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If you are searching for 187 RV Dealers a particular service or product, please refer to the 192 RV Repair Service following categories: Campgrounds; RV Dealers; RV Repair Service; 197 Custom Coach Converters and Services, RV Components, and Accessories (alphabetical index 198 RV Manufacturers by company name follows). To receive the FMCA discounts offered by commercial members, 199 Services, RV Components, you must present your FMCA membership card at the time of service & Accessories or purchase. 224 Services, RV Components, This information is accurate as of press time but is subject to change. & Accessories Index For updated information, visit the RV Marketplace at FMCA.com. 230 2020 ARTICLES INDEX Shop for your RV-related products and services at businesses 234 RV CHECKLIST that support FMCA through their commercial membership. 240 RVERS' GOOD NEIGHBOR NOTE: The national office must receive changes/additions for the RV POLICY: OVERNIGHT Marketplace by October 1 in order to include them in the January issue. PARKING ETIQUETTE MB MEMBER BENEFITS GUIDE Reprinted from Family RVing©, January 2020 • 800-543-3622 • www.FamilyRVingmag.com FMCA Forums. What better way to learn than from FMCA someone who’s been RVing for years? Join in a technical MEMBER BENEFITS discussion online and gather tips and guidance from fellow members who’ve been there, done that. Peruse and UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING participate, if you wish, in discussion threads pertaining THE MANY BENEFITS AND SERVICES to RV technical and lifestyle topics, FMCA, travel, and AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF FMCA. more. See community.fmca.com. Read this guide for information about new benefits, updates regarding others, and as an overall refresher about the myriad ways FMCA helps to enhance your RV travels. WE’VE GOT CONNECTIONS It’s a big RV community out there, full of friends you have not yet met. Stay in touch with the FMCA national office and with fellow members! One of the most valuable bene- fits of membership in FMCA is the opportunity for WE’VE GOT INFO long-lasting friendships. How else could you meet so many STAY INFORMED WITH . diverse people, all of whom share your interest in RVing? Family RVing magazine, available in print and digital editions and a website version. This colorful magazine is packed with RV tips, member profiles, tech articles, travel CONNECT WITH . features, DIY projects, product updates, and much more. FMCA chapters. The association recognizes nearly Check the classified and display advertisements to learn 400 chapters across the United States and in Canada. what’s new in the RV marketplace. Many of these groups encompass specific or general Family RVing’s digital edition is available to readers about geographic regions. Meet fellow members in your one week before the paper version lands in mailboxes — hometown, state, or province. Other chapters are focused a great way to get an early peek. Members and subscribers on ownership of a particular brand or model of RV. And can download a PDF copy of the magazine to read any still other chapters are based upon some common time, even when no internet connection is available. interest, such as music, amateur radio communication, Archived digital issues beginning with the January 2013 sports, or coach conversions. edition are available as well, and the website contains Check the full list of FMCA chapters at www.fmca.com/ archived magazine content dating back to 2002. So, you can fmca-chapter-search, where you can search for a chapter dig around in a virtual library of RV topics anytime, online. according to your location or interest. The list also is pub- RV education. FMCA enables members to participate in lished in the January issue of the magazine. You’re also important RV-related education programs. The associa- welcome to start a new chapter. FMCA’s Chapter Services tion may contribute toward the expense of learning staff at the national office can provide details. opportunities to reduce out-of-pocket costs to members. FMCA.com, where you can: FMCA hosts the “RV Basics” workshop just prior to • Join FMCA or extend your membership FMCA International Conventions. These sessions cover • Read past magazine articles, including the annual topics such as safe driving, RV weight and tire safety, fire towed vehicle guide and life safety, and more and are designed for new RV • Learn about member benefits, such as FMCA’s owners and others who would like a refresher. Expert, Tire Savings Program, and how to use them professional presenters conduct the courses, which allow • Register for FMCA area rallies and international participants to learn in a more focused environment and conventions then participate in all of the fun and other educational • Look up fellow members in the Member Directory seminars offered during the conventions. • Locate FMCA commercial member campgrounds FMCA University provides access to decades of RV and RV resorts on an interactive map know-how all in one convenient location – www.fmca. • Use the RV Marketplace directory to find products com/about-fmca-university. and services in your area. 122 • FAMILYRVing • JANUARY 2021 Reprinted from Family RVing©, January 2020 • 800-543-3622 • www.FamilyRVingmag.com MEMBER BENEFITS GUIDE Monthly E-Newsletter. “The Mile Marker” e-newsletter provides quick access to the latest news about FMCA and UPCOMING RVing, along with other useful stories and tips to help CONVENTIONS you enjoy your RV travels even more. 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FMCA chapter rallies are where many deep friendships Stay in contact with fellow RVers, share tips, and easily start. These smaller events, hosted by chapters around plan meet-ups at the next campground or RV park. And North America, are listed at FMCA.com and in the FMCA don’t miss following FMCA on Twitter, Instagram, Events calendar, which appears in each issue of Family YouTube, and Pinterest. RVing. FMCA members are welcome to attend any of the Here’s where you can find us (note that FMCA uses the rallies listed in the FMCA Events calendar (some require hashtag #fmcaRV): reservations and have space limitations; some chapters • Facebook: facebook.com/fmcafans have specific membership requirements). To publicize • Instagram: instagram.com/fmcarvclub your chapter rallies, use the online form at FMCA.com; • Twitter: twitter.com/fmca_ or send an email to [email protected]. • YouTube: youtube.com/fmcaonline • Pinterest: pinterest.com/fmcarvclub • FMCA Forums: https://community.fmca.com WE’VE GOT INSURANCE BENEFITS FMCASSIST MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND TRAVEL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WE’VE GOT EVENTS! FMCAssist Medical Emergency and Travel Assistance FMCA International Conventions and RV Expos take Program coverage is available to family, life, and associate place twice a year. Each four-day convention is filled members worldwide as long as you are more than 75 with live entertainment, informative seminars, social miles from home. Full-time RVers are always considered events, and an array of RV-related merchandise and to be 75 miles from home. Some exclusions and exhibitors. Make new friends or meet up with long- limitation amounts pertain to this benefit. You are time pals so you can experience it all together. automatically covered by this program as an FMCA If you have never attended an FMCA international member as long as your dues remain current. All of convention, do not miss your next opportunity! these benefits must be arranged by Europ Assistance (See “Upcoming Conventions.”) in order to be covered. If you have a medical emergency, FMCA area rallies pack in the fun also, but on a dial 9-1-1; consult with a physician; then, call Europ smaller scale. FMCA has 10 areas that generally hold Assistance in advance if you need to use these services: annual rallies in places around North America. Details 877-352-0785 (Inside the USA), 877-350-3532 (Canada), about these events appear online and in each issue of 1-202-659-7803 (Outside the USA Call Collect), email: Family RVing magazine. [email protected]. JANUARY 2021 • FAMILYRVing • 123 MB MEMBER BENEFITS GUIDE Reprinted from Family RVing©, January 2020 • 800-543-3622 • www.FamilyRVingmag.com ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT Physician recommends that a family member be at the Will pay the applicable Benefit Amount if an Accident side of the Insured Person Hospitalized, then We will results in a covered Loss not otherwise excluded.