Tips for Travel

The kids are back in school, the crowds are gone from the campgrounds, and for many RVers this is the prime time for hitting the RV road. Here’s some good reading material that should come in handy.

The Complete RV Handbook
After living on the road for eight years and interviewing hundreds of other veteran RVers, full-timer Jayne Freeman is uniquely qualified to help an RVer get the most pleasure from his or her RV with the fewest hassles. In The Complete RV Handbook, she advises readers on how to select the home on wheels that’s right for them, and she offers advice about how to plan, load, and stock it for excursions of varying durations—whether a week or a year.

Freeman offers hundreds of tips for dealing with unexpected situations, including breakdowns, severe weather, border crossings, health and safety issues, and more.

Learn how to get the best deal on the RV of your dreams; travel with safety and confidence; keep your RV in top shape inside and out; master the art of camping in comfort and style; get the best TV, phone, mail, and Internet service on the road; select a home base to optimize your taxes, licensing and registration; prepare for and deal with emergencies, and a whole lot more.

RVing Made Easy: How to Choose, Operate and Enjoy Your RV
Learn tips and tricks to make your RVing easy. Veteran RVers and authors Joe and Vicki Kieva begin by taking readers through the logical steps of choosing an RV that best suits their personal interests, needs and budget. They tell how to determine an RV’s safe towing and weight-carrying capacities and how to evaluate its livability. Learn what to expect from the RV dealer on the day you take delivery. Get advice about how to operate the propane, electric, water and sewer systems. Learn how to equip, furnish and pack your RV (complete with lists). Learn to drive, back and level your rig and find out how to travel, locate campgrounds and select campsites. And get step-by-step instructions about how to use utility hookups and self-containment features.

The Kievas also discuss clothing, laundry, meal preparation, housekeeping, pets, mail, e-mail, personal security, cold-weather camping, and pretty much everything else a novice RVer needs to know.

Australia Calling
When it’s winter here in North America, it’s summer Down Under. It’s the perfect time to store your own RV and grab a flight to Australia to explore the vast landscape—or just a piece of it—in a rented caravan, camper, camper van or motorhome. In Australia Calling, you will find essential details about what vehicles may be bought or rented in the country, and what the local terminology is. There are also checklists showing what a visiting RVer may need.

Popular travel writer Lionel Mussell has broadened his scope for this edition of the book to include all types of RV travel in Australia. First timers and experienced travelers alike will find this an invaluable reference with its down-to-earth, practical advice based on thousands of miles and nearly half a century of traveling Australian roads in all states of the vast country. Besides nine sections packed full of helpful information, the book also contains detailed “Route Notes” that are derived from the author’s own extensive travels, plus additional research.

Lionel Mussell and his wife, Vi, have caravanned in Australia for several decades, and it is an indication of Lionel’s attention to detail that he and a friend took a 12,000-mile trip around the continent to confirm the details in this book.

The RV 911 Emergency Info-Book
RVing is fun—most of the time. But it’s not fun at all when you’re in the middle of nowhere and a medical emergency occurs.

Each year, more than 50,000 Americans die in car crashes, many of them in rural areas where emergency help is a long way away. The RV 911Emergency Info-Book enables a person already on the scene of an emergency to deal most effectively with the situation when split seconds can mean the difference between life and death. Learn how to deal with a heart attack, choking, severe burns, heavy bleeding, electric shock, head injury, diabetic reaction, stroke and other emergencies. In a big city, an EMT crew may be only a few minutes away. But where RVers roam, a crew may not arrive for an hour or more. The information in this book can be a lifesaver. Really! n