RVillage

As an RVer, I really appreciate RVillage for being the only social networking tool for finding & meeting up with other RVers, it really excels at this. The app is catching up with their website with features and functions. I’m sure they don’t have the same budget as Facebook, so I don’t expect them to be as shiny or perfect. I do notice they keep making improvements and they listen and respond to user feedback VERY quickly. You don’t get lost down a rabbit hole of “help” pages like on Facebook. I really appreciate the personal response from support. More importantly, I appreciate that this platform even exists for RVers. So much better than the dry RV forums. The connections with others are immediate and many. And fun!

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I never use this app now that I’m a full time traveler, which explains why the majority of the users when I did use the app are part time or future RVers. This app is painfully slow, and it’s consuming a LOT of data in the process. The website is no better. Because there are so many ads in the feed, I have to assume that’s a big part of the problem, but that’s no excuse for it. I also hate the lack of a freeform field for giving my location. I don’t want to provide my exact park and location, I should be able to list a city or region. They say the workaround is to say you’re boondocking and then give a city, but that’s lazy coding and I shouldn’t have to lie and say I’m boondocking when I just don’t want to name the park I’m in, or give the app access to my gps coordinates. I don’t think this dev team has ever worked on a mobile app or optimized anything for mobile use before. I also don’t think they’re listening to their solo minority travelers because of the location feature. I’ll probably be deleting this app soon since I haven’t opened it for more than 60 seconds in at least two months. It’s just that awful. If you’re on a high speed WiFi connection you’ll probably like it well enough.

We were early adopters of this app and have seen many great improvements over the years. The current version leaves very little to be desired. If you travel in your RV and aren’t using the RVillage app, you are missing a huge crowd-sourced treasure trove of vital information to aid your travel experience. The RVillage community has also grown tremendously over the last few years and have been ardent supporters of the app’s mission to provide an invaluable resource for those who travel our highways and back country seeking helpful campground info and connection with others who share their adventures.

My biggest problem with this app is how slow it is when trying to go through my notifications. I click on an item in the list, then get the little loading icon. When it finally loads, the page scrolls up and down a few time before it finally settles on something that “might” be the subject of the notification. A little less motion and a little more speed would be nice. Also, why in the world are we required to enter and City and State when we want to report our Boondocking location? The whole idea of Boondocking is to get out of town. Why not allow us to enter GPS coordinates, a Forest Road number, or a BLM site?

We live in an age of connectivity. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the list goes on. But what if you want to connect with other people who share your passion and love for traveling in recreational vehicles? Well, you have found it in RVillage! The ability to connect, or not to connect should you choose, vendor resources, a user-friendly interface, sharing photos, so many special interest groups that you can join and the list goes on! This is an app you will want to download. Remember knowledge is power and what you don’t know can and most likely will hurt you.