HI Ed,

AAA only offers RV service in some areas. There are some areas such as
Northern CA where they not only do not offer the service but don't
honor RV service from those areas that do. In such a case you have to
get your own tow, pay for it and get reimbursed from your home club.

Good Sam is a subsidiary or the Affinity Group.  Service is not as
good as it was before Affinity took over but still much better than
AAA.

The best service today seems to be offered by Coach-net which is
offered through FMCA. If you are not a member of FMCA go to
www.fmca.com and join.  The benefits are worth a lot more than the
annual dues.

George

CSAA (the North California version of AAA) will not do much more than
bring gasoline to an RV, class C or class A.  I would assume that AAA in
general takes the same dim view of servicing RVs.

The Good Sam "Club" is not a club at all, but a trade association
serving a narrow segment of the industry, and garnering support for that
segment by holding itself out to be a club (when was the last time that
any Good Sam members voted for, say, national officers?) and signing
people as "members."  Because of that duplicity, I have never considered
its tow or road service offerings.  In the interest of full disclosure,
I admit to "belonging" so as to receive the magazine (which sometimes
even contains helpful information) and the discount at RV parks.

I have had FMCA membership for about eight years.  I have purchased its
roadside insurance since joining.  It has been very valuable to me.
Twice I have needed towing services, once from Austin to Ely, Nevada
(how many hundreds of miles is that?) and just recently from Mojave to
Bakersfield, California.  Both times the service has been impeccable,
responsive, quick (as quick as my location would allow) and the staff
have taken great care to assure that I was well treated, even calling me
back to assure me that service was on the way.  For me, there is no
other choice.  That first tow alone was worth the cost of about seven
years insurance premium, at about $95 a year.  I can't recommend it
highly enough.

FMCA seems not to interest itself in class C motorhomes, but perhaps a
class C owner can join so as to avail himself of the opportunity to
purchase the roadside assistance insurance.  One would have to ask that
question directly of the Association.

Ken Harrison

I see where "tat-2" <tat-2@rcn.com> contributed:

As others have said, AAA is NOT an acceptable alternative unless you
plan to travel only within the area served by the specific club that
offers RV roadside service.   In most areas of the country, AAA does
not have the resources to serve rv's.

Will Sill
"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by
tyrants." Wm. Penn

Hi,
Don't bother with AAA.  It's not for RV'ers as it is not nation wide
and varies.

There are several other roadside assistance programs.  CoachNet, Good
Sams, RV Roadhelp are probably the 3 biggest.  You may even have some
coverage under your RV insurance policy.

CoachNet is offered by many of the RV manufacturers for free for a
year when you buy a new motor home.  You can also join if you are a
member of some RV clubs.  FMCA and many motor home manufacturer clubs
offer CoachNet.  You can also join just by calling them up.  They seem
to offer the best service right now.  Check out joining the FMCA they
offer some benefits besides CoachNet that might we worth while.

RV Roadhelp is a division of Allstate Insurance (Allstate Motor Club)
and is offered by KOA you can also join just by getting in touch with
Allstate Motor Club.  Good Sams uses the Affinity Group ERS.  To get
the road service you have to become a member of the Good Sams Club.
The same service is offered by Camping World which is a member of the
Affinity Group, there it is called RV Road Care I believe.

Your best bet is to look at all the different plans and then decided
based on what you consider important.  They basically all are the same
with some extra's thrown in by each plan to try and sweeten the deal.
The costs might be a little different between the plans.   I use
CoachNet, once they were prompt and the other time they didn't help at
all because of phone/computer problems, I was told later.  But they
will also try and help you with other problems besides vehicle
breakdowns.

Take care and Happy Campin...
RichA
"We Get Too Soon Olde and Too Late Smart"

Thank you everyone.
I was leaning towards the AAA-RV (in my area it seems to be excellent) but,
as others have said if you are out of your area you are at their mercy.

Ed