Pack old-fashion road games for next RV trip with young children
Getting ready for that first RV camping trip with your grandchildren that involves a long road trip? There are hundreds of old fashion games RVers can have in their toy kit. The following are just three fun games that can be found easily online or at your local books
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Organized RV tours, Part 6 -- A sampling of RV tour companies, prices
This is the final installment of a six part series on Organized RV Tours. Below is a handful of commercial RV tour operators and their contact information ... along with sample prices. Adventures Caravans (adventurecaravans.com), toll-free (800) 872-7897. Tours aroun
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Organized RV tours, Part 5 -- Potential pitfalls
The same items that might be seen as advantages for traveling on organized RV tours to some, may appear as negatives for other RVers. Potential pitfalls - It depends on your personality and traveling style. If you are an RVer who likes to travel at your own pa
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Organized RV tours, Part 4 -- Upsides of RV caravans
Full-time RVers David and Lynn Cross of Mesa, Az., have taken part in 15 caravans and rallies. These intrepid travelers put more than 95,000 miles on their 2007 41-foot Monaco Executive motor coach, visiting 49 states, 13 Canadian Provinces and Territories, and 32 Mexic
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Organized RV tours, Part 2 -- Alaska is popular RV caravan destination ... 'Adventure of a Lifetime'
While an "RV rally" is when a group of RVers gather at a predetermined location (typically an RV park) and the tour organizers take over from there -- an "RV caravan" is where members drive their own RVs over a pre-planned route. Caravans can range from a few days o
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Organized RV tours, Part 1-- Exotic travel destinations, without leaving the comforts of home
Dreaming of those exotic travel destinations, but don’t want to leave the comforts of home? Consider checking out organized recreation vehicle (RV) caravans. For more than 23 years, Fantasy RV Tours has “arranged all the details and travelers simply take in all t
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Wow, now here's an RV design worth pursuing
I've been tracking this innovative RV design since an item on Daily Mail.com in 2009. And, unfortunately,  I can't find that it has progressed passed the design stage. The article reported on the Colim (Colors of Life in Motion), an environmentally friendly recreati
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Travel Channel hosts 'Mega RV Countdown' on 1/6/13
Travel Channel is set to air ‘Mega RV Countdown’ at 8 p.m. pst/est on Sun., Jan. 6, 2013. There is a "veritable smörgåsbord of recreational vehicles from luxurious Prevost-based motor coaches (see “The Woody,” at right) to cutting edge design icons like the
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Another RV holiday gift suggestion: 'Big Rig Best Bets Campground Directory'
“Big Rig Best Bets Campground Directory” by Ken and Ellie Hamill (K & E Big Rigs Publishing, 12th edition, 2012, 482 pages, spiral-bound, $24.95). The ‘Big Rig’ directory includes more than 1,200 parks in 49 USA states and seven Canadian provinces. There
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More RV holiday gift suggestions: 'Living Aboard Your RV' 4th edition by Janet and Gordon Groene
As for a general introduction to the fulltime RV lifestyle, consider “Living Aboard Your RV” by Janet and Gordon Groene (International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, Fourth edition, 2012, 224 pages, $19). “Anyone who has dreamed of living on the road in an RV or
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