States Are Taxing RV Owners on Prices They Never Paid
RV Podcast - Stories From The Road
Mike Wendland
4.5 • 704 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Most RV buyers think the negotiation is over when they sign the paperwork.
It’s not.
In this week’s RV Podcast News Edition, Mike exposes the hidden RV sales tax trap that can cost owners thousands of dollars for years after buying their rig, even if they negotiated a huge discount. Some states tax you on the ORIGINAL MSRP, not what you actually paid. And almost nobody warns buyers before they sign.
But that’s just the beginning.
Also in this episode:
• A new bipartisan bill in Congress could eliminate taxes on RV loan interest
• The federal government is opening more public lands to hunting and trapping, including some national park areas
• Winnebago unveils a jaw-dropping $332,000 luxury overlanding rig designed for extreme off-grid adventure
• Two terrifying bear attacks in national parks remind RVers why wildlife safety matters more than ever
And before the news starts, Mike shares details about a live interactive workshop happening Thursday night:
RV Problems on the Road, Fixed Fast, designed to help RVers avoid breakdowns and trip-ending problems before Memorial Day weekend.
If you own an RV, plan to buy one, camp on federal land, or travel in bear country, this is one episode you do not want to miss.
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Happy Trails!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome, welcome to the RV Lifestyle Podcast Monday News Edition. I'm Mike Wedlin. |
| 0:07.4 | Before I spent the last 15 plus years on the road with Jennifer in our RV, I spent more than 30 years as a |
| 0:13.0 | journalist covering presidents, wars, the Pope, consumer affairs, corruption, breaking news all around the world. |
| 0:20.8 | 18 Emmy Awards later, I walked away from the newsroom to an RV and never looked back, |
| 0:26.3 | but I did bring one thing with me, the discipline of sourcing everything I report. |
| 0:30.9 | That's what this show is. Not rumors, not social media chatter, not sponsored talking points. |
| 0:36.6 | Real news verified with every source linked in the show notes at RVpodcast.com so you can read the |
| 0:43.0 | original reporting yourself. And that's the promise I make to you every single Monday. We have five stories for you this week, |
| 0:48.9 | but first, I need to tell you about something happening this Thursday, May 14th, because it could save your next RV trip. |
| 0:57.0 | Memorial Day is right around the corner, and that means rigs are coming out of storage, |
| 1:01.3 | systems are getting fired up for the first time in months, and a whole lot of RVers are hitting the road eager and excited. |
| 1:07.8 | And that's exactly when things go wrong. |
| 1:12.7 | Batteries that didn't survive the winter. |
| 1:20.2 | Water systems that suddenly leak, slides that hesitate, breakers that trip, stuff that worked fine last fall, that now doesn't. Well, this Thursday, May 14th, 7 p.m. Eastern, I'm hosting a live |
| 1:26.4 | interactive workshop called RV Problems on the Road |
| 1:29.9 | Fixed Fast. It's built specifically for this very moment, right before the holiday rush, right before |
| 1:35.6 | the campgrounds fill up, right before you're standing beside your rig on the side of the road |
| 1:40.2 | thinking, now what? We're going to walk you through what to look for, what to check, |
| 1:46.0 | and what to do when something goes wrong. So a small problem doesn't turn into a trip-ending one. |
| 1:51.6 | This is live interactive video, meaning you can ask questions right throughout the whole presentation, |
| 1:56.7 | and if you can't make it live, you'll get access to a recording, plus everybody gets a downloadable checklist that you can use every single season. |
| 2:05.6 | Spots are limited, so if you are already a member of RVcommunity.com, you know that this workshop is free for you, just show up. |
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