Cut Costs On Your RV Trip

Above, dusk at Lake Havasu. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The summer vacation season is fast approaching. The "unofficial" start of it is Memorial Day weekend.

With that, people are going to be hitting the highways to "get away from it all" with hordes of thousands. As more people hit the road, there will be shortages of campsites and the "law of supply and demand" will kick in.

There are ways to cut costs on an RV trip and Yahoo! Finance has six tips.

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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 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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