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Reserved but empty campsites: The campground’s side of the story

Nanci Dixon -
By Nanci Dixon There are two sides to every story, right? Well, that means there's another side to why there are so many empty campsites....

“Enough is enough,” one state park says about “no show” campers

Mike Gast -
Officials at one state park campground in Colorado are getting serious about dealing with campers who reserve a site and never show up. Steamboat Lake...

New ‘Arvie’ booking service launches, but one camping company not pleased with process

Mike Gast -
RVers tired of endlessly searching the internet for available campsites now have access to a new service that creator and founder Mark Petersen thinks...

Campground Crowding: “The campground is not the enemy”

Nanci Dixon -
RV sales have skyrocketed and more people than ever are taking up RVing. The result is campground crowding like never before! In this weekly...

Want to reserve a specific campsite? Then pay up!

Mike Gast -
You wearily pull your 40-footer and toad into one of your favorite parks. All you want is to set the stabilizers down at that...

Several of my friends are quitting RVing. You can probably relate to why they’re doing so 

Gail Marsh -
The end. Yes, I know that’s a strange way to begin an article, but it fits! Many of our friends are choosing to throw...

Campground charges RVers based on square footage of their RV. Is this common?

RV Travel -
Earlier this week we received this email from longtime RVtravel.com reader Einar Hansen: "We have gotten our next year's Seasonal Campsite Contract for 2022. They...

Phantom Reservations II: Are extended booking windows making it worse?

Mike Gast -
Two weeks ago, we looked at a phenomenon called “phantom” reservations. It’s the practice by some unethical campers of making multiple reservations for the...

Are “phantom” campers stealing your campsite?

Mike Gast -
By Mike Gast Last spring, I wrote an article about how little strings of computer code called “bots” were beating you to the punch when...

Detailed tips on how to plan for an RV trip when you’re not a planner

Nanci Dixon -
We often get suggestions, comments and requests from our readers. We received this email from one of those readers, Walter B., asking for help...

RV Daily Tips. Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Newsletter Editor -
Issue 1642 Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice,...

Are campground early check-in fees a new trend? It seems so…

Mike Gast -
A week ago we received a note from a reader questioning the use of early check-in fees at campgrounds. The RVer said he had...

Memorial Day numbers from KOA and Jellystone; new records reached

Mike Gast -
Memorial Day Weekend camping last year was largely a lost cause throughout North America, as the COVID-19 pandemic limited campgrounds' ability to welcome guests. The...

KOA website now searches multiple campgrounds for open sites

Mike Gast -
Kampgrounds of America Inc. just added a new feature to its popular KOA.com website that KOA leaders claim will make it easier for campers...

RV Daily Tips. Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Newsletter Editor -
Issue 1598 Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice,...

Are “bots” stealing your campsite? Answer: Yes!

Mike Gast -
By Mike Gast If you’ve tried to book a camping reservation online at popular locations in the past five years, you’ve likely been stymied by...

Planning way ahead is the new normal for RVing in 2021

Mike Gast -
By Mike Gast About 20 years ago, shortly after I had ditched a newspaper career to become the Vice President of Communications for Kampgrounds of...

Campground Crowding: The campground begged them to stay longer!

Nanci Dixon -
Updated weekly More people than ever are taking up RVing. These newbies have determined that RVing is the safest way to travel in our pandemic...

View your campground reservations on your map

Chris Guld -
By Chris Guld, GeeksOnTour.comWouldn't it be nice if your campground reservations showed up on your map? That's what Google thought anyway. So now, when...

Campground Crowding: ReserveAmerica – Love it or hate it?

Nanci Dixon -
Updated weekly More people than ever are taking up RVing. These newbies have determined that RVing is the safest way to travel in our pandemic...

Have you made a campground reservation for this summer?

Emily Woodbury -
A couple of weeks ago we asked if you had begun trip-planning for 2021 yet. A combined 51 percent of you answered that you...

Reserving a campsite for “tonight”? Maybe some help

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris One of the biggest frustrations facing some RVers is the inability to do a spur-of-the-moment trip. With so many...

Campground crowding. How long do you spend looking for reservations?

Emily Woodbury -
Updated weekly More people than ever are taking up RVing. These newbies have determined that RVing is the safest way to travel in our pandemic...

Campground crowding. “I might as well stay home!” and other complaints

Emily Woodbury -
Updated weekly More people than ever are taking up RVing. These newbies have determined that RVing is the safest way to travel in our pandemic...

Campground crowding. One reader thinks we don’t need more RV parks…

Emily Woodbury -
Updated weekly More people than ever are taking up RVing. These newbies have determined that RVing is the safest way to travel in our pandemic...

Campground crowding. RVers would rather quit than fight!

Emily Woodbury -
Updated weekly More people than ever are taking up RVing. These newbies have determined that RVing is the safest way to travel in our pandemic...

As RVers are we “getting away from it all” or is the lifestyle “getting away from us”?

Barry Zander -
By Barry Zander It’s crazy! If you haven’t been made aware of the sudden under-supply of campsites as RV sales skyrocket, it will become more...

It’s checkout time, your RV has a problem, won’t move. What to do?

Chuck Woodbury -
By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR I have wondered what would happen if it were time to check out of my site in a packed RV park, but...

Readers tell us: Have you cancelled camping reservations for the summer?

Emily Woodbury -
By Emily Woodbury When we published this poll on May 3rd, we dreaded asking you this question: Have you cancelled your camping reservations for this...

A campground in the clouds and a slice of pie. Paradise!

RV Travel -
By Emily Schneider Four-season camping in the Blue Ridge Mountains, minutes from the fabulously hippie city of Asheville, seems like an anomaly. Campfire Lodgings in...

RVer takes pride in cheating campground reservation system

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

Avoid hidden fees by knowing a park’s reservation system

Emily Woodbury -
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...

RV Shrink: Campground reservation rip-off

Richard Mallery -
Dear RV Shrink: We just stopped for the night in Red Bluff, CA, at a campground run by the National Forest Service. We drove around,...

How to snag a campsite in Arches NP even when “Campground Full”

Bob Difley -
No one needs to remind you that unless you have a reservation for some of the most popular National Parks you are unlikely to...

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