RV Vacations: Ten Tips

Written by Jill Ferrer of Your RV Lifestyle


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  • Flexibility: In an RV, you haverepparttar flexibility to change locations if you getrepparttar 135815 whim. But take this with a grain of salt. For popular destinations, you may not be able to pick up and find another campground without a reservation. You also want to strikerepparttar 135816 right balance between seeing different areas,repparttar 135817 amount of time spent driving and ensuring you have enough time to relax. Cautions aside, an RV can give you a lot of freedom and spontaneity. RV travel appeals to an inner pioneering spirit and allows you to create your own adventure as you go along your way. You can explorerepparttar 135818 country at your own pace or take off for last minute mini-vacations, tailgating events and weekend trips.

  • Affordability: The question of whether it is cheaper to take an RV vacation doesn't have a "one size fits all" answer. The comparison really depends onrepparttar 135819 type of vacations you would take instead, as well asrepparttar 135820 way in which you plan to RV. For a one-time trip, you can comparerepparttar 135821 costs of renting a suitable RV torepparttar 135822 costs of hotels, airfare or other means of travel. Or if you are considering regular RV vacations, you may want to purchase a motorhome or towable trailer. In this case, you would need to factor in operating costs, maintenance andrepparttar 135823 purchase price. In an RV, you can save money by cooking meals at home vs. dining out. You can minimize expenses if you take advantage of activities and amenities already included inrepparttar 135824 campground rate. Fuel expenses can be managed by reducingrepparttar 135825 distances traveled and staying longer at a given campground or park.

  • Drivingrepparttar 135826 RV: Driving yourself gives you control over where you go andrepparttar 135827 pace of your travel. You don’t haverepparttar 135828 hassle of airline counters and keeping to schedules. You can stop and take a break when you choose. You don't need a special license to drive an RV. Sure, it takes some getting used to -- butrepparttar 135829 number of RVs onrepparttar 135830 road should tell you that it is doable. Practice on your own (or with one other person) before you load up your passengers. Take advantage of any classes available through your dealer or one ofrepparttar 135831 many RV organizations.

  • How about a relaxing vacation for a change? How many times have you returned from a trip saying you need a vacation fromrepparttar 135832 vacation? Now don't kid yourself - if you arerepparttar 135833 type who likes to schedule allrepparttar 135834 details of a trip, that's not going to change simply because you are traveling in an RV. But in choosing an RV vacation, you may shift your thinking and be more apt to use your time off as an opportunity to truly relax and unwind.

  • Test outrepparttar 135835 RV Lifestyle: The RV vacation may serve as a test drive to gauge your overall interest inrepparttar 135836 RV lifestyle. There are RVers who spend several weeks per year in RV travel. Other RVers take off for months. Snowbirds are RVers who make an annual trek to warmer climates forrepparttar 135837 winter season. And then there are fulltime RVers whose only home is their RV. Many of these people started out by vacationing in an RV as a way to try outrepparttar 135838 RV lifestyle.

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  • A Trip To Iqaluit In Nunavut, A Canadian Arctic City

    Written by Clint Leung


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    One thing that was very noticeable in Iqaluit wasrepparttar large numbers of children everywhere. Nunavut has a very young population with 56% underrepparttar 135814 age of 25. I saw many Inuit mothers wearing traditional Inuit parkas with large hoods inrepparttar 135815 back where their babies are carried. The Inuit youth is one ofrepparttar 135816 Canadian Arctic's untapped resources and its future. They have access to satellite television and dress just like their counterparts inrepparttar 135817 south. However, at present only about 25% of high school students graduate so a big challenge forrepparttar 135818 Nunavut government is to encouragerepparttar 135819 Inuit kids to stay in school. During my second trip, there was darkness for only a few hours each day so it was very strange to be walking around town at 10 pm inrepparttar 135820 evening with daylight still present. Even at this hour, there were still quite a few young Inuit children playing outside. The locals, Inuit and non-Inuit alike were very friendly. I gotrepparttar 135821 impression of a tight community perhaps because ofrepparttar 135822 isolation ofrepparttar 135823 Canadian Arctic. However,repparttar 135824 local Inuit were also very open to visitors and willing to share a bit of their lives. Duringrepparttar 135825 daytime, I went up to a few Inuit art carvers who were working outside their houses. Each turned off their power saws when I approached them and seemed happy to talk to me. I met most of them later duringrepparttar 135826 evenings when they showed me their finished works of Inuit art.

    I hadrepparttar 135827 opportunity to walk about 30 minutes torepparttar 135828 outskirts of town pastrepparttar 135829 airport one day. I climbed up a hilltop with a satellite dish facility overlooking an expansive valley. There was nobody else around and it was incredible how silentrepparttar 135830 area was. It was like a vacuum where I could hear only my own breathing. It was a very peaceful and even spiritual moment there. While sitting on this Arctic hilltop, I was suddenly startled at one point by a noise and it turned out to berepparttar 135831 flapping wings of a large raven flying by. There are tours offered by local outfitters to seerepparttar 135832 northern wildlife and experience some ofrepparttar 135833 Arctic tundra further out. I hope to take one of these tours on a future visit. A trip to Nunavut is not cheap since everything, including flights are so expensive. However, I will definitely return not only for more Inuit art, but also to experience more ofrepparttar 135834 local Inuit culture andrepparttar 135835 Arctic land.

    Clint Leung is owner of Free Spirit Gallery http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca , an online gallery specializing in Inuit Eskimo and Northwest Native American art including carvings, sculpture and prints. Free Spirit Gallery has numerous information resource articles with photos of authentic Inuit and Native Indian art as well as free eCards.


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