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Why Walmart is banning RV overnight stays at more stores

We ran a survey last week, asking readers if they believed Walmart would still allow overnight stays in its store parking lots in five...

RVer takes pride in cheating campground reservation system

We found this on the Facebook group Florida RV Camping. It made us mad. Why do some people think they do not need to...

Reader Letter: Better RV park reservation system needed

Dear editor, I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with this idea, but I don't know why no one has filled this need...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 931

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada! Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, January 18, 2020

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and sometimes the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information...

“RV park of the future” misses the mark

By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR Our story in last Sunday's newsletter titled "Is new self-service RV park the wave of the future" has already been read 102,000...

Building an RV park: We’ve made some changes!

By Machelle James Oh, we have some exciting news to share with you! We had serious concerns about opening up our campground with full hookups...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 930

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada! Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, January 11, 2020

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and, sometimes, the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information...

No RV sites at this campground — just “glampers” for $149 to $514 a night

By Chuck Woodbury Not a week passes without a few new campgrounds being built or proposed across America. But increasingly many of those campgrounds do...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 929

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada! Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, January 4, 2020

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and sometimes the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information...

Building an RV Park: Happy New Year! – It started out a little rough for us

By Machelle James (Written January 2) As we celebrated and welcomed 2020 from home, asleep and sick with some severe head and chest colds, we...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 928

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada! Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, December 28, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and sometimes the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 927

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada! Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, December 21, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and sometimes the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information...

Building an RV park: We finally submitted the papers to P&Z!

By Machelle James Oh, what a week it has been! Last Wednesday I had all my paperwork finally mailed to me. In turn, I was...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 926

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada! Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, December 14, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and sometimes the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 925

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada! Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, December 7, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information is...

Building an RV park from scratch: Why I am thankful

By Machelle James Today, as I write my article for you, I have to stop and reflect on how far we have come on our...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 924

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada! Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, November 30, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information is...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 923

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada! Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, November 23, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information is...

Building an RV park from scratch: When it rains, it snows!

By Machelle James Today we received our copy of the site plan to submit to Planning and Zoning. We are waiting for Letters of Service...

Website helps find available campsites in “sold-out” campgrounds

PRESS RELEASE Carlsbad, CA (November 19, 2019) – CampsitePhotos.com, the most comprehensive source of campsite photos for U.S. campgrounds, has announced the launch of Campsite...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 922

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada! Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, November 16, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and, occasionally, the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information...

Amazon deliveries to your National Park campsite?

The world it is a-changin'. The Trump administration is considering proposals to privatize national park campgrounds, black out senior discounts during peak season periods and...

Free and cheap places to stay in an RV. Issue 921

Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the USA. Updated weekly When it comes to free places to stay a night in an RV,...

Building an RV park from scratch: We learned so much at the ARVC Conference!

By Machelle James I have to confess, after my last article, we could not submit our plan to Planning and Zoning before we left town....

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, November 8, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and, occasionally, the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information...

Admission to many public lands free on Veterans Day

Get outside this Veterans Day...for free! On Monday, November 11, all National Parks, National Forests and other federal lands will waive their entrance fees...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, November 1, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and, occasionally, the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information...

Avoid hidden fees by knowing a park’s reservation system

RVtravel.com reader Jeffrey Torsrud has been an avid RVer for nearly two decades and has owned several RVs. He offers this warning about fees...

Reader photos: Another ugly RV park

By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR We've established this fact through the last few years: RV parks around the USA come in three versions: Good, bad and ugly. You...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, October 25, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information is...

Building an RV park from scratch: Exciting things are happening here!

By Machelle James Oh, exciting things are happening here in Heber-Overgaard! First and foremost, we finally received the site plan from the engineers that we...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, October 18, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information is...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, October 11, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information is...

Building an RV park from scratch: It’s freezing, but wonderful, up here!

By Machelle James Today, Thursday, AJ and I anxiously prepare for our first winter freeze. When we wake up it will be a "bold" 17...

Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, October 4, 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information is...

22 tips for choosing the best campsite

By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR, RVtravel.com Here are some tips about choosing a campsite based on years of experience. 1. First, the obvious: Be sure the site is...

Another unsanitary RV park utility hookup

A reader named Irv sent this photo of the water and sewer hookups at the campground attached to the Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley,...

Would you hook up at this disgusting campsite?

It's late in the afternoon. You've been assigned the last spot in the RV park. When you arrive at the campsite, this is what...

Campground Chatter Janet Groene Sept. 21-27 2019

The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and the staff of RVtravel.com DISCLAIMER: Information is...

Building an RV park from scratch: We moved into our house! And plans are changing

By Machelle James If you've ever remodeled a house, you know how much hard work it is. I think it's fair to say AJ and...