Posted by Ashley Gannon on Jul 30, 2010
Multigenerational trips provide wonderful opportunities for grandparents to connect with their grandchildren. Taking an RV vacation with elderly relatives allows children and their elders to see life — and each other — from new perspectives. Seniors will delight in the unbridled joy with which children embrace life, and children will enjoy hearing firsthand the old stories that give each family its unique character.
Traveling can be a challenge for seniors; but unlike other forms of travel, RV vacations are very senior friendly. Recreational vehicles allow seniors room to move around and stretch during driving time, eliminating stiff joints and many of the aches and pains that come from sitting in the same position for long hours. When traveling by RV, seniors have constant access to comfortable beds for napping, a kitchen for preparing snacks and a convenient onboard toilet. With all the conveniences of home within quick and easy reach, seniors can relax and enjoy the trip.
Family reunions are a growing trend, but a family’s most important members often stay home to avoid arduous car trips or exhausting airline travel. Comfortable, convenient and relaxed RV travel encourages grandparents and elderly relatives to join in the fun of family outings and get-togethers.
Posted by Ashley Gannon on Jul 28, 2010
RVT.com has added new truck sale features to our website. You’ll now find special sections that make it easy for RV sellers to sell their tow vehicle along with their RV. Our new truck sale features are a boon to RV buyers too. RV buyers can now select an RV and find the truck they need to tow it all on the same site — one-stop shopping
RV travel trailers, 5th wheels, toy haulers and folding trailers are popular with RVing families. These towable RVs allow RV owners to unhook their tow vehicle and use it for local travel when they reach their destination. It just made sense to us to add truck sales to our website to make it easier for RV buyers to purchase a complete package at one time so they could get out on the road and start enjoying the RV lifestyle that much faster.
Check RVT.com for these helpful new truck sale features:
- Place a truck ad. Our online truck ads offer the same unlimited description, 12 free photos and free video as our RV ads.
- Trucks for sale. Exclusive listing page for new and used trucks. Search by make or area.
- Truck ratings. Helpful info on how to choose the right truck to tow your RV.
- Tow vehicle sizing. Information on matching your RV to a truck with the power and size to haul it.
- Truck classification. Important info on truck classes and choosing the right type of truck for your RV.
Posted by Ashley Gannon on Jul 26, 2010
When you’re ready to sell your RV, you’ll find a number of RV classified ad websites online. Click on several and you’ll find a jumble of different prices, ad features and reporting information available. Trying to figure out which online RV ad site will actually SELL your RV can be confusing.
Here’s what to look for in choosing an online RV ad site:
Visual appeal. An attractive, easy to navigate website attracts more RV buyers, increasing your opportunity to sell your RV. RVT.com attracts nearly half a million motivated RV buyers every month.
Buyer usability. A website that makes it easy for buyers to find RVs attracts more motivated RV buyers. RVT.com offers a buyer’s guide, easy-click RV searches, RSS feeds, Twitter, blog, newsletter, iPhone app and lots of useful links to attract RV buyers.
Ease of ad placement. Look for a site with clearly stated ad terms and extra-feature choices. RVT.com walks RV sellers through the ad placement process in 5 fast, easy steps.
Ad value. How much description space and how many photos are allowed? RVT.com gives sellers unlimited description space, 12 free photos and free video with each RV ad.
Customer service. Don’t list your RV on a site that takes your money and runs. RVT.com has been the North American leader in online RV sales for more than a decade. Our highly experienced customer service team will be there for you every step of the way. Our goal is to help you sell your RV.
Posted by Ashley Gannon on Jul 23, 2010
RVT is pleased to announce that the new RVT.com Mobile app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is now available at the App Store. Just click the link to download RVT’s new FREE app now.
RVT’s handy iPhone app offers unique benefits to RV buyers and sellers and RV dealers. RVT.com’s free app puts the full functionality of North America’s leading online RV classified ad website into a easy-to-use, pocket-sized, mobile format that goes wherever you go.
Here are just a few of the advantages of our new app:
For RV Buyers: Search more than 40,000 new and used online RV ads anywhere, any time. Our app is GPS enabled or use your zip code to quickly locate RVs for sale in your local area. Check out RV listing details, share listings with your spouse or a friend via email, locate RVs via Google Maps and contact the seller immediately by phone or email. With RVT.com’s iPhone app you won’t miss out on a great opportunity to buy your dream RV.
For RV Sellers: Keep track of your online RV ad 24/7 and update your ad listing instantly from your phone.
For RV Dealers: View RVT.com ad listings and dealership inventory from your phone. Dealers can also search and sort RV inventories by keyword, make, model or stock number. Our new app gives dealers the ability to constantly view, manage and respond to new leads, ad inquiries and customer or buyer requests.
Click here and download RVT.com FREE iPhone app now!
Posted by Ashley Gannon on Jul 21, 2010
A former corporate executive, Jan Elmo now spends her days traveling the back roads of North Carolina in her RV, sharing stories with impoverished children. Jan is the backbone of Read and Feed, a nonp0rofit group that seeks to feed the brains and imaginations of young children through reading. Jan’s RV has allowed her to reach often forgotten children who live on tiny farms and back-country hollows.
Jan is one of many RV owners who embraced volunteer travel long before it became the hot new tourist industry it is today. Travel agencies the promote volunteer tourism ask you to plunk down anywhere from a few hundred to several thousand dollars to spend your vacation building schools, teaching children to read or digging irrigation ditches with farmers in impoverished areas. Such “feel good” vacations may just be catching on with many magnanimous Americans, but they’re old hat to members of the RV Nation.
RV owners have been combining good deeds with leisure time for decades. The independent, self-contained living capabilities of RV motorhomes and RV travel trailers make it easy for RV travelers to venture to and work in remote sites and communities. RVers don’t have to worry about a lack of basic services or bed space because they bring everything they need with them. For RVers volunteering offers the opportunity to give back and build friendships while rebuilding communities.
Posted by Ashley Gannon on Jul 19, 2010
When buying or selling an RV online, one of the thorniest issues is how to handle the money. When RV buyers and sellers don’t know each other and may live half a continent apart, both parties are wise to want to protect themselves and their investment. The safest way to solve this financial conundrum and protect the interests of both parties is to use a reliable, professional third party to handle the money.
Online escrow services like Escrow.com reduce the possible risk of fraud and deception when buying or selling vehicles like RVs online. Regulated by the government, licensed escrow firms like Escrow.com can be trusted to collect, hold and disburse funds in accordance with buyer and seller instructions.
When money is held by a disinterested, licensed third party escrow service, both parties to the sale benefit. Buyers know they will receive and be given time to inspect and approve their newly purchased RV before their money is released to the seller. Sellers know that the buyer’s money has been collected and is being held, giving them peace of mind when they release or ship their RV. With the buyer’s money held in escrow during the completion of the sales transaction, sellers know they’ll receive their money as soon as the buyer accepts the RV.
To find out how escrow works for RVT.com buyers and sellers, click here.
Posted by Ashley Gannon on Jul 16, 2010
Just 5 more days to the start of the RV Nation’s biggest blowout! The Rally in Louisville, Kentucky is billed as the “Greatest RV Event in the World”! From July 22-25, thousands of RV owners, RV manufacturers, RV suppliers, RV vendors and folks curious about the RV lifestyle will gather in Louisville to see what’s new in the RV industry.
The Rally is a legendary RV experience. This is where RV manufacturers trot out their newest models and RV suppliers showcase their latest high-tech RV accessories. Rally attendees get to check out thousands of state-of-the-art rigs up close and personal, choose from 150 seminars covering every aspect of RV life, enjoy first-class entertainment (this year, Bob Newhart and Tanya Tucker) and connect with fellow RVers from across the country. In addition to ogling your next dream RV, there are talent contests, youth programs, vintage RV displays, green RV demos, dog shows, fashion shows, golf tournaments, tours of local attractions and much more — something for everyone.
The most important event on the RV Nation calendar, the annual Louisville rally is where RV manufacturers roll out the latest state-of-the-art RV features. Attendees are the first to glimpse new energy- and fuel-efficient designs, green technology and sustainable materials that will define the future of RVing. If you’re planning to buy an RV or update to a roomier model, The Rally is the ultimate opportunity to compare RV models and features and develop your wish list. See you at The Rally!
Posted by Ashley Gannon on Jul 14, 2010
People think of RVing camping as somewhat rugged luxury. It’s camping, after all. RV campgrounds are the last place you would expect to find Swedish massages, acupuncture therapy and herbal body wraps; but a new trend in luxury RV resorts is changing that. Wellness centers that offer many of the holistic health activities and pampering delights of high-class spas are the newest trend at luxury RV resorts.
While camping in beautiful settings with panoramic views of rugged mountains or pristine blue-water lakes, at these resorts RV campers can partake of host of wellness-oriented amenities that can include hot mineral baths, a variety of rejuvenating massage techniques, acupuncture therapy, herbal medicine treatments, healthy living seminars, meditation labyrinths, and popular or exotic exercise classes from Pilates and yoga to Zumba and Qigong – all while sipping natural spring water from onsite wells. It’s RVing like you never imagined!
Wellness-centered RV resorts are enticing RV campers with promises to pamper the body and soothe the mind. They particularly appeal to younger, more active retirees who are interested in taking better care of their health. The 90-site Springs at Borrego RV Resort in Borrego Springs, California employs licensed massage therapists and acupuncture practitioners to serve resort campers and hires experienced fitness and yoga teachers to lead classes. One of the largest RV wellness resorts, the 1,625-site Great Outdoors RV Nature and Golf Resort in Titusville, Florida, boasts multiple fitness centers, swimming pools and whirlpool spas with plenty of scheduled fitness activities to serve RV campers.
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