RV Podcast - Stories From The Road

Another Rate Hike Is Coming. The RV Business Can't Afford It.

The Federal Reserve says another interest rate hike is likely this year, and the RV industry is already hurting. Camping World sold 16 percent fewer new RVs and says it i

Home Sweet Home: The Song Every RVer Will Understand

Three RVCommunity members wrote a song about life on the road and the feeling of finally pulling into your own driveway. They first played it at a campfire at our Smoky M

Harvest Hosts Sold: What Does It Mean for RVers?

Is Harvest Hosts getting too big? Choice Hotels is buying the RV overnight membership company, and members are asking what comes next for prices, reservations and the sma

Fuel Prices Won't Stop Their Route 66 RV Trip

John and Cindy are taking their RV across the country on Route 66, and high fuel prices are not stopping them. In this Stories from the Road edition of the RV Podcast, M

$7.27 Diesel, Forest River Shuts Out RV Influencers | RV News

More than 80 RVers made it to our Smoky Mountains rally despite diesel prices as high as $7.27 a gallon along the way. Mike reports what they are saying about fuel costs,

Why Now Beats Someday: Full-Timing After Retirement

Mark and Barb Douyard, 72 and 77, rented out their Delaware home, packed up their fifth wheel and set off on a two-year RV adventure across North America. We talk with th

The Hershey Crowds Were Real. So Is the RV Slump.

Hershey drew its biggest opening-day crowd since 2021 while RV shipments stayed down almost 14 percent for the year. We separate the show buzz from the industry numbers a

Should You Take the RV or Fly?

We flew to Atlanta for a family wedding instead of taking the RV, and the two hour flight turned into an eight hour day. In this episode we run the real numbers on drivin

Hershey Opens As Diesel Hits A Record And The Industry Reshuffles

Diesel hit $6.05 a gallon Friday. That has never happened before. Not in 2008. Not in 2022. Never. I paid $6.29 in Michigan the morning I recorded this. California statio

Rediscovering RV Serendipity

After years of traveling almost entirely in fifth wheels, Mike and Jennifer added a second rig: a new-to-us 2026 Winnebago View, 25 feet long. They took it to Michigan'

The Hard Conversation Every RVing Couple Needs to Have

Judy Feigel was already an RVer before her husband died. Short trips, sometimes with her granddaughter, sometimes with a group of women friends. A small thing that was he

RV Parks Fill With Workers. Campers Get Squeezed Out.

RV parks are quietly turning into industrial worker housing. A $100 billion SpaceX spaceport in Louisiana and a wave of data center construction in Texas and the Midwest

How to DIY an RV Trip Alaska on Your Own

Alaska tops the RVer bucket list every year, and most people never go, because the logistics look like too much. Jim and Marcia Badhorn skipped the caravan and planned th

The Montana LLC Crackdown Has Started. Are RVers Next?

California has charged 14 people over the Montana LLC scheme, the same sales tax strategy being sold to RV buyers at shows across the country. Montana law says it is lega

What Really Happens When You Call RV Roadside Assistance?

What should you expect when you call for RV roadside assistance? Mike and Jennifer go behind the scenes with Jerry Aldridge, founder and former president and CEO of Coach

Winnebago Shuts Two Plants: The RV Industry Is Deep in the Woods

Winnebago Industries is closing two RV manufacturing plants and moving production into other facilities with unused capacity. The company calls it a "strategic manufactur

Summer Is Ending, But the Best RV Camping Is Just Beginning

Fall may be the best RV camping season of the year, but it is no longer a well-kept secret. October campsites are filling quickly as Halloween weekends, fall foliage trip

It's Official: An RV Buyers Market - But Don't Get Fooled by the "Deals"

It is officially an RV buyer's market. New RV sales are falling, dealer inventories remain high, and manufacturers are cutting forecasts. For RV shoppers, that means some

The RV Gear We'd Buy Again, and the Stuff We'd Never Waste Money On Again

After years of RV travel, thousands of camping nights, and more gear than we'd like to admit, we've finally learned an important lesson: the most expensive gadgets aren't

Will Camping World's $100 Million Cut Hurt RV Service?

Camping World is cutting another $100 million in costs. What does that mean for RV owners? In this week's RV Podcast News, Mike Wendland looks beyond the headlines to ex