What's The Best RV Road Service?

Above, The Beast on Rim Drive at Crater Lake National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Emergency road service (ERS) is one of those things that is "better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it." This goes especially for RV breakdowns.

So far, I have not needed emergency road service for my motorhome, but I have needed it for my Mustang and Jeep on occasion. I have AAA with RV service added to it.

RV Travel conducted a survey of their readers on what's the best road service providers. They posted their report on the results.

They begin with:

It’s a perennial question among RVers: Which emergency road service (ERS) is the best? If you Google the question, seems like everyone has an opinion. Trouble is, too many who bugle “such and such” a road service as the best have a stake in the game. Some get kickbacks if you click the link from their site and sign up. How can you get an objective look into what’s truly the best service for you?

You helped us answer the question of best road service

We’ve done our best to answer that question by asking it of our readers. Hundreds of RVTravel.com readers took our survey. We didn’t just ask, “Which one do you like best?” We dug for details. How easy was it to deal with the dispatcher? How long did you have to wait for the service truck to arrive? Did the service truck even arrive? These and other questions help you look past the hype and get down to the details you’ll need to make an informed choice. And yes, we asked just how likely (or unlikely) was it that you’d recommend a given emergency road service to a friend or family member.

In our survey, we offered options to report on various ERS providers. Readers could choose from AAA, Allstate, Coach Net, FMCA, and Good Sam. We also offered an “other provider” block for other services. Among the “other” providers, respondents often included the Escapees Club road service, and service by Progressive. There were a few others, but sadly, the number of responses made them statistically difficult to evaluate. Please know we appreciate your answers, even if the service you evaluated doesn’t appear in our results list.

So, without further ado, let’s look at what you told us.

To read the results, go here.