Featured Website: Wheelers Guides
www.wheelersguides.com
The Wheelers Guide covers listings for the United States, Canada and Mexico, describing and locating government and privately operated parks serving campers and RVers. The CD Guide's format is easy to use and concise, yet complete with the relevant information campers need to plan their camping trips!

Private enterprise parks and campgrounds are rated with stars from 1 to 5, (5 being the highest) by Wheelers VIP Reporters, who are campers and/or RVers who stay at least overnight to assign a star rating. These same establishments that have been rated by Wheelers also have their phone numbers and mail addresses printed in their listings.

The campground industry is fluid with changes occurring very rapidly. Telephone area codes change, new campgrounds are opened and some existing campgrounds change affiliations or go out of business. In printed directories these changes are not available until the next annual directory is printed and purchased. Since there isn't hard copy of the printed directory of the Wheelers RV Resort and Campground Guide, only electronic and digital, the information on the Wheelers CD and web site is being updated constantly. That insures when you either buy the CD or view the information on this web site, you know that it is the most current information available.

Featured Blog: Travels with Andy
www.andybaird.com/travels/
For the first fifty years of my life I wasn't what you'd call a traveler. Oh, I traveled for business a couple of times a year, but I hated it. It took me away from my cat, my bed, my books, my kitchen... Traveling meant exchanging my comfortable home for a sterile motel room and restaurant food.

 Then I discovered RVing, and learned that I could take my home with me—cat, bed, books, kitchen and all. (Well, not too many books—the weight adds up!) For me, that made all the difference...travel became a pleasure instead of an ordeal.

Wi-Fi that Works
by Tim R. Enright
If you are anything like me then the internet has become a big part of your life. I use it at work, I use it at home, and I even use it while camping. Just because we are away from home doesn’t mean we have to become disconnected from the world.

Today’s technology has made it easier to stay connected while away from home. Staying connected while RVing is becoming common practice now. More and more campgrounds are discovering how important getting online has become to most people. The internet is a necessary evil for many of us.

The problem is that most campground and RV parks can’t seem to get it right. Not that they aren’t trying. A lot of them are. There are more hotspots every year. But out of all of the parks I have been to, only a few have a usable connection that everyone can use. Some either set up a $50 router in the office or otherwise install a system that is inadequate for the size of the park. Most have no idea how it works and cannot help if you can’t get connected.

I even saw one place where they placed the Wi-Fi antenna in the center of the park and wondered why it did not work well. Maybe it was because it was located inside of a metal gazebo. Rather than fix the problem, I was told they were going to just remove that they offered Wi-Fi from their ads.

I would like to see campgrounds not just offering Wi-Fi, but also offering Wi-Fi that actually works.

Article Courtesy of : BugSmacker : Copyright 2008

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