RV Trip Wizard - (BEST RV ROUTE PLANNER) - Full Time RV
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- RV Trip Wizard - RV Route Planner - Full Time RV: RV Trip Wizard makes Rv Trip planning easy. I love using the RV Trip Wizard app because it makes my RV route planning easy. If you are looking for an RV route planner, RV Trip Wizard is the perfect one to choose. Using RV Trip Wizard keeps makes trip planning easy. I hope this RV Trip Wizard demo makes road trip planning easy for you too. If you are looking for a route planner this is my favorite. This video also will walk you through google maps so you can keep track of all the campgrounds and stops you make as you travel.
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Thanks for the detailed review, Stacy. That's great info. I think back to our first "RV" trip 30 years ago when we had a brand new VW Pop-up Van and went from NAS Alameda, CA to Oceania, VA for my next assignment. I spent weeks with a Rand McNally atlas and the AAA campground guide, plus dividers, highlighters, and a legal pad, to plan our vacation/PCS move. The resources available now are amazing. Our great trip included a collision with a bison in Yellowstone National Park. Bison 1, VW 0.
Ouch!
Ouch is right!
Been a while since I commented. I am now a blue ID holder. Things are going great. When we met at Ft Sam Houston, you suggested RV trip wizard. Thank you so much I use it to plan my routes. I have Mayra doing research as we drive due to spontaneous decisions along the route. We just added a new grandbaby to the family and continue to love the RV lifestyle. Continue doing good videos. You are still my favorite retired military RVer couple.
Hey friend! I am so glad to hear you guys are doing well! Congrats on the grandbaby. That is great news. Hopefully we can meet up again in the future. You guys be safe out there.
So RV Trip Wizard only works online and the app RV Life now works with RV Trip wizard and can be used as your GPS. The nice thing is they now have RV Safe routing so you can avoid those areas that you can't be in based on your size and weight. The only drawback at this point is it is in beta still but seems to work pretty well. Also, they both do cost but as far as routing and planning there really isn't anything better. Everyone else just has a piece where these 2 options puts it all together. Thanks for the info in your video, great job!
Thanks so much for filling in the gaps
For me, planning is always the most difficult part of any trip (say "hello" to my little friend ADHD!). That's 1 reason we usually just go with the flow. But 2 years ago we spent most of the summer touring around the Great Lakes area and I learned something...those people up north love to camp!! I had to book everything well in advance and trying to coordinate everything had me in tears. A program like this would have come in very handy. Thank you for all the info...really enjoy your videos.
Good to know!
This lady makes it way harder than it needs to be. The entire point of having trip wizard is to make it easier.
Hey how you guys doing?... It's good to see you another video from you. We were wondering if you guys were okay. Glad to see Phil is okay as well.. we hope to see you one of these days on the road.
Thank you for taking the time to share. I been full time for 3 years in a 24 foot class b van. With this I may get brave enough to move up to a 30 foot class C...keep up the good work! 👏👏👏😊
You are very welcome. That would be a nice upgrade.
Another spot on review Stacy. My first experience with RV Trip Wizard frustrated me until I paid attention to all the features and the little idiosyncrasies of the app. The one thing I had not discovered (because I have only had an opportunity to plan 2 trips so far) were the filter options for park types, etc. Now I know thanks to this review of yours. Very much appreciate you putting this video together and sharing how you plan your routes. 👍👍😊
OMG! OMG! OMG! Mind you, I've had to watch a couple of times, but I absolutely LOVE trip wizard thanks to your video. Hubs picked it up right away, me not so fast but now I'm addicted. Thank you Stacy so much!! Sherrie
Your sign on the wall made me laugh.
Lol, me too!! I busted out laughing and had to back up the video to re-watch what I missed.
We did too. Had to rewind and re-read it. I want to get one.
You have just taken out the stress of our future plans!!! We were beginning to get completely overwhelmed with our full time plan. This is a life (marriage) saver! 💖😂💖
That is awesome! Glad we could help.
haha I was just thinking that too! wish my parents had this app growing up
had to come watch the end again so i could add to our bucket list google map!! LOL
thanks again!
Nice!!
Thank you for sharing this with us. I have starting using RV Trip Wizard and really like it as well but was still a little unsure on some things but you're video answered several of my questions and I can't thank you enough for doing that. Hopefully we'll see you on the road in our travels. Please stay safe.
I am so glad it was helpful for you!
Thanks for all of the info and great videos! I purchased my trailer and uploaded my first video today!! I have been a sponge, soaking up any knowledge I can these last few weeks. I am so excited. Life is such an amazing adventure. Keep up the great work!!
We ended up purchasing based on your recommendation. A lot easier than the other online planning product we were using that came with our GPS.
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This is The. Best. App. Ever. When we hit the road, I'm going to be obsessed with it. It does so much! They've thought of practically everything. It makes me look forward to trip planning. Thank you for the step-by-step walk through. Excellent detail and instructions. You guys are one of my fave RV channel subscriptions (knowing me, I've probably already said that before lol....memory of a gnat over here). ❤️
I do love it!
We are planning to start full timing in two years. This video is so helpful. Thank you for sharing.
How do people go fulltime? What about money and jobs?
We currently use the free RVParky App for trip planning but plan on trying out RV Trip Wizard soon because we want something we can use on our laptop PC. We have also heard good things about it. Thanks for a great informative video! My spouse got rather irate when she found out recently that the expensive RV Atlas sold by Camping World did not protect us from low bridges. We have even found that AllStays is far from having all low clearances in its database. We will be curious to see how good RV Trip wizard is.
I have never used Allstays for turn by turn routing. I didnt know it did that.
RVParky can be used on the Web and it will sync with your account on the app on your smart phone
I used RV trip wizard while planning a trip (that ultimately didn't happen). My concern was low bridges and RVTW lays it out for you. While adding each stop to your trip you can look at the map and the yellow diamonds will show up. Zoom into the map to see the bridge heights. All of mine were on alternate roads (not major highways) so it wasn't an issue for me. But, it is helpful to see the bridge heights for someone that has to jump off a major roads. It is well worth the money.
I am new to the whole RV/trailer thing and had anxiety about planning the route. We are in a 43ft trailer and have two kids. This video really helped me to feel comfortable with our first trip. Thank you.
Fantastic video!!!! Providing your step-by-step planning and showing the RVtripwizard along with the other mentions...Harvest Host, All Stays. I know what tools I will have when we are ready. Thank you and I look forward to checking out your other videos.
Love your videos - we are newbies and gathering all information possible before we buy our first RV. Thanks!
Wow, that was a lot to digest, especially without the software in front of me. However it did give me a good idea of what the software can do, it looks like it would be very useful. Thanks for learnin' me. Keep up the good work.
LOVED THIS VIDEO!! Thank you so much! It was so helpful. I used to manually log our trips in a notebook but next week we are picking up our new RV and I plan to use all these helpful tools. Thanks again!
Congratulations! Have a great time out there. I hope the tools help you out.
Thanks Johnny.
Thank you!!!! This is an awesome vlog re trip planning. I just planned a trip using only google and a couple other camping apps and had to constantly go back and forth between them. Now I’ll plan the return route with the help of your info. Thank you!!
Hey! I know y’all tend to prefer to military campgrounds but if you haven’t been, Butler TN is a beautiful place. Not a city. It’s mountain rural beauty. We recently went. To us, it put Gatlingburg to shame. We stayed at Roan Creek Campground. It is a private but they are very set on keeping it as rustic as possible but it has full hookup, bath house(really nice), and they are very reasonable priced. Just wanted to share this with you. It’s close to Boone, NC and Bristol and tons of other awesome places to explore as well as close to grocery stores and delicious restaurants. We are getting ready to buy a camper and we will for sure be going back! Hope to meet y’all one day! We are both veterans as well. Army and Navy.
Thanks for. the location tip and for your service!
OMG I have been so stressed out planning our trip to MI to pick up our new fifth wheel. We are driving out from San Diego and bringing it home in Dec. I have a vague understanding about the snow, cold, road conditions and alternate routes. The information in your video is a Godsend and will be trying the 30 day free trial for our maiden voyage. Thank you😊
Great job! I haven't tried RV Trip Planner but have been using Google MyMaps for a long time. What I like best about my maps is the layers. One for driving directions, one for stays, one for dumps, one for attractions, restaurants etc. Plus the power of Google search and easy integration with Google Drive. Once you figure it out its easy to use.
Can you put in your rig dimensions on MyMaps?
Hello there, and thank you for your wonderful videos. I am a retired member of the World's Greatest Navy and am preparing to do some RV cruising. My wife and I have just put our house on the market and are going to buy a smaller place for those times we want to come home to visit friends and family. We are busy trying to learn everything we can in evaluating coaches. At this point we are committed to buying a diesel and are leaning towards either a Tiffen or an American Coach. There is so much to learn it sometimes becomes a bit overwhelming. Your informative videos have been really helpful...thanks very much. Perhaps we will see you on the road sometime. Best regards, Austin and Debbie
It can be very overwhelming. I remember being exactly where you are now. Good luck with your RV search. Thank you for your service! Go Navy.
Stacy thank you for showing us how RV trip wizards works. I have learned so many things from your videos. We feel inspired by you and Phil. 😊
Thanks!
Thank you for the demo of this product from a user perspective. I wanted to know if you have found this tool useful in letting you know roads and or bridges that do NOT allow RV travel. Once again, thank you running over the program.
Wow. This looks awesome! Thank you for sharing this. 👍🌻
Thanks for putting this together, Stacy. I don't know if it was you or another channel that I'd seen the Google maps tip before but I was happy to see you go through adding points of interest on there as well. RV Trip Wizard looks awesome. I disagree with Vance Keaton that doing all of this is a hassle. What's a hassle is flying by the seat of one's pants and not knowing where you need to be along the way from your start point to your final destination point. But them, maybe I'm just a little bit OCD when it comes to not liking unpleasant surprises along the way that could influence whether I considered the trip in its entirety to be an enjoyable one or otherwise. Thanks for the tutorial; you did an awesome job of it! Safe travels, y'all!
It isnt a hassle for me either. I am glad you can use the info.
Thank you!! I am new to RVing. We plan to go full time in 2021. I am feeling really overwhelmed. You helped!!
Good luck!
This was so informative! Thank you so much. I will definitely return to this video when we starting planning our launch for late 2020.
Colton is beautiful.
Your video was helpful but the wizard is very challenging to work with. The most difficult is the inability to add a stop and/or change order of stops and this seems basic to me. I don't think the Wizard is easy at all. Still searching for a user-friendly trip planner. If anyone knows of one, please share!
Years ago I used Delorme Street Atlas GPS. A tremendous feature was the ability to enter your preferred milage and/or time limit for the day. It allowed you to divide a long trip up into 300 mile legs, or 5 hour legs, etc. Is there an online site or program that does that? Planning a 4000 mile trip next year and would like to have a planner that automates some choices for daily destinations. Thanks!
What a great job you did with this tutorial! Thank you :)
You are so welcome!
Such a wonderful planning tool. Thanks for sharing this demo!
This video is very helpful. You did a great job providing a overview of RV Trip Wizard. We are planning a 4-6 month trip out west then back to Florida and was wondering how we could effectively plan out trip. Our first thought was, "How does Phil and Stacy plan their trips?". Once I started watching the video I remembered you at the booth for RV Trip Wizard at the Florida RV Super Show in 2020. You made it easy for us to purchase RV Trip Wizard using the link in your video description.
Hi Stacy. Thanks for the excellent review. I've been using Trip Wizard for over a year and you demo'd some features I didn't know about. To me, a sign of a good app is that you keep finding new features. Out of all of the travel apps I use, this one has the most comprehenive campsite database - IMO. Thanks again.
I agree completely. And they have improvements in the works.
Thank great post, very informative. We have just purchased our first RV two days ago. I will be setting it up and learning all about it and all the rest that goes with RVing over the next couple of months, will be heading out hopefully the first part of April once the snow and salt are off the roads. Safe travels
Congrats on the RV. You will love the lifestyle. Are you going full time? What type of RV did you get?
@@todayissomeday We will start part time and we purchased a previously owned Newmar Mountain aire 4521.
This is one of the most helpful and informative RV videos I've seen. I've heard of Trip Wizard but wasn't aware it was this useful and that Google map tip is awesome. Since you are in the New England area would you consider doing a video on the route you took to get there? We are headed that way from Tennessee and are in a 40ft DP. I have heard so many confusing things regarding toll roads, bridges, getting through the cities, etc that it would be such a help on the best way to navigate a big rig through this area.
Great topic idea! It is really confusing and intimidating.
Gas issue was the value have ice in needle valve crack the line to try get the ice to blow clear have that issue in cold weather sometime after a refill moister in the tank
Wow, great app and info. Thank you Stacey for the time and demo... it surely helps to see it in action. I will try this out for our next weekend trip... 👏😊
Glad to help Vera!
Great video Stacy, I’m not sure how we missed this app... this is a game changer.(for when we hit the road in December 😂). Very in-depth and easy to understand. Thanks for doing this!
You are very welcome
Thanks! Planning a cross country trip
Started using it after you mentioned it previously and took awhile to get used to but this video really helped fill in a few areas I got stuck on. So many cool features! Love it now!
Sweet! So glad it could help!
If you stay at a gruffy campground, the next one is invariably much nicer.
Really enjoyed the video. Helped with a lot of questions we had. Thank you!
Wow Dawsonville GA, I live here too!
Wish it had Harvest Hosts built in, understand why, just a pain to back and forth.
Great video...very informative. My wife and I pick up our new "retirement home" (in 16 months) on Saturday. 2018, 34 ft Newmar Ventana!!!! We were just saying, "How do you keep track of all the camping plans?" Now we know.Thanks again....and we do hope to see you "On the road!!"P.S. We are also Navy Strong!!! Combined 68 years supporting the U.S. Navy at China Lake, CA
Congrats (in 16 months) you will love it!! Go Navy!
Thanks for sharing how to use this app! Great tutorial! Happy travels! Jane😊
Thanks Jane
Great information! Thanks for sharing! I was contemplating using RV Trip Wizard, I think I will give it a try now.
Great instructional of RV Trip wizard and Google Maps! Thank you!
Hey Stacy we met at the M&G that you had in Hershey at the winery. We talked briefly about trip wizard and we both agreed
that the one thing that we didn't like was that it kept adding on to the back end instead of in between. You had said
that they were going to fix that. I have still been using RV Parky and want to try RV TRip Wizard do you know if they have
made those changes.
Thanks Bill & Eleanor
trying to finish my shuttle bus conversion so I can get back on the road... good info.. thanks
That is cool!
Thanks ! for the info. Very informative👍
I am a newbie to 'RV Trip Wizard' and have a LOT to learn about it, so please pardon my ignorance with these questions - How do I setup the map to "show" the amount of miles I would like to travel per day? For example, say I want to travel 500/day and see about where I will end up (no circles at all on my map). I have tried & tried, but no luck. As for campgrounds, when you find a campground along your route that you want to stop at and you add it in - at what point do you actually call the campground to make the reservation? I'm sure I'll have more questions, but that's it for now.
It is hard to walk you through it through text. Please send me your questions in an email. I can send pics back to show you. I will also create a short mid week video to answer this question because it is a reoccurring question. Youmeandtherv@gmail.com
YOU MAKE IT LOOK FUN AND EASY, THANK YOU.
You are so welcome!
Very informative video. My wife does a version of this research. 👍
Your video was better than the tutorial video on trip wizard. I have it down now! Thank you..
Excellent description. Thank you!!
You're very welcome!
Great tutorial, thanks! I was getting frustrated trying to figure out RV Trip Wizard on my own and now it makes much more sense.
Glad it helped!
I’ve already watched this once and will be watching it with my better half soon. She is the planner in our family. I wish there were enough CGs out there we didn’t have to make reservations but that is a dream world now. As far as reservations go have you found it’s the weekends and specifically the holiday weekends that require reservations? We need to do some mods to our 5er to make her better for boondocking so we can take advantage of Harvest Host and others. Thanks for putting this information out. It will definitely be helpful.
Weekends and Holidays are usually more booked early. If there is somewhere you really want to be for a holiday I would book early. But with both weekends and holidays there are always last minute cancellations.
You need to investigate Route 1 up the Maine coast😁👍
Great introduction. We thought out and presented.
Thanks so much!
Great topic. Your right it does sound a bit intimidating but looks somewhat similar to using Google maps. Well thought out presentaion and delivery. Even though I'm following I was impressed at how much you've seen already. Have a great week.
Thanks! You too.
Thank you for your video regarding Trip Wizard. This app will be a great help as I am planning our trip to Utah in 2020.
Thank you for the tutorial -I had no idea how to plan a route. This will make it so much easier .
You're welcome!
Very good and informative video. I also use RV Trip Wizard, and sometime get info from Allstays, and RVParky. You really showed me some good stuff about google maps I did not know, which is helpful. Love your channel, and watch a lot of it. Another I watch is Changing Lanes and they just released one on Trip Planning also. The one thing RV Trip Wizard does not do yet is validate a route for you weight. Hopefully they will add that soon, but Changing Lanes covered in their Video how they get around that, they reviewed a Standalone GPS system which does route planning and takes into account the specs of the RV, including weight. Little pricy, but they have a link to the best price I have found, and one of the things I like about it is it does multiple things, not just GPS navigation. It integrates with your RV Bluetooth and and play music, and many other features. Its actually a android tablet, so you can install any app from the appstore on it. Anyway, you might check it out as I also recently saw you video "To heavy for the bridge". :) "czcams.com/video/kvifp-Ldr2A/video.html" You should be able to export from RV Trip Wizard direct to that unit.
One thing I did not see in your video on RV Trip Wizard, you can send you trip plan also to Google Maps 2 ways. You can export it to GPX file and in the Google maps make a new "MyMap" and import it. You can also installed RV Trip Wizards app on the phone or tablet called "RV LIFE" and set that up to access your RV Trip Wizard account and it will allow you to call up a trip and push it right to Google Maps on that phone or tablet.
We love Chad and Tara!! They are the best!
you stated that RV trip wizard wasn't your only trip planner so what else do ya use. We have been traveling for a few years but only vacationing, but Art is going to retire in July of this year and eventually so will I so I know wee are going to be traveling a lot more.
Hope both you nd Phil are doing well and that Phil has recovered from his surgery, I just had a knee arthroscopy and am currently recovering (after having it cancelled twice due to COVID)
Hope to see ya on the Road...
I use RV Trip Wizard to keep track of everything but occasionally I will use Allstays and google to help me find locaitons.
Thanks Stacy very Informative! Safe Travels
Excellent DEMO! thanks! Also liked the google maps add-on at that end.
VERY helpful, Stacy. Thank you!
Great video! You covered - extremely well - the process & tools you use to plan out your routes.
My wife & I have been full timing since July 2018 in our 38' 2005 Winnebago Adventurer, starting out in southern California, spending the winter months in Florida and then working our way up the East coast. We are currently in Bar Harbor, ME, having been here for a month as we love the area. We spent the 1st 2 weeks in one of the Acadia National Park campgrounds, and then we found a very affordable (and accessible - 1st come, 1st served only) private park just 2.5 miles from the Acadia Visitor Center.
We only started watching you last nite, and immediately subscribed as we wanted to learn more about you guys, and about your boondocking experiences in New England. Prior to coming to New England we were a bit apprehensive about RVing in this region due to many other comments we came across in our research about lack of public lands, lack of RV parks and high cost of available RV parks. However - having come here have to say that there are far more places to stay than we thought, and with a little effort one can find very affordable options. Yes - some parks like the local KOAs can charge over $100/nite here in peak season, but we were able to stay in the N.P. campground for ~$19/nite (using Senior Lifetime Pass, but there are no hookups). Even in the RV park we are currently in our stay is unlimited and their rate is $34.30/nite (water & electric) - and it is the closest RV park to Acadia and Bar Harbor (a tourist zoo right now). But one quickly escapes the crowds upon entering the park and doing one of its numerous hikes or biking on the carriage trails (the best biking in the world!)
I have been using Allstays and Google Maps for our route planning, but I am glad that you told me about RV Trip Wizard as it looks very useful. In my planning I find (in particular) that using Google Maps Satellite and Street views really help in determining how RV campground sites look - to get an idea of space and even dips / hills. Have used several times for our few Walmart stays to determine the best roads to enter/exit their parking lots as well as see if other RVs are there and the best places to park our RV. Same for fuel stops. Have avoided a few gas stations after looking at their lot layout and determining that while we may be able to pull up to a gas pump - there was no way to pull through and drive out (we cannot backup when towing our toad). For parks (most National and State parks) which require a specific site reservation I find this is invaluable to check out the sites ahead of time for both access and site size (using Google Satellite view).
I was also very interested to hear about your Battle Born battery learning curve. I too recently removed our 5 lead acid batteries and installed 300 amps of LiFePO4 batteries, monitored by the same Victron BMS as you have. And I agree - It is a real learning experience. One thing you may want to consider is increasing the size of your converter (but have not yet watched all your videos so not sure what size you have). Since you have 600 amps of batteries to charge up you need to have a high output converter to help all those batteries charge up faster. Our Progressive converter will charge our batteries at ~45 amps/hr - so if we have used 180 amps of our 300 it takes ~ 4 hours to charge up. But we also have a solar system - which can charge up to ~20+ amps/hr in good sunlight. But the problem - especially in New England - is many RV sites are wooded. This is great for privacy and shade to help keep the summer heat down, but does not give us much of a solar charge. I do have 1 remote 120watt panel I can move around the campsite to try and capture the sunlight where it hits, but it alone is only good for 5 - 7 amps of charging. But solar really can help - especially out West - where you can get better sun exposure. Anyway - need to watch more our your videos to learn more about your upgrade.
From here we plan on heading over to New Hampshire (White Mts and then Lake Winnipesaukee) in a few days. Hopefully we get to meet you guys on the road so we can share some stories! Thanks again for the great route planning advice.
I agree with you! You can find places that are reasonable if you are will to sacrifice a few amenities. We are fine with boondocking and dont need anything fancy. For us it is more about the location we get to explore along the way. Thanks for the tip on the campgrounds!
Glad you found us. Have a great time in the New England area. We cant wait to get back up there.
Thank you I found this post very useful. I have subscribed to several of your suggestions. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
We just purchased our RV and I just started using RV Trip Wizard and watching your videos!. I'm curious as to why you use Google maps first?
I usually just have multiple screens going during planning. I am not sure why. I use Trip Wizard, google and Allstays.
Excellent presentation - clear, concise, full of very helpful information (with no "fluff" to waste time). i actually have RV Trip Wizard and was about to cancel because i found it clunky -- but you've got me convinced (and armed with some great tips) to go back and try again. Thanks so much - heading off to check out some more of your videos :)
Glad it was helpful!
Have you thought of doing a video on how to save and plan in Google maps? Basic stuff, or point me in the right direction where I can see how to work this program.
Yes!! I hope to record it next week.
This is great tutorial. Thank you very much. My question is there a way to show waypoints based on daily driving distances for say a cross country trip? This would help to start the process of finding campgrounds in these areas for each day. I like your sign for who makes the ☕️.
You have so many tabs open on your computer 🤣 looks like mine!
Its called multitasking! hahaha
Very informative, thank you, especially about the google maps feature
Not sure if you are still tracking this video, but I have a question. My wife and I bought a travel trailer last spring in preparation for our pending retirement, and have made 5 trips in it so far. We used Waze to plan our routes and discovered that it is more than happy to route you on single lane country roads and across very scary raised railroad crossings. How does RV Trip Wizard do with these issues. Enjoyed your video.
Waze is designed for cars and fastest route. RV Trip Wizard has our RV info in it and routes us accordingly based on our size and weight. We only use it for planning, not routing, Check out "Our Epic Field Trip" as they use it for routing,
Thanks. I’ll take a look.
Great review. Thanks. We're newbies. We have been using RV Parky. It's a bit simpler and you can add stops very easily. It keeps your RV spec but no GPS option which is a bummer.I have RVTripwizard also but find it hard to use. You helped a lot. We'll give it another try.. Love your channel. Go Army! (That's for Phil).
Thanks for this great video! I've been watching ya'll for a while now preparing for my"someday!" It is FINALLY here. I just purchased my new to me Class C in Richmond VA. My husband and I will stay in RV the first 5 days after we drive off the RV lot then I'm going to be Solo for prob next 9 months😢I am a retired Army Vet so I'm kind of used to traveling alone. I really appreciate this step by step plan to route my trips and can't wait to begin logging in some destinations and truly begin enjoying my retirement. I love the RV Trip wizard and will def use your link. Thanks again and hope to see ya'll out there some day!!😊Safe travels😍
How exciting!! I hope you enjoy the journey. Congrats on your new rig!
Stacy and Phil I appreciate your videos, i can see the effort and time placed in each. You mentioned a Must See List, can you share these places others have suggested as must see? Thanks in advance.
Let me see what I can do. I need to update it but I could probably put it on social media.
Thank you for your excellent review and suggestion.
RV trip wizard has changed their name to RV life trip wizard.. I just looked it up after seeing your video.
I have a question about trip wizard. Does it show where you will need to refuel? I like having a general idea where I will need to buy fuel so I can search ahead of there for availability and price. We have found sometimes it saves money to refuel up to 50 mile before we'll need to can can is 10-30 cents a gal. and when buying 100+ gal, that adds up.
Yes. If you have told the program your tank size, average fuel consumption, and how much is left in reserve, then the program will place an icon along your route where you really need to find a fuel station. When you add fuel at that point, if you tell how much fuel you added, the icon will move further along your route for your next fuel-up.
As I'm planning, I like to use several different apps to find gas stations (cheap gas, google maps, RV Trip Wizard itself, etc) and will add my choice to RV Trip Wizard. That's where I will add how much gas I bought, when I get there in order to get the icon moved further down the itinerary.
Thanks for your reply!
SHalto142 is spot on!
Terrific tutorial! As relative newbies, we are planning a bucket list trip. Since our start and end points will be the same place - our home - what do you suggest I use as an endpoint? A halfway point?
I'm new to RV Trip Wizard and I'm trying to find POI's such as waterfalls, lighthouses, scenic overlooks, local attractions, etc. I don't see a category under POI's that I can select. As long as I have the name, I can select it but I'm sure there are other POI's along my route that I don't know about. Am I asking too much of the program and that my request isn't possible? I'm sure I'm not the only person looking for these. Any suggestions? Thank you!! Safe travels & happy camping! Tony & Monica's Plan B, Michigan
Good tips as usual . Thanks
Where did you find a turquoise laptop,or is that a cover? Good tips thanks. Got my tshirt, by the way. Nice shirt.
Look at all those tabs!! You browse the web like me 😆
It is all about multitasking! lol
In a nutshell?? what was a Big nut! this application looks real slick. by the time we get out there though, it will be interesting to see what they have available
SUPER HELPFUL!! Bless!!
Thanks for the information. Looks like a great app. My husband found a free app called RV Parky. It helped us a lot for our trip last fall. We pulled our travel trailer from Louisiana all the way up to Canada and down through the Pacific Northwest and back! It was a 2 month trip and it was amazing! Love your videos! You 2 are fun to watch! Safe travels 😊
Thnks Eva! Sounds like an awesome trip!
That was my concern- BTW I love your video and I’ll follow you as I get closer to my RV purchase.
Two thumbs up You Guys. That answered a lot of the questions we wanted to ask. Well done. (sorry about misspelling your name Ms Stacy). Safe travels.
Dont worry about that!