Patrick Buchanan

As RV LIFE’s Director of Partnerships, Patrick Buchanan has been RVing for almost 10 years. He has authored hundreds of RV content articles across the RV LIFE family of blog sites including RV LIFE, Camper Report, Do It Yourself RV, and Camper Smarts. Most of his efforts are now directed toward helping manufacturers and service providers in the RV industry tell their story to RV LIFE’s vast audience.

You’ll frequently find him at the larger RV industry trade shows in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Tampa, Florida. As the executive producer of the RV LIFE Podcast and the Camper Report Show, he still makes time to manage advertising on the industry’s most popular RV consumer forum, iRV2.com.

Based in the DFW area of Texas, Patrick enjoys driving and maintaining his diesel motorhome. While not a full-timer, he and his wife have managed to log over 20,000 miles with an ever-increasing audience of miniature dachshunds.

7 Ways To Take One More RV Road Trip In 2020

2020 will be known as the year of the pandemic, and much more. It will also be known as the year of the road trip, and the Summer of the RV. Here are 7 ways you can extend that RV season and take one more RV road trip in 2020.

Floe winterization device mounted under RV sink.

Revolutionize How You Winterize Your RV

How you winterize your RV depends on your budget, your climate, and your skill level. Here is a way to revolutionize your winterizing process.

KEYSTONE RV INTRODUCES BLADE™ HIGH-PERFOMANCE AIR HANDLING

Keystone RV Company is introducing an entirely new air handling system designed to significantly improve air conditioning performance

The RVB 2021 Model Year Guide – A Digital RV Show

The RVB 2021 Model Year Guide is geared to RV customers hungry for new model year information that they would normally find while attending an RV show.

MotorHome & Trailer Life To Merge Into New RVing Format

Camping World Holdings, Inc. announced that they were ending the print publications of both Trailer Life and MotorHome magazine and combining them into a new digital format with a single print publication.

The Gadget Guru Takes On Airstream Touring Coaches

In the way that only a renown reporter and journalist can, Andy Pargh, aka the Gadget Guru, is taking on Airstream.

Open Enrollment For Health Insurance: What RVers Need To Know

Open Enrollment For Health Insurance: What RVers Need To Know As 2020 crests the halfway point and starts sliding into fall, RVers are thinking about their open enrollment options for 2021. The health insurance needs for RVers are different than those who call sticks and bricks their primary home. Finding insurance agents that fully understand … Read more

The REAL Reason Walmart Is Turning Away RVers

RVers are increasingly unwelcome at Walmart. Here is the real reason Walmart is turning away RVers trying to park and camp in their parking lots.

Kicked Out Of Campground For Receiving A Package

Kicked Out Of Campground For Receiving A Package Popular YouTubers Jason and Abigail Epperson recently shared a video of their experience of suddenly being kicked out of a campground for receiving a package via FedEx. In the video below Jason and Abby relate their unusual experience while hurriedly packing up the kids and the RV … Read more

Book Review: Don’t Make Me Pull Over! An Informal History Of The Family Road Trip

Don’t Make Me Pull Over! – An Informal History of the Family Road Trip As RVers, road trips are in our blood. There are dozens of reasons folks turn to RVing as a way to live, getaway, or simply take a vacation. At the core of many of those decisions is the connection that RVing … Read more