I can’t stand…” We got around 1,000 responses and have written a few related articles. We list those articles and summarize the key points...
This week on the RV Podcast: Picking up the pieces after a major RV accident. Toss in the towel or start all over again? In our RV conversation of the week, you’ll meet a couple who just faced those questions. They have some inspiring advice for us all. Do your RV shades annoy you by rattling as you ride down the road? Our RV Lifestyle Community has some great sound-dampening advice. Dangerous heat and nasty weather have been sweeping across the country taxing the comfort and safety of lots of RVers this past week. All this, plus the RV News of the Week and your questions coming up in Episode # 505 of the RV Podcast
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Mark Cousino

love that idea about renting

Jan 11th
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RV Road Trip Around the World

You 2 together put out on a consistent basis the BEST RVing podcasts, and YouTube videos, for the newbee (myself) as well as for the experienced RVer who wants to know what is up in RVing today. Thank you both for a great job (you have the only podcast that I consistently have listened to over the last couple of years, and each time I think maybe this week I will miss it, once I read the subject title, I find that I just have to listen to your show. Even your sponsors are good, as a new RVer, and veteran, who recently had my back injured doing my job and so now have become handicapped in terms of walking or standing, I will definitely be getting myself the foldaway electrically powered/assisted bicycle advertised during your podcast, so as to be able to get around camp, and even tourist spots. Not only is the manufacturer the one that you speak of as sponsoring your podcast show, but you reviewed their bikes in one of your YouTube videos which was extremely helpful (I recommend all you

Apr 5th
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12am

This is not how to get an "rv education"

Sep 26th
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12am

this show needs some serious work. it's really not all that good.

Sep 26th
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Amy Adson

Mike. love the podcast...heard the lady's question about the older travel trailer and power..if you wanted to there is another podcast or group.. girl camper, is the name who have alot of the older trailers, they might could help the lady figure something out

Aug 1st
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