Tagged: rv

Reminder: Now Is a Good Time to Make Summer Reservations

Well, the vaccines are here, and so for the first time in a year, we finally have a clearer vision of the road map to the future. We know that as long as significant chunks of the…

Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts Add Tons of New Stuff for Families

As the pandemic doldrums of the previous two years lift, this summer is shaping up to be a major one for family-friendly recreation. We've already told you about the new theme parks…

When the Pandemic Closed Broadway, A Star Wrote a Delicious Memoir About RV Travel

Not many people in the arts see their dreams come true, but actress Sharon Wheatley is one of the favored few. After years of performing in replacement casts on Broadway and in…

Pauline Frommer: A Worthy Vacation Rental Search Aggregator Has Arrived

Fewer travelers may be hitting the road right now, but among those still traveling, the top accommodation choices have shifted dramatically from a year ago. As I wrote last week, more…

Luxury Rock Star Tour Buses Become A Travel Option in This Pandemic

There’s a certain flavor of fear that comes from trying to do something potentially dangerous that you are in no way competent to do. I experienced that intense mix of panic and…

Win a Weekend Vacation in an RV, Plus $1,000 and Expenses

It's a sign of the times that a Wi-Fi delivery company is looking for an "anti-influencer" for a short term travel job. Web provider SatelliteInternet.com announced that it will pay…

[Updated 2021] Find a Hookup or Site for Your RV in Four Easy Steps

UPDATED JUNE 4, 2020 Thinking of renting an RV this summer to escape the crowds? Join the crowds. Demand for rental RVs is up 1,000% over last year, and the campground-finder app The…

Camping in the Pandemic: Finding Campsites and Open Restrooms in a Time of Limited Capacity

MAY 28, 2020 All the travel pros and industry insiders predict that camping will be big this summer. RV rentals are up by as much as 1,000%, according to some companies. And the folks…

Why Don't More People Think of Renting an RV from a Private RV Owner?

Probably the most misunderstood, most underused travel facility is the recreational vehicle capable of both housing and driving a family. All over America, persons own such RVs, but…

The RV Revival Kicks Into High Gear—Should You Climb on Board?

(Photo by faungg's photos / Flickr)Welcome to the RV renaissance. After some dark days during the 2008 recession—when many belt-tightening Americans found it difficult to…

Two New Websites Are Poised to Become the Airbnbs of RV Rentals

It was only a matter of time. Just as HomeAway.com and Airbnb.com dramatically changed the home rental industry, now two relatively new sites are transforming the ways people rent…

How to Complain to Cruise America

Leave feedback for Cruise America by phone at 480/464-7300 or fax at 480/464-7321. For written complaints, send a letter to 11 West Hampton Ave, Mesa, AZ 85210 at its corporate…

Weekend Escapes from the UK: Easter Fireworks in Florence

Last year on Easter Sunday, I stood, along with thousands of others, mobile phones held high, in the shadow of Florence's Duomo, waiting for something special to happen. Mellowed by…

Travel Troubleshooter: A Canceled Disney Vacation, a Missing Refund

After Terry Thompson's daughter runs away from home, she cancels her Disney World vacation. But her travel insurance company refuses to refund $588 in airline tickets. Can't Disney…

Travel Troubleshooter: Right Hotel, Wrong Room

Tammy Bowman prepays for a non-smoking room for four guests at a Holiday Inn in Manhattan. But she gets a smaller, smoking room and is then told to take it or leave it. She stays. Is…

Travel Troubleshooter: The Vikings are Real on This Riverboat

When Michelle Rothstein tries to arrange a special side-trip for her husband before a Seine river cruise, their company nixes the idea. It insists the family arrive when everyone else…

Travel Troubleshooter: Help! My Room Rate Just Tripled

The nightly room rate at the Best Eastern Sovietsky Hotel in Moscow is $279. At least that's what the Expedia sales agent promises Ilan Saadia. But the hotel begs to differ when he…

Travel Troubleshooter: A Bill, But No Reservation

Wendell Mrugala makes a hotel reservation through Orbitz. But when he contacts the online agency to confirm his room, he's told there's no reservation. Mrugala makes another…

Five Most Common Ticketing Errors -- And How to Avoid Them

As far as mistakes go, the one Janet Gordon recently made didn't seem like a big deal. She booked an airline ticket from Toronto to London under the name "Jan."But what happened…

The ABCs of RVs: A Glossary of Common RV Terms

July 2004 -- As professional travelers we had to adopt certain accepted terms from the RV world in order to correctly describe the vehicles. Here are a few of the terms you'll need to…