Cruising Through Maintenance, Navigation and RVLife
TL;DR: Dive into a conversation with Patrick Buchanan from RV Life, exploring why the RV world thrived during lockdown, RV Life's community resources, on-the-road repairs, RV Life Pro for trip planning, connectivity tips, and how to connect with RV Life.
This Month’s Episode Features a Conversation with Patrick Buchanon of RV Life
In this month’s episode, you will hear from a seasoned RVer and someone who works in the industry. Patrick has been a part of the RV Life team for over four years—including the last three years of industry growth. Patrick is the Director of Partnerships with RV Life. This role keeps him incredibly busy connecting with influencers, content creators, meeting people at trade shows, being part of the advertising world, and of course encouraging RVers.
Why Do You Think the RV World Flourished While the Rest of the World Was Standing Still?
When the rest of the world was stuck inside—not even allowed to go to restaurants—people were feeling that they needed to get out. When people started seeing those with RVs heading out on family trips, it seemed to spark a new generation of RVers to head out too.
The issue is many of these people were first timers and weren’t prepared. We were seeing new RVers heading out and then trying to learn on the road. The good thing is that it's possible, but the difficult thing is helping them find good information. Patrick and Jeremy go back and forth about some funny stories, and offer some tips on how to navigate these things. RV Life put out over 1,000 articles last year to help address this need for good content.
What is RV Life? And Who Does It Serve?
RV Life is a community of multiple resources. With all of them geared towards the RVer. The roots are in their forums—these existed before the boom of social media. It creates a place for RVers to come to ask questions, get answers, and contribute to the well-being of one another’s RV journey. Once social media came on the scene, the forums have actually seen an uptick in usage. It seems that social media has become an advertiser for the places with experts and like-minded humans traveling. So RV Life has seen a surge in their forum’s functions. With RV Life forums, these are solid places to get real answers that don’t disappear, aren’t politicized, and are just helpful pieces. RV Life Pro is a product that is geared toward planning and navigating trips in an RV. To recap, there are forums, blogs & articles, and RV Life Pro—the software—that help plan and navigate your trips.