The Motorhome Consumer Review

Tips On Choosing An RV Park To Stay In:

There are lots of different kinds of RV parks and campgrounds available all over the country, and where you choose to stay can depend on several factors including how much money you have budgeted for nightly stays, the area that you want to be close to, what your wants and desires for amenities are, and more. Costs can also range from absolutely free to pretty expensive. Here are some tips to consider when choosing and staying at an RV park:

• If you haven't stayed at a park before and therefore are not really familiar with it, it's usually a good idea to only sign up for a one night stay initially. Of course, the park will often have great multi-night packages that can be enticing, but if you buy one and then find out that you don't like staying there for whatever reason, you are most likely locked in and can't do much about it at that point. So test the waters by just staying one night at first and make your decision about a longer term stay aftwerward.



• Make sure that you ask for a list of rules before paying. You don't want any surprises by having rules enforced that you weren't aware of or were not on the list when you originally signed in.



• Get a campground guide to help you know more about an rv park before you get there. Actually, better yet, get two. The Trailer Life Directory and Woodall's Directory have been used by motorhome owners for several years now and it's a good idea to have both for the most complete picture on rv parks in an area because you often will find a park or campground in one directory that is not listed in the other. But using them together gives you a pretty good picture of your rv park choices in any one area.



• Join a motorhome or rving club that provides discount prices on overnight campground stays across the country. Good examples of places to check for such membership discounts is The Good Sam Club, AARP, and some automobile associations. When you add up the savings over the course of a year or so, you will often find that you have made back the cost of membership several times over on just rv park costs alone by joining one of these clubs.

Listed below are our top three recommendations for campground directories and rv park savings.