RV Queens - Sharing Real World Stories Of Life On The Road

This RV Queen knows a thing or two about establishing a sense of “home”!

Desirée van Welsum is Dutch but now lives in the United States. She is a PhD economist by training, and has worked and lived in six countries in her roles as a senior economist and economic policy adviser for the United Nations, World Bank, OECD, the RAND Corporation and other organizations. She speaks four languages.

After both nearly dying from serious health incidents, Desiree and her husband Jonathan drastically changed their lifestyle, moving from New York to Washington D.C. and then to Florida. 

After COVID hit, they bought an RV and, together with their four rescued Beagles, headed out on their first extended road trip to explore the United States. They have now just completed their third 8-month road trip and have been to all of the Lower 48 states.

Desiree documents her travels in her burgeoning book series titled “The Long Way Home”.

This conversation with Desiree covers:

🚌 Her family’s shift to RVing from Boating

🏔️ Her favorite places in the lower 48 states

🤫 The hidden meaning behind her book title

🛣️ The significance of Route 66

💪 How she overcame challenges while writing her books

➕ And much more!

Connect with Desiree and follow her adventures on Instagram @rvcruising and check out her books on her website www.thelongwayhometravels.com

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My RV Resource is the online directory that connects RVers with RV service providers. My RV Resource is a women-owned business and RVers can search for FREE! 

Head to MyRVresource.com to find your RV help today. 

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Looking for community with other RV women? 👉 Join the RV Queens Circles!

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Connect with Kate (host) and her family on instagram 🤗 @midwesternersgonerogue 

Want to hear the good, bad and REAL about RV travel life? 🚌 

This week Kate sits down with everyone’s instant campground bestie, Tiffany Coughlin, to discuss why her family left it all behind in Connecticut 3 years ago to start RV travel life.

Tiffany is a wife and mom of 3 who has a drive to live with less & experience more. Fitness is a huge part of her life that she has brought on the road and has helped her connect with more people while traveling.

This keepin’-it-real conversation with Tiffany covers:

💪 Staying active and prioritizing fitness in RV travel life

❤️ How her family runs a nonprofit from the road

🇺🇸 Favorite and least favorite U.S. travel destinations

🙅‍♀️ Learning to care less about what people think

➕ And much more!

Connect with Tiffany and follow her family’s adventures on Instagram @Cough_clan_adventures or follow her workouts on IG at  @SP_in_an_rv. Support her family’s non-profit @2feet4good!

Mentioned in this episode:

Compendium - Campground Research

F3 - Free community-led workouts around the U.S.

Cado - surprisingly delicious Avocado ice cream

Street Parking - workouts for those with limited space

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Connect with our Partners ✨

My RV Resource is the online directory that connects RVers with RV service providers. My RV Resource is a women-owned business and RVers can search for FREE! 

Head to MyRVresource.com to find your RV help today. 

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Looking for community with other RV women? 👉 Join the RV Queens Circles!

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Connect with Kate (host) and her family on instagram 🤗 @midwesternersgonerogue 

Want to get your name in the media? ✨ This episode is for you!

Danelle Schlegelmilch has been in PR & marketing for 20+ years and has award-winning experience in journalism, public relations, crisis communications, advertising, and event planning. In 2012, she helped create the vintage festival Junkstock and has promoted it to grow into the nationally recognized event it is today.

Danelle founded Passport Public Relations in 2016 after 14 years in the industry at ad agencies, nonprofits, and corporations. From Fortune 500’s to international nonprofits, start-ups, and viral sensations, Danelle has proven experience telling stories and securing top-tier media coverage in Forbes, Good Morning America, Martha Stewart, and many more. 

Her latest venture Maven Media Collaborative, which she co-founded in 2023, is all about connecting passionate creatives to exchange ideas, master techniques, and elevate their craft. A globetrotter in her free time, this mother of two also supports her husband’s indie-rock band Names Without Numbers. They daydream of selling it all, buying an Airstream, and hitting the road to explore full-time.

This conversation with Danelle covers:

📈 Danelle's Unique Start in PR

🙅‍♀️ Common Mistakes in Business Storytelling

📣 Tips for Compelling Storytelling

🎙️ The Power of Earned Media

🚌 Basic PR Strategy for Traveling Business Owners

❓ When to Work with a PR Agency

➕ And much more!

Connect with Danelle on Instagram @danelles, @passportpr, or @mavenmediacollab

Work with her at www.passportpr.com or www.mavenmediacollab.com

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Looking for community with other RV women? 👉 Join the RV Queens Circles!

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Connect with Kate (host) and her family on instagram 🤗 @midwesternersgonerogue 

If you like to party, this RV mama is your girl 🤩

By day, Laura Sohn is a passionate business owner who talks healthy living and natural alternatives to medicine… 

By night she gathers the women of the RV community to live it up!  💃 

A pillar of the full-time families group, Laura strengthens the RV travel community through facilitating deeper relationships and making real connections (aka party planning 😁). Laughing and having fun are two of her favorite things!

Laura has been traveling with her family full time for nearly 7 years, and they do not see themselves stopping any time soon.

Join this let-your-hair-down conversation with Laura to find out:

😱 How she talked her husband into full-time RV life

🚌 The motorhome model they’ve lived in for nearly 7 years (!!!)

🏕️ The best campground in the U.S.

✨ How she’s changed since becoming a full-time traveler

🛠️ The RV gizmo she can’t live without

➕ And much more!

Connect with Laura and follow her family’s journey on 

Instagram - @sohnshineadventures https://www.instagram.com/sohnshineadventures/

or

Facebook - facebook.com/LauraMSohn https://www.facebook.com/LauraMSohn

Learn about her essential oil business at my.doterra.com/laurasohn

Mentioned in this episode:

Power Homeschool curriculum 

Thermacell bug repellent 

Berkey water filter 

ClearSource water filter 

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Looking for community with other RV women? 👉 Join the RV Queens Circles!

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Connect with Kate (host) and her family on instagram 🤗 @midwesternersgonerogue 

That’s right, we’ve got a special Valentine’s episode… with a twist! 💖

Danielle Joy Harvieux is the Self Love Coach & RV Queen who has found purpose in her pain by healing her own trauma! She now shares this love of deep inner work with other Moms. 

As a certified Quantum Life Coach, her unique process takes women on a deep dive of all things self acceptance, self trust, emotional regulation & boundary setting all while building unshakable confidence. She uses a mixture of healing modalities to take her clients from burn out to bliss. 

In her free time, you can find Danielle seeking out moments of adventure with her family while balancing her own self love practices and navigating busy mom life while living on the road.

This conversation with Danielle covers:

💖 The definition of”self love”

🛍️ Her journey from running an online boutique for women to self-love coach

❓Why curiosity is the first step to Self Love and acceptance

🤗 5 steps to getting started with “self love”

➕ And much more!

Connect with Danielle across the socials at

IG: @daniellesjoyfullife

TT: @daniellesjoyfullife

FB: @daniellesjoyfullife

Sign up for her exclusive CONFIDENCE Group Experience at 

https://daniellejoycoaching.podia.com/confidence-group-experience

Mentioned in this episode:

Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero

The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer

Law of Attraction by Esther Hicks

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Connect with our Partners 

Elakai Outdoors creates high-quality outdoor games inspired by nature! Check them out at Elakai.com/rvqueens and use code RVQUEENS10 for 10% off!

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Looking for community with other RV women? 👉 Join the RV Queens Circles!

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Connect with Kate (host) and her family on instagram 🤗 @midwesternersgonerogue 

Would you leave the NYC FASHION SCENE to live in an RV? 😱

After designing to top brands in NYC, Kerensa Durr hit the road full-time with her husband (fellow designer!) ten years ago. They loved the RV travel life so much that she and her husband created a course to help others go full-time, became active Escapees/Xscapers members, and joined the team at Escapees RV Club to further support others in the RV lifestyle. 

One of the largest and longest-running RV membership organizations, Escapees RV Club is dedicated to supporting your RV lifestyle with everything you need to make it easier, more affordable, safer, and–most important of all–fun! They offer mail forwarding, educational programs, RV parks, and an extensive array of support services and discounts to help make your RV lifestyle worry-free, affordable, and full of new friends. 

The lifestyle group ‘Xscapers’ has events and resources that appeal to working-age RVers and families. Seasonal and full-time RVers will find that Escapees is the only club dedicated to serving their needs.

This RV Queens podcast conversation with Kerensa covers:

🌆 Why her and her husband left their life in New York City

💕 How she found the best friends of her life as an RVer

👩🏼‍🎨 Why Kerensa decided to work as a designer for an RV Club 

🚐 Benefits of joining the Escapees RV Club 

➕ And much more!

Connect with Kerensa and follow her personal adventures at @kerensaandbrandon on Instagram and check out the Escapees / Xscapers RV Clubs at the following sites:

Mentioned in this episode:

Escapees Solar Eclipse Texas Event April 2024

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Connect with our Partners 

Elakai Outdoors creates high-quality outdoor games inspired by nature! Check them out at Elakai.com/rvqueens and use code RVQUEENS10 for 10% off!

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Looking for community with other RV women? 👉 Join the RV Queens Circles! https://www.rvqueenspodcast.com/community

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Connect with Kate (host) and her family on instagram 🤗 @midwesternersgonerogue 

https://www.instagram.com/midwesternersgonerogue/

Think you could travel for 12 years straight? 😱

That’s exactly what this RV Queen has been up to… with her family in tow!

Andi Tran and her family have been chasing nuclear jobs for her husband’s work since 2012. They hopped around to hotels and AirBnBs until they moved into a 5th wheel RV in 2018. Andi finds immense joy in living the nomadic lifestyle as an RV life wife and mama.

The Nuclear Nomads particularly love RV Community and friendships that come with RV life and sharing hacks, tips, and tricks for campers!

This conversation with Andi covers:

🚐 What it means to be a “traveling nuke family”

⛑️ Why emergency preparedness is important

🌱 How lyme disease led to a low-tox family culture 

🛝 Tips for socializing your kids during full-time travel

➕ And much more!

Connect with Andi and follow her family’s adventures on Instagram at @nuclear.nomads

Mentioned in this episode:

Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson

Abeka Curriculum

Thousand Trails Campground Membership

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Connect with our Partners 

Elakai Outdoors creates high-quality outdoor games inspired by nature! Check them out at Elakai.com/rvqueens and use code RVQUEENS10 for 10% off!

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Looking for community with other RV women? 👉 Join the RV Queens Circles! https://www.rvqueenspodcast.com/community

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Connect with Kate (host) and her family on instagram 🤗 @midwesternersgonerogue 

https://www.instagram.com/midwesternersgonerogue/

Is your interest piqued by the fulltime RV travel life?

Let me (re)introduce you to the woman who WROTE THE BOOK on getting started in RV life!

(And also talked half her family into becoming fulltime RVers 😄)

The illustrious wanderpreneur, Lauren Grijalva, is back to give us the highlights of her book: “Your Complete Roadmap To Becoming A Traveling Full-Time RVer”

Lauren Grijalva is a wife and mom who’s been traveling full time since 2018, most of the time in the family RV. They are digital nomads who chase adventure while worldschooling their tweens. The Grijalva family is passionate about helping inspire and equip others to take the leap into full time travel of it’s their dream! 

This RV Queens podcast conversation with Lauren covers:

🪜 The first (and easiest!) step toward become a fulltime RVer

💲 Different ways to afford fulltime travel life

🗺️ How to plan your first trips

📖 An overview of what you’ll learn in her book

👩🏼‍🎤 How to keep tweens/teens engaged and interested in travel life

🤑 Revenue streams Lauren has created to support their travels

➕ And much more!

Connect with Lauren and her family at www.thewanderpreneurs.com or on social media:

Buy her e-book for $8 “Your Complete Roadmap To Becoming A Traveling Full-Time RVer” here: www.thewanderpreneurs.com/store/complete-guide-to-becoming-a-full-time-rver

Mentioned in this episode:

Thousand trails Membership

Campendium Campground Research

Christina McEvoy’s Insta Success course

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Connect with our Partners 

Elakai Outdoors creates high-quality outdoor games inspired by nature! Check them out at Elakai.com/rvqueens and use code RVQUEENS10 for 10% off!

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Looking for community with other RV women? 👉 Join the RV Queens Circles!

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Connect with Kate (host) and her family on instagram 🤗 @midwesternersgonerogue 

If you’re an RVer who runs a business (or a side hustle) and you’re still getting your act together financially….

💰 This is the conversation for you!

In this episode, Penny Rose shares discusses her surprising past and drops ACCOUNTING WISDOM specifically for RVers and those with variable incomes.

Penny supports creative professionals through her small business accounting membership, focusing on content creators, course creators, and coaches in the RV and personal finance space.

Having attended several RV and personal finance networking events, Penny was inspired to launch her membership to address the overwhelming challenges that many business owners in this industry face—feeling frustrated, confused, and anxious about the financial aspects of their business. 

This RV Queens Podcast conversation with Penny covers:

💰 Advice for RV women who want to create consistent cash flow 

❓ When to go from sole proprietor to LLC

😵 Common money mistakes she sees small business owners make

👍 Smart insurance plans for self employed people

➕ And much more!

Connect with Penny on Instagram, LinkedIn or her website at the links below:

https://www.instagram.com/fefifofumpersonalcfo/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pennycrispellrose/

https://fefifofumservices.ck.page

Mentioned in this episode: 

Fincon 

Ramit Sethi Conscious Spending Plan

Profit First

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Connect with our Partners 

Elakai Outdoors creates high-quality outdoor games inspired by nature! Check them out at Elakai.com/rvqueens and use code RVQUEENS10 for 10% off!

Rivet Supply Co. creates handcrafted acrylic boards that you mount to your camper door to collect and showcase your travel stickers. Get yours or buy one for a friend today at rivetsupplyco.com and use code RVQueens10 for 10% off!

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Looking for community with other RV women? 👉 Join the RV Queens Circles!

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Connect with Kate (host) and her family on instagram 🤗 @midwesternersgonerogue 

Are you ready to become a FULL-TIME INFLUENCER?

Sandi and the Falins are an adventurous family of 5 behind @trynsomethingnew that has been traveling the world for last 8 years. While in the U.S., their home had been a 1999 Class A camper until recently when they moved into a brand new 45’ fifth wheel!

Over the last few years, Sandi and her husband have built a community of like-minded people that are always ready to ‘Try Something New’. 

As power house content creators, they have inspired countless people to change their lives and live a life full of adventure! 

The RV Queens Podcast conversation with Sandi covers:

🔟 Her TOP TEN tips to creating content that PAYS

💰How investing in themselves sky-rocketed their success

👩🏼‍🎤 Their wild 18 months of becoming highly-sought-after content creators

📲 The 3 social media platforms they focus on

➕ And much more!

Connect with @trynsomethingnew on Youtube, TikTok, Insta and their website!  

www.trynsomethingnew.com
www.youtube.com/@tryNsomethingnew
www.tiktok.com/@trynsomethingnew

www.instagram.com/trynsomethingnew/

PLUS If you want to learn to create content like they do, check out their course! 

👇👇👇👇

TryNsomethingnew Creator Academy

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Connect with our Partners 

Elakai Outdoors creates high-quality outdoor games inspired by nature! Check them out at Elakai.com/rvqueens and use code RVQUEENS10 for 10% off!

Rivet Supply Co. creates handcrafted acrylic boards that you mount to your camper door to collect and showcase your travel stickers. Get yours or buy one for a friend today at rivetsupplyco.com and use code RVQueens10 for 10% off!

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Looking for community with other RV women? 👉 Join the RV Queens Circles!

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Connect with Kate (host) and her family on instagram 🤗 @midwesternersgonerogue