My family bought our first RV 12 years ago because we wanted to spend time together and go on epic road trips. Having traveled all over America and Canada in our RV it is safe to say that we achieved those two key goals with flying colors. In fact, we have traveled much more than we ever imagined we could. This is largely because RVing is more affordable than other types of vacations.
When we bought that first RV my wife and I were both living on teacher’s salaries, and we thought that we could take one week-long vacation in our RV every summer (along with a bunch of weekend trips) but we soon discovered that we could take two or three weeklong vacations instead.
Our RV trips cost us about 50% less than our previous vacations that involved hotel rooms and plane tickets. In almost every instance, campgrounds were much cheaper than hotels, and driving was much cheaper than flying. But these two major factors are not the only ways that we have saved money while RVing--we’ve discovered some other money saving strategies along the way as well.
Here are ten tips for saving money when you travel in an RV. Each of these tips is easy to implement and collectively they can save you hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars each year.
