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EXHIBIT 31.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
                             RULES 13a-14 AND 15d-14
                                              AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of RG Global Lifestyles, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ending December 31, 2006 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Louis L. Knickerbocker, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15-d14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act"), as adopted pursuant to ss.302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

     1.   I have reviewed this Report;

     2.   Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue
          statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
          necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
          under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this Report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
          information included in this Report, fairly present in all material
          respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
          of the Company, as of, and for, the periods presented in this Report;

     4.   I and the other certifying officers of the Company are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company
          and have:

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the Company, including any consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this Report is being prepared;

(b)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this Report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this Report based on such evaluation; and

(c)  Disclosed in this Report any change in the Company's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most recent fiscal
quarter (the Company's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Company's internal control over financial reporting; and

     5.   I and the other certifying officers have disclosed, based on our most
          recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
          Company's auditors and to the audit committee of the Company's board
          of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; and

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal control over
financial reporting.

/s/ Louis L. Knickerbocker
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Louis L. Knickerbocker,
Chief Executive Officer
February 14, 2007