The PickRV route book
RV rental guides — route intel from the road, not the brochure.
98 field guides across the shelves below — first-rental basics, licensing law by state, event playbooks, and the lifehacks that save real trips. Written by PickRV; the deep files carry 66 citations to .gov, NPS, and state sources you can check yourself.
98 guides · 8 shelves · one road
The deep files
Long-reads on events, state seasons, eclipse windows and snowbird routes — planning files you read weeks before you book, not the night before.
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2026 — RV camping + Black Hills strategy
3 min · 5 sources
Burning Man 2026 — RV survival in Black Rock Desert
3 min · 4 sources
Kentucky Derby 2026 — RV Louisville guide
2 min · 4 sources
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta 2026 — RV guide
3 min · 4 sources
Mardi Gras 2026 — RV camping + New Orleans strategy
2 min · 4 sources
Arizona snowbird RV 2026-2027 — the playbook for 3-6 month stays
3 min · 4 sources
Florida snowbird RV 2026-2027 — the working multi-month playbook
3 min · 4 sources
Texas snowbird RV 2026-2027 — Rio Grande Valley + Hill Country
3 min · 4 sources
Spring break RV 2026 — destinations + family planning
3 min · 5 sources
Summer RV cool-weather destinations 2026
3 min · 5 sources
Eclipse 2027 August — US RV viewer trip planning
3 min · 4 sources
Fall foliage 2026 Northeast RV — peak-week calendar + best destinations
3 min · 5 sources
Fall foliage 2026 Rockies + Pacific NW — aspens + larch
3 min · 5 sources
NPS centennial destinations 2026-2027 — Bryce + Grand Teton + extensions
2 min · 4 sources
Winter RV Southwest 2026-2027 — dark-sky + warm-day destinations
3 min · 5 sources
Renter basics, in order
Twelve evergreen chapters that follow one renter journey — pickup inspection to winter returns. Read them in sequence; the numbers are the order.
- First-Time Renter Checklist: Inspecting Your Rig at Pickup10 min
- RV Driving Basics: Size, Braking, Wind, and Road Realities9 min
- RV Packing List: What Actually Belongs on Board9 min
- Dump Station Guide: Emptying Black and Gray Tanks8 min
- Campground Etiquette: Quiet Hours, Generators, and Being a Good Neighbor8 min
- RV Kitchen and Cooking on the Road: Propane, Water, and Practical Meals8 min
- Trip Budget Planning: Real Expense Categories for RV Travel8 min
- Boondocking 101: Dispersed Camping Without Hookups9 min
- National Parks RV Tips: Length Limits, Reservations, and Park Rules9 min
- Pet-Friendly RV Travel: Rules, Heat Risks, and Practical Care8 min
- RVing With Kids: Safety, Sleeping, and Road Practicalities9 min
- Winter RV Basics: Cold Weather Preparation and Limitations9 min
Driving, towing & licensing law
What your existing licence already covers, where a state asks for more, and the operating rules that decide whether a trip goes smoothly — four clusters, cited to the agency that writes each rule.
Field lifehacks
4 sections · 5 cited sources
Hidden RV parking tricks for US National Parks
Most US national parks were laid out before motorhomes existed. The result: a published 'maximum vehicle length' that's narrower than the rig you actually rented. Below is a working playbook compiled from NPS official trip-planning pages — what fits where, which campgrounds quietly hold oversize lots, and the off-park alternatives that consistently outperform inside-park camping for rigs over 30 ft.
Read the lifehack
World Cup 2026 on wheels
Tournament-summer logistics for visiting fans and for hosts — corridors, stadium parking rules, pricing, and coverage basics.
- International visitor playbook — renting a US RV for tournament summer
- Stadium RV parking rules, host city by host city
- East corridor itinerary — NYC · Philadelphia · Boston, 10 days
- South corridor itinerary — Miami · Atlanta · Houston, 10 days
- West corridor itinerary — LA · SF Bay · Seattle, 10 days
- Host fast-track — a 60-minute onboarding playbook
- Pricing your RV for tournament-summer demand
- Host insurance overview + liability basics
Renting by make & model
What a specific rig is actually like to rent — who each line suits, how it drives or tows, what pricing depends on, and the pickup walkthrough worth insisting on.
Plan the destination
The road ends somewhere real. Every city file below is an arrival playbook — cited parking ordinances, dump stations, propane and the campgrounds worth booking — and the park, event and wiki desks carry the rest of the map.
City arrival files · 254 cities
- FLMiami RV arrival guide
- FLOrlando RV arrival guide
- NVLas Vegas RV arrival guide
- CODenver RV arrival guide
- AZPhoenix RV arrival guide
- WASeattle RV arrival guide
- TNNashville RV arrival guide
- UTMoab RV arrival guide
- NCAsheville RV arrival guide
- CASan Francisco RV arrival guide
Parks, events & the wiki
- National & state park hubsPark pages with season-by-season NPS guides and RV size limits.
- National Parks RV guideThe one-page system map — entrances, rigs, reservation windows.
- Event playbooksRallies, races and festivals with RV logistics worth planning around.
- Boondocking guideLegal dispersed camping on BLM and USFS land, state by state.
- Dump station finderWhere to legally dump and refill along the route.
- The RV wikiMega-articles on systems, classes, towing and the rules of the road.