Picture of RVs on hillside overlooking lake.
RVwest Insider

3rd Annual Canadian RVing and Camping Week May 23 - 28, 2017

Canadian RVing and Camping Week is designed to encourage Canadians to get outside to enjoy a fun, safe and secure camping experience with family and friends.

Voyageur paddlers on the Shuswap.
Vernon

A sense of place: paddling the Shuswap for chinook salmon

Slow down, way down—dip your paddle in the Shuswap river and experience the chinook salmon run from a Voyageur Canoe point of view. 

Jellystone Parks in Canada are offering a special advance reservation promotion in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary.
RVwest Insider

Jellystone Parks in Canada offers special advance reservation promotion in June

For each advance reservation made for a stay during the month of June, the camping guest will have their name entered into a drawing for a chance to win up to a week of free RV or cabin camping at any Jellystone Park in Canada.

Baja California has some of the best beaches in Mexico.
Baja California

RV Trip planner: RVing on the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

The perfect Mexico vacation: Everything you need to know before RVing or camping on the Baja California Peninsula.

After several difficult years, Alberta's recreation industry is coming back strong.
RV News

Business is booming: The increase in Alberta’s RV sales

After several difficult years, Alberta's recreation industry is coming back strong.

1970's 'California' Commander
Vintage RV

Vintage RV – Roadside Relic: 1970’s “California” Commander Motorhome

Long before Canadian RV manufacturer Triple E started to produce their line of Commander motorhomes (since discontinued), there was a popular Class A motorhome company called the Commander that was based out of a suburb near Los Angeles, California.

Row of CanaDream campers.
RVwest Insider

CanaDream Corp sold to Australian-based Apollo Tourism & Leisure Ltd.

Apollo is a multi-national, vertically integrated manufacturer, rental fleet operator, wholesaler and retailer of a broad range of RVs in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

Rockin River Musicfest in Merritt, B.C.
Merritt

Top 5 reasons to attend the Rockin’ River Musicfest in Merritt, B.C.

Held each year in August, the Rockin' River Musicfest is one of the most famous annual events in B.C.

A beginner's set of Adams Tight Lie golf clubs
RV Golfer

Beginners and golf clubs

Despite appearances, the old adage, "It's not as easy as it looks," may prove true for the beginner golfer. 

A vintage Little Chief mini-motorhome.
Vintage RV

Vintage RV—1970’s Little Chief Mini-Motorhome by Penticton’s Trav-L-Mate Industries

The Little Chief Mini-motorhomes were manufactured by a company called Trav-L-Mate Industries in Penticton, British Columbia, back in the late 1970's and 1980's. 

Banff welcomes campers warmly.
Alberta

Banff is an award-winning destination

This scenic Alberta community has been acknowledged on National Geographic Traveler’s Best of the World list.

2017 Reader's Choice Awards
Readers Choice

2017 Reader’s Choice Awards

RVwest has surveyed RVers to determine their favourite destinations and dealerships, events and attractions in Canada and the United States.

RV News

Solar power is the way to go

Be eco-friendly and embrace solar power on your future RV holidays.

MP Wayne Stetski and fellow MP's.
RVwest Insider

Environment Committee presents unanimous report pressing for more protected areas

The group is calling on the federal government to lead an effort to rapidly establish more terrestrial and marine protected areas to safeguard biodiversity and Canada’s natural heritage.

Mid-70's Coachmen Class A motorhome.
Vintage RV

Vintage RV: 1970’s Coachmen Class A motorhome

The first Coachmen RV products were manufactured in 1964 in a 5,000 square foot plant in downtown Middlebury, Indiana. 

A cartoon RV repairman standing in front of a picture of fifth wheel
RV Tips and Tricks

The life of an RV repairman

From hapless mice to heading off urgent plumbing problems, there's never a dull day for mobile RV repairman Eric Solberg.