Saving Money On RV Fuel Costs

Above, refueling The Beast at the Flying J. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Regular readers of this blog know that I live up the hill from a Pilot/Flying J travel center in Jamestown, New Mexico. I have refueled at Pilot/Flying J travel centers for several years and saved some cash while traveling.

As it happens, as a Good Sam Club member I get a five cent per gallon discount when using my Good Sam membership card at the pump. Five cents may not seem like a lot, but when you are driving a RV with a 55 gallon gasoline tank, the savings add up over time. The discount can also be used when filling up your personal vehicle or, if riding with a friend in their vehicle, you can give them the discount benefit when they stop to refuel.

There are other ways to save money on fuel costs and Do It Yourself RV has several tips besides the one I just mentioned.

They begin with:

As full-time RVers, fuel is one of our biggest expenses. Big rigs aren’t exactly efficient and driving them around the country is far from cheap. Of course, this makes traveling full-time a bit more difficult for those of us who are on a tight budget. 

In fact, we’ve learned how to cut our fuel costs nearly in half during our time on the road. For us, this means more money in the bank for exploring, and that’s never a bad thing. 

Wondering how you can keep your monthly fuel costs down while still enjoying the traveling life? Here are our top tips on the matter.

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