RESTON, Va., — With the summer travel season rapidly approaching, GoRVing — the authoritative source on all things RV — is reaching out to RVing aficionados, video gurus and everyone in between to participate in its first Internet video contest, hosted on Facebook.

According to a survey conducted by the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association, half of the nation’s eight million RV owners travel with their pets. With these furry, winged or scaly family members in mind, the “Tails from the Road” contest asks contestants to create a positive, humorous video featuring a pet traveling in an RV. The video must be no more than 1 gigabyte (GB) in length and five minutes in length, and can even be shot from Fido’s or Polly’s perspective.

The Go RVing contest is designed to celebrate the fun, freedom and flexibility that some 30 million RVing Americans enjoy and is open to anyone with a video camera, access to an RV, a pet and an idea. Entries will be accepted from June 1 until July 10.

Selected video submissions will be posted on Go RVing’s Facebook page for thousands of RVing fans to see. Videos will be judged by the Go RVing Facebook community when voting begins on July 13 and continues through August 2.

The grand prize winner of the “Tails from the Road” contest will receive $1,000 and a Motorola Motonav GPS and will have his or her winning video featured on GoRVing.com, Go RVing’s Facebook fan page and YouTube. A second prize winner will receive $500. Prize winners will be announced August 5.

For complete contest details, visit GoRVing.com.

The Go RVing Coalition, formed in 1994, consists of RV manufacturers, component suppliers, dealers, and campgrounds. Go RVing works to provide the public and media with information about the benefits of RV travel and to foster customer satisfaction with the RV experience through customer research conducted by its Committee on Excellence. For more information, visit GoRVing.com.