RV Rule: (Almost) Never Knock On An RV Neighbor’s Door

Above, at Campland on the Bay in San Diego, California. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

In the RVing world, there are rules, written and unwritten. 

The following is an unwritten rule that does make sense. It is knocking on an RV door. Admittedly, it is jarring to have someone knock on my motorhome's door. But this has been extremely rare. 

RV Travel spells out the reasons for this and states a few exceptions. 

They begin with:

Have you heard about this unwritten RV rule? It doesn’t come up very often. However, you should know and follow this unwritten rule: (Almost) never knock on an RV door.

Folks new to RVing may not realize that knocking on another person’s RV door is almost always considered taboo. Let’s take a closer look at this unwritten rule and the reasoning behind it. 

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