Now that gasoline prices have dropped back down to a more comfortable price, people are beginning to consider RV Travel once again. When gasoline was above $4 per gallon, people were avoiding RV travel like the plague, unless the RV owner was more well-to-do than his neighbors. The high gas prices were so daunting that many people put their RV’s up for sale, anticipating that gas prices would continue to be high for longer than they were.

Interestingly, with what I am getting ready to show you, the cost of gasoline could have been a hurdle that you would not needed to have considered, if you wanted to take your RV on vacation. Rather than sitting at home last summer, you could have used this information to offset the high cost of gasoline.

Consider the High Cost of RV Campgrounds

For the average RV owner, finding a RV campground at your vacation destination can be quite expensive. In some cases, “one week” or “one month” at a campground could easily cost $500! No wonder so many people kept their RV’s at home during the summer of 2008.

But, what if I told you that in many cases, you will only need to drive an extra couple miles once you reach your destination, in order to get your campground for free or almost free!

We are not talking about places where you would be afraid to take your family, but family-friendly campgrounds suited to RV camping that you will never find in a travel brochure.

Consider this. If a campground charges nothing to almost nothing for a parking space, how could that campground possibly afford the high cost of advertising in the travel brochure? Ah… and herein lies the secrets to saving big money on your next RV vacation.

Most often, in order to find these alternative, unadvertised campgrounds, one needs to be willing to drive a few more miles just looking for them, be willing to stop and ask questions, and sometimes, just talk to the locals. Or you can turn to someone who has done this kind of leg work for you already.

Finding Budget Travel Opportunities In The RV Community

If you shop your local bookstores, you will not be able to find very many, if any, guidebooks that are designed to show people how to save a lot of money during a RV vacation. Especially with an RV vacation, most writers assume that RVer’s have lots of money and will not be interested in a budget guidebook for RV travel. This misconception convinces many writers and publishers that there is no profit in writing budget guides for the RV traveler.

Thank goodness that there are people who like to travel in their RV’s, who have realized that frugal traveling, even in a RV, can lead to more travel opportunities, as a result of getting more mileage for one’s travel budget.

Luckily, in many prime North American destinations, including the most of the more scenic states (Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah) there are still plenty of free and low-cost, scenic, legal and safe camping areas available for the vacationing public.

The author’s of The Ultimate Budget RV Travel Guide have spent more than nine years traveling North America’s back roads searching for the free and low-cost campgrounds that help to keep them traveling in their RV nearly year around.

To simplify the guide, the author’s have broken their RV travel guide down by state or region, since they have found literally hundreds and thousands of free and low-cost RV campgrounds around the United States.

Both RV Campgrounds and Tent Camping Covered

But don’t let the term “RV campgrounds” fool you. Many of these campgrounds also accept campers who bring their own tents and travel trailers. What it boils down to is that if you like camping on your vacation, then you need to own The Ultimate Budget RV Travel Guide that has been compiled for the areas that you like to visit on vacation.

Each of these RV travel guides include: pictures of campsites, directions to the campsite, information about road conditions to the camp ground, information about the availability of utilities. The authors have also gathered and documented all kinds of useful information and tips to help you save money on groceries, dining, entertainment, entry fees, Internet, laundry and dumping your tanks. They even document where you can find the free RV dumping stations. The guides not only provide maps to the campgrounds, but also maps to nearby attractions and tourist spots.

Get The Budget RV Travel Guidebook Here

To learn more about The Ultimate Budget RV Travel Guides, click here.

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While it is sometimes difficult to find vacation specials over the Christmas holiday, there are other considerations you can take into account that could help you save a lot of money. Here is a list of ten tips that might help you to save money on your next holiday vacation adventure.

1. Since most airlines are now charging for extra bags, taking your gifts on the airplane could very well end up costing you a lot of extra fees. In fact, most travelers will find that shipping gifts via UPS or the U.S. Postal Service will be much cheaper than trying to carry those gifts onto the airplane.
2. If you are going to carry Christmas gifts on the airplane with you to your destination, it is recommended that you do not wrap your gifts until you reach your destination. With the heightened security concerns at American airports, airport security will likely unwrap your gifts for you, just so that you can board the airplane. So don’t wrap your gifts before you leave, and you will not have to wrap those gifts twice. Additionally, whenever possible, you should pack loose items in clear plastic bags for the same reasons. If security needs to dig through your small items, items may be lost.
3. If you need hotel rooms at your destination, hotel-flight packages are generally far less expensive than buying the two items separate, in some cases as much as 75% cheaper. Even connecting flights are generally cheaper than direct flights.
4. Before you order those airline tickets, take some time to check the alternative travel methods including: Amtrak train, bus, or rental car. You may even find packaged Christmas vacation deals offered by specific airlines, such as those offered by American Airlines here, which is offering flight and hotel Christmas package deals for as little as $139 per night per person. (Click the links for more specific vacation discount offers.)
5. When talking to a travel agent, don’t give the agent a specific travel date, but instead, give a date range to the agent. Your flexibility on travel arrangements could literally save you as much as 50% on your travel arrangements.
6. If you are willing to catch an afternoon flight, as opposed to a morning flight, and travel on Tuesday instead of on Monday, once again, you could save a lot of money on airfare.
7. For holiday travel, if you are willing to travel on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day, you will find the airports relatively empty and the flight ticket prices extraordinarily low.
8. Be willing to consider alternative airports. For example, you could fly into Dallas / Fort Worth airport (DFW) or you could fly into Dallas Love Field (DAL), which is located just to the northwest of downtown Dallas. If someone is picking you up at the airport, there may be little difference to them which airport they pick you up. And, if you are catching a cab or rental car from the airport, the extra drive time will not be that much, since there is only 20 miles between airports.
9. When you rent a car at your destination, be sure to refill the gas tank before you return the car to the rental car agency. If the car rental company has to refill the gas tank after you drop off the car, they will charge you their gallon price, which is typically much higher than the gas station across the street from the car rental agency.
10. If you plan to stay in a hotel while visiting family over the holidays, ask if the hotel offers courtesy shuttles to and from the airport. This could prevent you from needing to have someone waiting for you at the airport, and it could eliminate the cost of catching a taxi cab to your hotel, which could cost quite a bit of extra cash.

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