Cut Costs On Your RV Vacation Trip

Above, The Beast at the Elk City, Oklahoma KOA. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The pandemic has changed the way people travel, maybe for good. 

The biggest change is that people are rediscovering road trips in recreational vehicles. 2020 saw record numbers in RV sales and rentals. Many are first-time buyers and renters.

Many people new to RV travel are unaware that there are ways to saving money while traveling. GOBankingRates has six "simple ways" to cut costs on RV trips.

They begin with:

Certain things have become synonymous with the coronavirus pandemic: Sourdough bread, Zoom calls, remote learning. In terms of pandemic travel, it’s the RV trip.

According to a report last month from the RV Industry Association, 2020 was on par with the third-best year on record for RV sales (2017), despite a two-month industry shutdown. The report projects that 2021 could break the 2017 record of 502,582 units shipped — though it also notes that this surge is also part of a longer-term trend of solid growth over the last four decades. 

“RVing is the perfect way to travel during a pandemic,” said Kelly Beasley, co-founder of Camp Addict, a website dedicated to informing RV consumers. “You are self-sustained. You can choose to have as little interaction with the public as you can get away with. You’re bypassing airplanes, trains, buses, cruise ships, etc. It’s your own private little hotel room on wheels.

Whether you’re a seasoned road warrior or just beginning to get your wheels dirty, check out these tips from RV travel experts for keeping your costs low the next time you take your private hotel out on the road.

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