Collaboration

RV Road Notes started as a running log of camper builds, foil packet dinners, and Dutch oven experiments, and it has grown into a small but genuinely engaged corner of the camping world. If you make gear, run a shop, build vans, or create content for the road-life crowd, we are always open to hearing from brands, agencies, and fellow creators about collaborations that actually fit what we do. This page explains what we say yes to, what we expect from any partnership, and the best way to reach us.

What Kind of Collaborations We Welcome

We keep our focus narrow on purpose: camper van conversions and camping recipes cooked with real gear on real trips. Partnerships that fit naturally into that world tend to work best for our readers and for both sides involved. We are generally interested in:

• Camper van conversion products: insulation, flooring, awnings, solar setups, roof racks, ventilation, and interior build materials.
• Cooking gear made for the road: propane ovens, Dutch ovens, cast iron, camp stoves, coolers, and compact kitchen tools.
• Food brands and ingredients suited to pack-and-go meals, foil packet cooking, or mason jar prep.
• Campgrounds, RV parks, and outdoor travel services relevant to van life and camping trips.
• Fellow creators, photographers, or writers interested in guest contributions or cross-promotion.
• Tool and hardware brands used in DIY conversions, from electrical kits to fasteners and sealants.

We are more selective about anything outside camping and van life entirely, since our readers come to us for that specific expertise. If you are not sure whether your product or service is a good match, just ask — a quick email is faster than guessing.

How We Handle Sponsored Content and Reviews

Every collaboration we publish, whether it is a sponsored post, a paid review, an affiliate link, or a simple product mention, is handled the same way: honestly and clearly. We only agree to feature products or services we would genuinely use on our own trips, and we test what we can before writing about it. If a post includes compensation, free product, or an affiliate relationship, we disclose it plainly to readers, in line with our Disclosure page and our Affiliate Disclaimer.

We do not publish reviews we have not actually tried, and we will not claim a product performed a certain way on the road if it did not. If something did not work well for our setup, we will say so, or we will decline to publish rather than mislead readers. This approach is part of the broader standards laid out in our Editorial Policy, which governs everything we publish, sponsored or not.

Content Standards We Hold Every Partnership To

Whatever the collaboration looks like, a few things stay non-negotiable:

• Recipes must be genuinely cookable with common camping gear, tested for real trip conditions, not just staged for a photo.
• Van conversion content must reflect realistic builds, with honest notes on cost, tools, and skill level required.
• No exaggerated safety claims around propane, electrical work, or fire-related content — we would rather under-promise than put a reader at risk.
• Any sponsored material is labeled clearly and never disguised as an independent, unpaid recommendation.
• All content aligns with our Terms of Use and respects the boundaries described in our Disclaimer.

We also expect any images supplied for a collaboration to come with proper rights or licensing, which we track and credit according to our Image Credits page. If you are submitting photos as part of a pitch, please let us know the source and usage rights upfront.

What We Are Generally Not Looking For

To save everyone time, here is what tends to be a poor fit:

• Generic guest posts with no connection to camping, van conversions, or road-trip cooking.
• Link-only requests with no real content contribution or product to review.
• Products that require exaggerated or unverifiable claims to sound appealing.
• Content that conflicts with the community standards we ask our own readers to follow, outlined in our Community Guidelines.

How to Send a Proposal

The easiest way to start a conversation is by email. Send a short pitch to [email protected] with the following details, so we can give you a real answer quickly rather than a vague one:

• Who you are and what your brand, agency, or channel does.
• The specific product, service, or content idea you want to collaborate on.
• Whether you are proposing paid sponsorship, product-for-review, affiliate partnership, or a content swap.
• Any timeline you are working with, if relevant.

If you would like more background on who runs this site and why we write about what we write about, our About Us page is a good place to start before reaching out. For anything unrelated to partnerships, general questions are always welcome through our Contact page instead.

We read every proposal that comes in, even if it takes us a few days to reply between trips. Not every pitch ends up being the right fit, but we try to give an honest answer either way, because that is the same standard we hold ourselves to with our readers.