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by Mike Wendland
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- Today35 min
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 Mountains rally. Hear how it came together, the love story behind it, and the whole song, which you can download free.Also: an End-of-Season RV Shutdown Workshop reminder, why coming home after a long trip can feel like a letdown, and why your furnace drains your batteries on cold nights.Links:Download the song: https://rvlifestyle.com/songhttps://RVLifestyle.com/Workshop https://RVCommunity.com https://WholesaleWarranties.com/RVLifestyle https://RVLifestyle.com/rvovernights (code RVLDEAL)
- 2 days ago26 min
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 small-business experience that made it popular.In the October 5, 2026 RV Podcast News Edition, Mike Wendland examines the deal, the membership growth and the questions RVers should ask before renewing.Also this week:Class B camper van makers are changing hands. We examine the ownership changes at Midwest Automotive Designs and Roadtrek, plus a preliminary report about Outside Van.A quieter Elkhart RV Open House offers clues about the market for 2027 models and your bargaining power.Hungry bears are moving through campgrounds. Mike shares encounters from our Pigeon Forge rally and practical steps to protect your campsite, pets and the bears.Meet Backpack, the winner of Fat Bear Week.JOIN OUR OCTOBER 8 WORKSHOPOur live End-of-Season RV Shutdown Workshop walks you through preparing your rig for storage, with special attention to protecting the plumbing. Admission is $10, with replay access for several days. RVCommunity members attend free and receive unlimited replay access.https://rvlifestyle.com/workshopFree daily RV Lifestyle newsletter:https://rvlifestyle.com/newsletterJoin our private RV community:https://rvcommunity.com
- 1 weeks ago37 min
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, Mike and Jennifer Wendland talk with the couple about their trip, the cost of fuel, and why they decided to keep going. It is a firsthand look at what a Route 66 adventure means to RVers who are determined to make the miles count.Would today's fuel prices change your travel plans? Tell us in the comments.
- 1 weeks ago21 min
$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, RV quality, and noticeably quieter campgrounds.In this episode:What rally attendees paid for dieselHershey attendance and the outlook for ElkhartForest River's new rules for content creatorsThe legal challenge to the Patrick-Lippert mergerProposed national forest access changesWhen to see fall color in the SmokiesSources for each story are linked at the end of the episode under the transcript tab aboveJoin our End-of-Season RV Shutdown Workshop: RVLifestyle.com/WorkshopGet the large-type Complete Guide to RVing in Retirement: RVLifestyle.com/RetireSubscribe to our free daily newsletter: RVLifestyle.com/Newsletter
- 2 weeks ago33 min
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 them in the middle of their first year about how they made it happen, what surprised them, what has been hard, and what has been the best part so far. Also this week: Jennifer answers a listener whose husband wants to go winter camping in their Class B van, and Mike explains why October mountain campsites are so hard to find and how to still get one. Plus, we head to Pigeon Forge for our fall RVCommunity.com rally.
- 2 weeks ago21 min
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 and show you where the leverage is if you are shopping this fall.Also: Alliance RV opens its Elkhart Open House to the public for the first time, the BLM reviews a dozen AI data center proposals on public land, the Lippert and Patrick merger hits an antitrust delay, and Elon Musk moves into an Airstream in Memphis.Full transcript and every source link at RVPodcast.com.One note on the YouTube description. The first two lines are all anyone sees before the "more" cutoff, so I front-loaded the contradiction and left the workshop and newsletter links below it rather than burning that space on housekeeping.Click transcriot tab for source list.
- 3 weeks ago38 min
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 driving the rig versus flying and getting a hotel, with diesel now over six dollars a gallon, and we land on the one question that actually decides it.We cover why flying saves you almost nothing on a trip under about 500 miles, what 1,400 miles costs in a 14 mile per gallon diesel Class C now compared to a year ago, what the world's busiest airport looks like from a wheelchair and the free help most travelers never ask for, why the hotel and not the venue is the end of the trip that decides whether you bring the rig, and why you should always take the earliest flight of the day.Then two listener questions. Terry and Beth ask whether living in a park model RV counts as living the RV lifestyle, and Jennifer answers. Steve asks whether to carry a spare tire on his Class C or rely on road service, and Mike explains why that is not really an either-or.
- 3 weeks ago20 min
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 stations are posting $9.99.Then Thor Industries dropped a leadership shakeup Thursday night and never mentioned the man who has run Keystone for a decade. Sources close to the company tell me Jeff Runels is out, effective that day, and that big changes are coming to Keystone.All of it lands the same week America's Largest RV Show opens in Hershey with 1,500 RVs on the lot and dealers who need to move them.Here is what is in this episode:Record diesel, why it is not coming back down with oil prices, and six things that cut what you spend on fuel this fall.America's Largest RV Show opens Wednesday. Dealer lots are not overflowing the way you have been told, and the real reason you have the upper hand this week is something else entirely. Five questions to ask before you sign anything.Thor reorganizes its own reorganization seven months later. What the announcement said, what it did not say, and what centralizing a decentralized company usually means for the rig you own.Jason Lippert ran the biggest parts supplier in the business for 32 years. Leigh Tiffin had his family's name on the coach. Both went to work for dealers this year. I think they are seeing the same thing you and I see from the campsite.And 23 million Americans are going RVing this fall anyway, at $6 diesel, most of them staying within a tank of home.
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