Thank you 🙏 going on our first trip tomorrow, I was watching other videos that made me so nervous, I really like how much you talk about the kids having a great time, and that is the reason why my husband and I are trying this🤗
Well you certainly didn't miss anything that is important. While I am experienced in towing a caravan, you made the RV look exciting for short trips. A great presentation. Phil.
Very nice informative video with some great hints and reminders. I'll be vacationing with a Cruise America RV this week, and this video had some great advice to help packing.
Gurjant Mann Oh my word! Thank you so much! I’m in our second one right now finishing up our trip to Montana. Will make an updated one soon. Thanks for watching my old video!
Nice review. We have owned an RV for many years and met some of the nicest folks in campgrounds. Talk to older timers in the RV parks. Share a campfire. You’ll get all kinds of tips and tricks from experienced RVers. We are always happy to help newbies.
Ooppps!!! Well, thank you for such a great informative video. We are first time RVer's and we booked the rental for THIRTY DAYS... oops!!!! Heard you mention we should have tried it for 4 days or so first. Oh well, pray for us, will you? LOL. We really enjoyed your video. God bless you.
Found this video right on time!! We’re prepping for our first RV trip next month (renting from Cruise America also). Thank you for all of the helpful info. I’ve done quite a bit of research and you still hit some points I hadn’t discovered. So thank you so much!!
Great tips! I'm thinking the 4 day max is a great idea. My husband gifted me a travel flashlight while "senior dating" & it goes everywhere with me now. I carry a sharpie already & would not have thought of that in an RV. I love the idea of string lights & do you think a travel clothesline would work to "air out" the towels??? In the past I always camped with an old fashioned "roll up" vinyl shade, for table cover, mattress cover, but maybe it could also be used for mud tracks. I love the idea of the vinyl table cloth at the door! Funny you mentioned Cousin Eddie, as that what I think about when "dumping" gray water. And I'll always travel with my cheap flip flops because of those "variable" shower floors (yuk!) And thank you for reminding about the water usage and packing the gloves. Now I need to watch again....
@@TravelTipsbyLaurie good morning~ I don't see a comment on this, but I'm confusing you with my Charleston comments. I see I asked you about a clothesline, but I'm guessing it would have to be strung on the inside of camper (while away) as I didn't know so many camp sites have "rules". I guess if you boondock you can "air your laundry" ?
Hmmm 14 days on your first try? It can be done. Is it just two of you? Then it definitely can be done. Also, after Hurricane Harvey flooded laundry, I found out that adding a cup of Pinesol to your regular laundry load (just pour it on the clothes) along with your regular amount of laundry detergent gets out the damp smell. Hope that helps. What a wonderful time to RV! Maybe you could budget a night in a hotel halfway through-a good hotel. Our Express hotel was not that high quality and the bed and pillows were awful.
Thank you for the info!! I take care of my mom who had dementia and with Covit right now I’m restless and so is my husband but taking her to public restrooms isn’t something that I’d want to chance. We’re thinking of renting an Rv to go an abroad trip for a few days. Having all the amenities is important to us.
Wow Laurie I felt like I'm not a first timer anymore! Glamping 🙋that's me! My first RV was a Travel Trailer and it felt like camping. Now, I have a motorized unit so it feels more Glamorous 👑
Thank you for the really helpful video. Planning my first time rental in August hopefully if this covid stuff settles down. I loved the string of lights suggestion 👍
Thank you for this! My husband and I are starting to plan a trip to Utah with our 4 year old. There has s no way I would travel West (we’re in central Texas) without free access to a bathroom. One question: do most campsites have laundry access?
Hi, we just got back from our second rental. It's a 30 foot, but they make one that is smaller. The 30 foot was like driving a truck with no shocks lol. Anyone could do it. It's not like driving a motor home; those steering wheels are way huge! Have fun!
This is perfect! Just what I’ve been looking for! Our family lives in the east, but we’re dying to get out and see some of the national parks out west. We thought this might be the perfect way ( fly out and rent an RV). Any thoughts on how to keep out the damp?
1380beagle, thank you for saying that! First of all, it's going to be dry weather! WOOHOO! So dry! But, I learned after Hurricane Harvey to wash clothes/towels with regular detergent and a 1/4 cup of pinesol. I even do that with my towels that start smelling a little musty at home. My parents were teachers so we camped in a pop up for five weeks out west when I was little. Broaden your horizons! And talk to people near you. Campers love to talk while camping.
Thanks Laurie, My wife and I are going to rent the same size RV,, driving 2500 miles in 17 days. Was the RV easy to drive and what were the MPG for your trip. You have given us some excellent ideas for our senior adventure. We are flying into Calgary and renting from Canadream 50% discount on mileage plus 10% total off. You talked me into renting the pots the string of lights we will purchase there so to bring back something I will get those clips. Safe travels to you. We rented from CA in the 90s when our 3 children were young great time in the Rockies. Everyone was sleeping and dad just unplugged and drove to our next stop.
It was very easy to drive-almost like a large van but unlike those super long ones with the steering wheel the size of a lake! Have such a beautiful and smooth time! Love that y'all are using string lights. Thanks!
thanks for the helpful tips about traveling in an RV. The towels never feeling dry and the boxed AC in the RV, which leaves you with a damp feeling is a major issue with me so I will make my first trip is only three or four days.
If a campsite doesn't have a water hookup at each site does it usually have a place to fill up your water tank somewhere in the campground? If not, how do you refill during a trip?
This is a very helpful video. We are trying to decide between renting a class c motor home or renting a large van and doing motels (4 adults and 2 preschoolers). May I ask how you handled side trips (tourist attractions), as in car rental or driving the motor home to site see.
Kris, thank you so much for watching and commenting. That was our concern for future trips. We knew we could make major grocery runs at the beginning of each stay. We didn't make too many outings except to eat out or see something every other day I think. We also researched where to park so we were inbetween things we wanted to see/do so that we could walk and not have to keep moving the RV. Maybe a bike rack? Hope it's a wonderful trip!
Oh my word, thank you so much for saying that! All those years of teaching 7-9 year olds paid off haha. Have a fantastic road trip whenever you use an RV.
Thank you so much for watching, Sou_Nerd. It's kind of like getting a rental car; you are supposed to return it with the same fuel amount you left with. And you are allowed an amount, like ours was 500 miles. Then, anything over that you do have to pay 50 cents per mile. But my husband got out an old school map and plotted the miles we would go from city to city, and that's how we decided on 500. But we knew we wouldn't drive around the towns much; just park it at the camp site, go eat or to a store once per place. Hope this helps.
Assume 10mpg for preliminary calculations. 500 miles, 50gallons $150. But remember the rule about cost "if you have to ask... You probably can't afford it."
I'm thinking about doing a 14 day national park RV trip, but a bit concerned about where I can find shower places. How did you deal with showering as you mentioned you did. It use the shower in your RV much?
What a beautiful trip! One of the boys took a shower, but we would not have even been able to stand in ours. The floor was about a foot off the floor and the shower head would've been at my chest. Research your size RV to help with that concern. It would've also made a ton of "gray" water (water that goes into a tank and has to be released) so you'd have to be hooked up somewhere soon. Remember when you wash dishes or hands, that water goes into a tank. It is a separate tank from the toilet tank though. Maybe you could bend over and wash your hair in the shower or sponge bath it. Have a fabulous time!
O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!
I think it says on there that it is not potable water. Maybe not. Maybe it had a smell to it that made me think it wasn't clean. I can't remember. Thank you for watching!
Michelle, thank you for watching. You totally can use the water. I just wouldn't drink it for every meal. I don't know how clean the pipes are that the water is coming through inside the RV. I'd drink it from the hose though. Maybe it's just personal preference.
Thinking about RV renting for the first time. Very useful info, thanks for sharing.
So glad! We just got a puppy so I'm taking a few weeks break btw. Thanks for watching!
Thank you 🙏 going on our first trip tomorrow, I was watching other videos that made me so nervous, I really like how much you talk about the kids having a great time, and that is the reason why my husband and I are trying this🤗
It will be such a vacation for you adults too! Enjoy! And thanks for watching.
Well you certainly didn't miss anything that is important.
While I am experienced in towing a caravan, you made the RV look exciting for short trips. A great presentation. Phil.
Thanks so much!
Very nice informative video with some great hints and reminders. I'll be vacationing with a Cruise America RV this week, and this video had some great advice to help packing.
John, thank you so much for saying that and for watching! We saw several in CO last week. Have a great trip!
Most informative video in RVing
Gurjant Mann Oh my word! Thank you so much! I’m in our second one right now finishing up our trip to Montana. Will make an updated one soon. Thanks for watching my old video!
Nice review. We have owned an RV for many years and met some of the nicest folks in campgrounds. Talk to older timers in the RV parks. Share a campfire. You’ll get all kinds of tips and tricks from experienced RVers. We are always happy to help newbies.
We agree! Thanks for watching.
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Ooppps!!! Well, thank you for such a great informative video. We are first time RVer's and we booked the rental for THIRTY DAYS... oops!!!! Heard you mention we should have tried it for 4 days or so first. Oh well, pray for us, will you? LOL. We really enjoyed your video. God bless you.
It's going to be awesome! Thank you!
Found this video right on time!! We’re prepping for our first RV trip next month (renting from Cruise America also). Thank you for all of the helpful info. I’ve done quite a bit of research and you still hit some points I hadn’t discovered. So thank you so much!!
Oh, I'm thrilled to know this! I KNEW these tips would help other newbies. Have such a wonderful time!! And thank you for watching!
Thank you for this video. We are going on our first 3 night RV trip.
Oh, Vani, I hope you have a wonderful time! Make those memories! Thank you for commenting.
Very good tips!!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!
Great video!
Thank you so much for watching too!
It sounds amazing! My son and I want to do it one day.
Thank you for all the tips. It was awesome. Excellent job!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Great tips! I'm thinking the 4 day max is a great idea. My husband gifted me a travel flashlight while "senior dating" & it goes everywhere with me now. I carry a sharpie already & would not have thought of that in an RV. I love the idea of string lights & do you think a travel clothesline would work to "air out" the towels??? In the past I always camped with an old fashioned "roll up" vinyl shade, for table cover, mattress cover, but maybe it could also be used for mud tracks. I love the idea of the vinyl table cloth at the door! Funny you mentioned Cousin Eddie, as that what I think about when "dumping" gray water. And I'll always travel with my cheap flip flops because of those "variable" shower floors (yuk!) And thank you for reminding about the water usage and packing the gloves. Now I need to watch again....
I love this! Wanda, I feel like I already replied to this comment. Do you see another comment from me already?
@@TravelTipsbyLaurie good morning~ I don't see a comment on this, but I'm confusing you with my Charleston comments. I see I asked you about a clothesline, but I'm guessing it would have to be strung on the inside of camper (while away) as I didn't know so many camp sites have "rules". I guess if you boondock you can "air your laundry" ?
Thanks! We're are just starting to try to figure out the world of RVs. Second guessing my fantasy of going 14 days on a first run!
Hmmm 14 days on your first try? It can be done. Is it just two of you? Then it definitely can be done. Also, after Hurricane Harvey flooded laundry, I found out that adding a cup of Pinesol to your regular laundry load (just pour it on the clothes) along with your regular amount of laundry detergent gets out the damp smell. Hope that helps. What a wonderful time to RV! Maybe you could budget a night in a hotel halfway through-a good hotel. Our Express hotel was not that high quality and the bed and pillows were awful.
thank you great info. thinking of my first road trip across a few states
Hope it is awesome! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for the info!! I take care of my mom who had dementia and with Covit right now I’m restless and so is my husband but taking her to public restrooms isn’t something that I’d want to chance. We’re thinking of renting an Rv to go an abroad trip for a few days. Having all the amenities is important to us.
We are wanting to rent one too. Hope it helped and thanks for watching!
Great tips!! Thank you! Looking to rent a compact RV this month
Glad it was helpful! You will absolutely love the memories. Thanks for watching!
Good advice for renting first rv
Everette, thank you so much for saying that and for watching!
This was so so helpful, thank you! Love your hair too :)
I'm so glad! Thank you for watching!
Great Great Video!! Amazing im plannin to go to las vegas in an RV 🙏🏻😬 thank you
Oh, wonderful! It'll be dry too! Nice breezes! Thank you for watching!
Wow Laurie I felt like I'm not a first timer anymore! Glamping 🙋that's me! My first RV was a Travel Trailer and it felt like camping. Now, I have a motorized unit so it feels more Glamorous 👑
Woohoo! Glamp it up! Thank you for watching!
I just rented a cargo trailer for the first time. Now thinking of renting a RV trailer.
They're just really expensive sometimes. Thank you for watching!
Thank you for your advice!
Hope it was helpful; we're fixing to go on our second one, and I was making notes while watching this again. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for the really helpful video. Planning my first time rental in August hopefully if this covid stuff settles down. I loved the string of lights suggestion 👍
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching this old video.
Thank you. Very informative and documentary like. You are an excellent narrator.
Thank you so very much!!
Awesome video ! Very informative!
Thank you!!
Thank You V much (from Japan) for the video ! It helps a lot for our upcoming Route 66 tour for 3 weeks !
Oh my goodness! I'm so excited for y'all. I hope it's wonderful for you. Thanks for commenting golchan724!
Great info thanks
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
Great feedback on RVing. Thank you.
Oh, wonderful!! I appreciate you watching and saying that. Have great travels!
Thank you for this! My husband and I are starting to plan a trip to Utah with our 4 year old. There has s no way I would travel West (we’re in central Texas) without free access to a bathroom.
One question: do most campsites have laundry access?
Camping websites are awesome now and very geared toward kids. Enjoy researching! Thank you for watching.
Thanks for your info-we are thinking of trying before buying and know nothing about everything
We learned alot; experience is my best teacher. Thanks for watching!
Great video - I'm an RV newb and took a lot of notes
I hope it is wonderful! Fall is a great time to camp too. Thanks for watching!
How is it like driving it? Big like a truck? Can anyone do it comfortably? Do you need a special drivers license such as a comercial one? Thanks
Hi, we just got back from our second rental. It's a 30 foot, but they make one that is smaller. The 30 foot was like driving a truck with no shocks lol. Anyone could do it. It's not like driving a motor home; those steering wheels are way huge! Have fun!
This is perfect! Just what I’ve been looking for! Our family lives in the east, but we’re dying to get out and see some of the national parks out west. We thought this might be the perfect way ( fly out and rent an RV). Any thoughts on how to keep out the damp?
1380beagle, thank you for saying that! First of all, it's going to be dry weather! WOOHOO! So dry! But, I learned after Hurricane Harvey to wash clothes/towels with regular detergent and a 1/4 cup of pinesol. I even do that with my towels that start smelling a little musty at home. My parents were teachers so we camped in a pop up for five weeks out west when I was little. Broaden your horizons! And talk to people near you. Campers love to talk while camping.
Well done!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Laurie, My wife and I are going to rent the same size RV,, driving 2500 miles in 17 days. Was the RV easy to drive and what were the MPG for your trip. You have
given us some excellent ideas for our senior adventure. We are flying into Calgary and renting from Canadream 50% discount on mileage plus 10% total off. You talked me into renting the pots the string of lights we will purchase there so to bring back something I will get those clips. Safe travels to you. We rented from CA in the 90s when our 3 children were young great time in the Rockies. Everyone was sleeping and dad just unplugged and drove to our next stop.
It was very easy to drive-almost like a large van but unlike those super long ones with the steering wheel the size of a lake! Have such a beautiful and smooth time! Love that y'all are using string lights. Thanks!
Very helpful thank you. And spoke very clearly.
I'm so glad this helped you!!! It really was a great experience! And thanks for watching.
Great video. Lots of info.
Yay! I'm so glad they helped! Thank you for watching.
Great suggestions! Thank you.
I'm so glad. Thank you for watching.
thanks for the helpful tips about traveling in an RV. The towels never feeling dry and the boxed AC in the RV, which leaves you with a damp feeling is a major issue with me so I will make my first trip is only three or four days.
Hope it goes well! Thanks for watching.
I saw the mile cost is quite high if it is a long trip. Would it be better to travel to a place and then rent?
We did that. This time we will rent towels and sheets and pillows. Thanks for watching.
I wonder if you could use a hair dryer on the towels to dry them out, good job for kids to do also.
That's a good idea, but it just feels damp inside an RV to me. Maybe we will try new RVs next time. Did Montana this summer and it was awesome!!
@@TravelTipsbyLaurie I'm too old for RVing, I'm a Holiday Inn camper now, dampness was what I never liked about tenting, and the ants!
Thanks for the tips! Very valuable 😊
Thanks so much, Becca.
Great video, thanks!
Thanks so much!
Awesome
Thank you for watching!
Thank you so much! This helps out a lot!
Thanks for watching! Sorry I missed this comment so long ago.
While driving, shouldn’t everyone including the kids be buckled up? Or is it safe if they are at the table or taking a nap? Thanks!! July 2020:)
Oh, I forgot to mention that they have seatbelts at the table for driving! Awesome!
Thanks! :) Very informative.
Thank you for watching! I appreciate you letting me know.
If a campsite doesn't have a water hookup at each site does it usually have a place to fill up your water tank somewhere in the campground? If not, how do you refill during a trip?
Thank you for watching T. My husband says yes, and when you're checking their website, they will tell you if and where the water fill up thing is.
This is a very helpful video. We are trying to decide between renting a class c motor home or renting a large van and doing motels (4 adults and 2 preschoolers). May I ask how you handled side trips (tourist attractions), as in car rental or driving the motor home to site see.
Kris, thank you so much for watching and commenting. That was our concern for future trips. We knew we could make major grocery runs at the beginning of each stay. We didn't make too many outings except to eat out or see something every other day I think. We also researched where to park so we were inbetween things we wanted to see/do so that we could walk and not have to keep moving the RV. Maybe a bike rack? Hope it's a wonderful trip!
Thank you for the insight.
Thank you for watching!
Great communicator! Thanks!!!
Oh my word, thank you so much for saying that! All those years of teaching 7-9 year olds paid off haha. Have a fantastic road trip whenever you use an RV.
Thanks for sharing.
I love all the infos!
Thanks so much, LeiBuena!!
Hi, how about fuel..? How much gallon per mile?
Thank you so much for watching, Sou_Nerd. It's kind of like getting a rental car; you are supposed to return it with the same fuel amount you left with. And you are allowed an amount, like ours was 500 miles. Then, anything over that you do have to pay 50 cents per mile. But my husband got out an old school map and plotted the miles we would go from city to city, and that's how we decided on 500. But we knew we wouldn't drive around the towns much; just park it at the camp site, go eat or to a store once per place. Hope this helps.
Assume 10mpg for preliminary calculations. 500 miles, 50gallons $150.
But remember the rule about cost "if you have to ask... You probably can't afford it."
I'm thinking about doing a 14 day national park RV trip, but a bit concerned about where I can find shower places. How did you deal with showering as you mentioned you did. It use the shower in your RV much?
What a beautiful trip! One of the boys took a shower, but we would not have even been able to stand in ours. The floor was about a foot off the floor and the shower head would've been at my chest. Research your size RV to help with that concern. It would've also made a ton of "gray" water (water that goes into a tank and has to be released) so you'd have to be hooked up somewhere soon. Remember when you wash dishes or hands, that water goes into a tank. It is a separate tank from the toilet tank though. Maybe you could bend over and wash your hair in the shower or sponge bath it. Have a fabulous time!
Thank you!
Christine, thank you (for watching)!!
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Such wonderful grace! Thank you for watching!
What is the minimum age to rent one? I heard it was 25 but does cruiseamerica florida have a different regulation.?
Ooh, Ilias, I think it was 25. It should say on their site or if you call them. Fun experience!
Why do you say not to drink the sink water??
I think it says on there that it is not potable water. Maybe not. Maybe it had a smell to it that made me think it wasn't clean. I can't remember. Thank you for watching!
Regarding your comment about the coffee maker I would’ve brought a coffee maker with me. I have a cappuccino machine.
Yummo! Thank you for watching Jeanne. Traveling anywhere soon?
All I can say is: "Thank GOD for Uncle Eddie!"
We had a Christmas Vacation party and rented an RV for our driveway.
Why can't you use the water - RVers do this all the time. Kind of confused.
Michelle, thank you for watching. You totally can use the water. I just wouldn't drink it for every meal. I don't know how clean the pipes are that the water is coming through inside the RV. I'd drink it from the hose though. Maybe it's just personal preference.
So many positive things but what about all the negatives?
My main negative was the smell of the towels and that they felt damp. Going anywhere cool? Thank you for watching!
Micro fiber towels will cure the dampness
I am so going to pack one this time. Thanks so much for watching this older video. I was taking notes from it the other day lol.
Reduce the hand gestures. Need a group to do that. Broken down, troubleshooting....
I totally used too many hand gestures in the video I just uploaded. You would think I was from Italy!
... and you know how to move your hands girl!..
Seriously. Someone else noticed that too. I'm getting better now I think.
Boil some bottles water in a kettle boil some bottles of water :)
Please giive me address in switzerland rent a motorhome( caravan)trip travel.thank you
I do not remember. Thanks for watching!
Loved the tips! Thank you!
You're so welcome! We may do this again soon to Montana. Thanks for watching!
Amazing video. Thank you.
Thank you so much for watching! Have a great trip.