RV Life Price Increase

[bpaikman]

Normally a good faith company will email you prior to a price increase to let you know your next bill will be something different than before allowing you the option to continue or cancel. A 62% price increase should not be just drafted from customers as if they are a blank check to whatever a company wants to take from you on a recurring subscription.

100% agree. I didn’t have them as a recurring payment so I thought maybe that’s why I was being charged $65 but evidently not! I’m glad I didn’t have them recurring.
In my efforts to find cheaper or free alternatives to subscription things, I found I have only one subscription left now - for Mealime, a meal planning app. I also plan replace that one. They originally charged per year, then they went to three dollars a month. Still cheap, but at the same time, they messed up their software and it has a bad glitch, even crashing at times.

 

[DennisT]

I did use that when I used to deliver for meals on wheels. That’s not the same as using it for an RV but I’ll look into it again. It was OK. I don’t remember anything bad or good about it.

Looks like they added RV specific routing recently.

 

[AbdRahim]

Never paid for any Pro version. RVLife free has done well by me.

 

[bpaikman]

Mine renewed in June at $49 as it has since 2021

Has anyone renewed their RV Life (RV Trip Wizard, etc.) membership lately? Mine was yesterday, and I remember it was a reasonable annual fee, like 35. It is now 65/year. I never got any notice that it was going up, so don't be surprised. The Trip Wizard is the best option out there for trip planning, and I use it. Just an FYI

i must have gotten through somewhere to RVLife - had already forgotten them. But they sent me an email offering a ‘welcomeback”20% discount. But …. 1. still too expensive. 2. Would have to fight price increase every year, I suppose.

 

[bpaikman]

Never paid for any Pro version. RVLife free has done well by me.

Not sure how you do that. It says 14-day free trial, then $$$. (I tried setting up a new account)

 

[AbdRahim]

Not sure how you do that. It says 14-day free trial, then $$$. (I tried setting up a new account)

I use the app to read reviews only.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

I use the app to read reviews only.

Me too. For now. I will no longer add any reviews. They can kiss my gritts! But they do have a good data base.

Darrell

 

[DennisT]

Couple updates.

Export gpx from RVLife turned out to be a browser issue - file gets corrupted if you use Duck Duck Go. Safari works as an option.
- exported all my old trips and turned off the renew for RV Life.

I’ve been trying out the inRoute app under a 7 day trial.

- it is an actual app and not browser based like the other.
- has some really cool features like auto optimize the trip.
- does have RV settings for planning based on your rig, etc.
- bunch more things I like over the other.

Will start a separate discussion for my review and comments.

 

[bmtcpa]

I didn't renew after one year. It's not user friendly. All I wanted to do is plan a trip route and find campgrounds every 200 miles along the way.

 

[AbdRahim]

Me too. For now. I will no longer add any reviews. They can kiss my gritts! But they do have a good data base.

Darrell

Adding reviews is good. That is the value of the app. What I meant to indicate is I don’t generally subscribe to any software. So I only do what is available for free.