StressLess Camping RV podcast
Get the most out of your RV while saving money and enjoying StressLess Camping with our weekly RV and travel podcast. You’ll get tips, tricks and fun and unusual destinations plus information from RV industry insiders Peggy and Tony Barthel. We’ve also got our weekly RV review and more.
Episodes
This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we welcome Brooks Smothers from RV Out West to share some of his favorite places in the Pacific Northwest. Brooks has some great hidden gems that made us want to visit the Pacific Northwest even more than before.
We’re also taking you on a date, of sorts, and it’s a sweet situation!
Lastly, our own...
This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast we look at the RV industry and how it is portrayed in an article in the Wall Street Journal. Are things that bad and what can you do if you’re RV shopping? We have some tips for RV shopping - today might be one of the best times in years for RV shoppers.
We also share a Goofy USA destination where we enjoyed boondocking, exploring, and learn...
This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we welcome back our friends Scott and Alicia from The Route of it All, who tell us about a service to receive notifications when a campsite YOU want becomes available.
You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever you enjoy getting podcasts: https://www.stresslesscamping.com/podcast/0314
The StressLess Camping podcast is a weekly RV podcast with information, tips...
On episode 313 of the StressLess Camping RV Podcast - some of our best boondocking hacks and facts and ways you can stay out longer and have a better time doing so. We’ve got boondocking tips and observations.
We also have a new must-get gadget, and we take you to a place where you’ll want to bring lots of quarters.
We have this week’s podcast along with the notes and all the stories that go with this episode as well as discounts, ...
On episode 312 of the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we share some places we have boondocked, or mooch docked, at railroad museums, airfields and more to enhance an already great visit. Museum mooching? Tony railroaded Peggy into recording this podcast. He has a one-track mind. We didn’t get our signals crossed.
And we share an article we found about the history of camping.
You can find this week’s podcast along with the notes and ...
Andrew Angel from Camco shares some new and innovative Camco products. We visit four states at one time, and a tip to keep your fresh water — fresh.
You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever you enjoy getting podcasts: https://www.stresslesscamping.com/podcast/0311
The StressLess Camping podcast is a weekly RV podcast with information, tips and tricks to help every RVer and camper enjoy some StressLess Cam...
How do you find a great technician? What about an RV inspector? This week we talk to serial entrepreneur Heath Padgett who has come up with a simple and easy way to find vetted RV techs no matter where you are.
There’s also a lot of cool things we talk about - RV refrigerators. We’ve done a study of how much solar it takes to run your RV fridge. But we’ve also got a fridge that’ll fit in ...
This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, Peggy got a better understanding of RV power with Scott and Ben from ABC Upfitters. We reveal big plans for 2026.
Where in the Goofy USA did we visit? Find out here. And if it’s time for your morning or afternoon coffee, you’ll want to check our Gadget Report on the AeroPress. Tony shares another impressive overloading RV, and we have a hitch tip to support...
This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we head to Overland Expo West. This is the first time we’ve attended this event and - wow. There are hundreds of vendors with all sorts of gear, rigs and gadgets for those who want to travel to faraway places.
We also review one of the RVs we saw there and, of course, share a gadget we had to have.
This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we set the record straight on some myths and misinformation we see out there on social media and in the real world. We have a gadget that is very handy - and could be yours! And we bring back a recipe that we use before every road trip.
Then we visit a Goofy USA destination in Arizona - The Thing
You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever you enjoy getting pod...
This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we share the modifications we made on each of our Rockwood Mini Lite travel trailers, to make them more usable for our style of camping and traveling.
Will modifications affect the value of your RV and what hacks are our favorite - and what did we goof up?
You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever you enjoy getting...
This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we’re going to New England with two guys who are the spokespeople for RVing in New England, Bob Zagami and John DiPietro. We’ve got some insider RVing tips on places to stay, eat and see.
Then we speak with author Dawn Barclay who has researched places where crime has happened in New England in her book Vacations can be Murder! Don’t worry,...
This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we welcome Amanda Benson from Dusty Trail RV, who offers tips on safety, as well as DIY repair and maintenance of your RV. Yes, you can conquer your own RV repairs!
We visit a Goofy USA location - Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo Texas
You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever you enjoy getting podcasts: https://www.stres...
Are you RV shopping? Not all RVs are built the same! We don’t like to read, or hear, that all RVs are poorly built, especially since 2020. And what about tariffs? Could this be the perfect time to buy a new RV or should you wait? This week on the stressless camping podcast we have some quality comparisons that you should do, to help you decide which RV bands are right for you.
We visit a goofy destinatio...
What do you do if the weather gets scary? Many RVers were caught in the significant storms throughout the midwest, including us, so this week we’ve got some tips for staying safe while RVing when the weather gets angry.
While we’re avoiding these storms, our guest Emily looks for storms and the weather we run from - she’s fascinating!
This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we we share lessons we have learned while helping others gain confidence and learn to be Stressless Campers. If it’s time to dewinterzie your RV we have some tips, and we share how we’ve been choosing stops on this leg of our journey.
You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever you enjoy getting podcasts: https://www.stresslesscamping.com/podcast/0301
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This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we are celebrating episode 300! How did we get here? How have we been consistent for 300 weeks in a row? That’s nearly six years!
You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever you enjoy getting podcasts: https://www.stresslesscamping.com/podcast/0300
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We’ve got gadgets, we’ve got news and more and, this week on episode 299 of the StressLess Camping RV podcast, we’ve got updates on the nation’s largest RV club, a way to save money on Internet for RVers and even a safety hack that could brighten your day.
You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever you enjoy getting podcasts: https://www.stresslesscamping.com/po...
Have you ever boon-barreled? Or cracker-docked? This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we take you on our journey from New Mexico to Georgia for the FRVA convention. We share the new overnighting experiences that we tried out. And we share some apps that help us find those unique places. And we did it with zero advanced plans!
You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever y...
What’s the status of RV repair today? What’s being done to certify more technicians and is there an opportunity for owners to learn more about their RVs? This week we speak with Curtis Hemmeler from the RV Technical Institute about opportunity, repairs and the status of the RV service.
Tony also shares a campground that’s really different and we also have a recipe with a double twist! Of...
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