Greg Gerber Interview
We’re proud of our Greg Gerber Interview. Greg is the editor of the RV Industry newsletter RV Daily Report  http://rvdailyreport.com/ and the RV consumer newsletter Let’s RV http://letsrv.com/ . He’s been a good friend for several years now since we convinced him to get an RV and hit the road. 

Full-time RVer
It was becoming an RVer himself and going through some of the same things all of us go through getting our rigs fixed that prompted him to write about the sad state of the RV Industry today.
RV Industry Death Spiral
Yes, RV’s are selling faster than any time in the last 8 years, but quality is routinely terrible, there are fewer campsites available, dealer service experiences are as bad as the initial build quality. All this prompted Greg to write an 8-piece commentary about the “Death Spiral of the RV Industry”.
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In this Greg Gerber Interview, he covers what made him write the piece in the first place and some of the background material.

LTRVD0382 Greg Gerber Interview

Celebrating and explaining the RV lifestyle

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

Sports & Recreation

Professional

Amateur

Outdoor

College & High School

Tiffin Service Announcement
The Tiffin Company has issued a Tiffin Service Announcement letter changing the criteria by which Tiffin motorhome owners can get factory service. Now, only rigs 4 years old or newer will get the full service package after waiting for a service bay. Others may wait for a service job that can be done by 2 technicians in 3 hours. This is a major change from one of the very best and generous service policies in the industry. There are too many Tiffin products and too few service opportunities to accomodate them all.

Canada Sesquicentennial
This year is the 150th anniversary of Canada, or it’s sesquicentennial. As a result, entrance into all Canadien National Parks is free of charge for the remainder of the year 2017. You must order a “Discovery Pass” which is available at this web address: http://www.commandesparcs-parksorders.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/parksb2c
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Annual Calendars
Save those annual calendars on which you write reservations, appointments, and other travel data. It is a great record to look back on and leave to your kids as a record of your travels. We have all the calendars we used in 12 years on the road. We also enabled the time and date feature of our camera so we can look back and see what we were doing in any given year.

    
Our 2007 travels
We used those calendars and dated pictures to do this show about our 2007 camping year.


LTRVD0407 Tiffin Service Announcement

Selling an RV
This shortened show is about selling an RV. We received an email asking us about how to sell an RV. She didn’t provide specifics, so I will try to give some tips for selling both motorized RVs and towable rigs. 

What is Your RV Worth?
We talk about some sources of information about the value of used RVs., The best we have found comes from the Facebook group RV Pricing and Values. The Group Owner, David Lester, has a standard product that is “a $30 per RV standard “RV Trade in Value Report” appraisal that shows Wholesale / Trade in Value, ACV (actual cash value) pricing done by a current Buyer at one of the largest RV dealers in the country ready to buy your RV, and suggested sell or buy price range specifically for your RV from professional RV dealer buyers and brokers.”
You should also look at https://www.rvtrader.com/sell and http://www.rvt.com/sell-rv.php
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Clean it up!
A buyer is looking for a rig in the best possible condition. Make your rig look that way! Clean it up both inside and out. A little elbow grease will go a long way.

    


LTRVD0403 Selling an RV

Holiday RVer Blues
We discuss the all too prevalent Holiday RVer Blues that seem to descend on some full-time RVers at this time of year. The fact is that we miss our family at these special times of the year when we are traveling. We discuss some ways to overcome those “blues.”

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Seasonal RVer Gifts 
Seasonal RVer Gifts is our main topic in today’s podcast. We will cover propane heaters, electrical tools for RVers, RV books, kitchen tools, and more.

Senior Park Pass Price Increase
Kathy discusses the pending congressional action that will raise the price of the Senior Pass that gets us free access to National Parks, Monuments, and other federal places. The current $10 lifetime pass will soon cost $80 and could go higher in ensuing years. Get it while you can.
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Portable Propane Heaters

    

    

    
Tools for RVers

    

    

    

    
RV Books

    

    

    

    
Greg Gerber Visit
We are so very fortunate to have Greg Gerber, RV Journalist and editor of the RV Daily Report newsletter as well as the Lets RV newsletter. He is in town for a bit and joins us in the new recording studio in our new home.


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First Radio Show
We replay our First Radio Show as we are swamped with details of our changing lifestyle from full-time RVer to home-owner and part-time RVer.

End of a 13 Year Run
This is a tough time for us as we still love the full-time RV lifestyle, but we must change due to Kathy’s health needs and the need to maintain a steady supply chain for her meds. We have been out here for 13 years and we had planned on many more. We will be selling our 2004v Fleetwood Expedition diesel motorhome. It has served us very well during over 60,000 miles traveling our beautiful country. We will put it in the shop for some needed repairs and then we will put it up for sale.
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The Radio Show
In this first of 18 weekly 1 hour radio broadcasts, we discuss how we got started RVing back in 2005. We hope you enjoy it, warts and all.
Moving Forward
We will continue to do the podcast on a weekly basis with all the same features we have had in the past. We will also keep up our website, http:www.livingthervdream.com. We will especially continue to administer our Facebook groups and interact with all our RV friends. I will also try to get the monthly newsletter back on track. So really, the only change will be our not traveling full-time. We will be looking for a smaller rig such as a class C in the near future so we can still travel as much as Kathy’s supply chain will allow.

LTRVD0382 Greg Gerber Interview

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