Where do you prefer to stay with your RV, in a scenic, primitive (no hookups) public campground, like those offered on BLM lands or by the U.S. Forest Service, or in a nondescript but clean RV park with full hookups?
Do you like to get away from the crowds in a beautiful out-of-the-way campground, maybe by a lake or along a river, even if you have to drive a few miles on a dirt road to get there? Or is your cup of tea a full-hookup RV park with all the amenities—maybe even swimming pool, or a hot tub or golf course in a fancy place?
Or do you prefer to get away from crowds entirely by squatting for a few days or longer on public lands—like in the sparsely populated deserts of the Southwest?
Or, heck, maybe you’re on a tight budget and holing up overnight in a quiet corner of a Walmart parking lot will do just fine.
Please let us know. And, as always, your civil, respectful comments are invited.
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There’s also a middle ground, state parks that may provide electricity and water (at or near the sites), but not full hookups. When we’re not boondocking, these are the places we prefer to stay.
Ditto, except we haven’t boondocked yet. We prefer spacious, scenic campsites with electricity and water. We can dump on the way out if we don’t have sewer at the site.
Agree about campsites with a bit of separation. Do not care if I do not have a sewer connection, but electricity is a must and water is a benefit. I’m not a fan of boondocking.
I’m happiest being out in the wild, totally self-contained and enjoying the scenery. Staying at an RV park is an unavoidable necessity at times but not my preference. Paying to listen to barking dogs, noisy neighbors and all that other stuff everyone complains about just isn’t my thing.
We mainly use our Class A to travel between our homes in NJ and FL. As such we typically drive 3 to 4 hours per day, and just stay one night in each overnight campground. Easy clean, easy access, and full hookups are most important to us. If we were going to a destination campground to stay for a longer period, we might choose differently.
Answered based on our typical travel goals. We tend to park and tour an area. But there are times where we park IS the destination. Then we boondock.
It’s hard to answer. As snowbirds we prefer RV parks with amenities because we are there for months. On the other hand for occasional trips we prefer public (national, state, county) parks without any hookups.
Yes… Both are desirable. Depends on our trip purpose. Long stays? Full Hookup. Short stays? Relax in serenity.
Depends. For an overnight when traveling- full hook-ups. To stay a couple of days a remote , dry site.
Less is more.
Not into the “glamping fad” so primitive it is. Especially if the fish are biting.
Interesting that the poll answers are almost 50/50. Traveling from California to Minnesota for the summer is Flying J for the nights (no hookup) then full hookup for 5 months. If it is a week or so RV/Camping trip, no hook up along side the ocean/lake/river/desert.
State Parks and ACE parks for me, any time.
So the implications are that you can’t have scenic and full hookups? We’ve had some epic views while enjoying full hookups many times but will admit some of the boondocking spots were the best. To enjoy the beauty of night skies you need to get away from lights.
That was a tough choice because as written, I don’t like either – as others have said, I prefer cg that have at least e/w, but not all the “fancy” stuff and noise. I also don’t want to boondock far away from everything. Love state parks & county parks, etc. because for me, they give us the best of both worlds.
It depends on length of stay. Many primitive spots will not accommodate a 40′ MH. But they are relaxing for a few days. Full hook ups are nice. We stayed several days at a Oklahoma public park that had three free rv spots with free electric (30 amp) and they were lake front. People next to us were locals that had a huge cook out. We were invited to join the group, so free food too 😋
The reason for purchasing the motorhome, was because we had sleeping bags and very few tents when I was young and I never want to repeat that experience, without the pleasures of what’s inside our Class A Motorhome, that we worked for many, many years to afford!
Our trips are mostly destination-driven. We tend to prefer public campgrounds, state and national parks, USFS. They range from completely dry campsites, power only, up to W & E. At South Rim of Grand Canyon, Trailer Village has FHU, we stay there at times, although prefer dry camping in Mather.
Mostly we stay in FHU RV park sites to service tanks, get showers, etc, usually 1-2 nights. We have one week reserved this year with FHU, because we couldn’t get reservations at any of the USFS CG in the area. We have one KOA resort we use to visit friends in the area, so the resort is not really the destination, although we really like it.
I voted primitive because I just had a major solar/battery system installed a couple of weeks ago.
I almost feel like I have to apologize, but due to the hot hot weather that seems to be all over the country in the summer, and my health condition, I must have electricity for the AC.
Neither, I almost always boondock or stealth camp
Thank you, RV Travel! The latter. Have a great day and safe travels!