INSANELY CHEAP Destinations for RV Travel in 2024

With increased fuel costs and inflation, most of us are feeling the pinch in our wallets these days. We’ve done the research. And we’ve found some great places where you can STILL travel, but do so on the cheap!
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00:00 Introduction
01:09 National Parks
04:10 State Parks
05:19 Free Camping
07:19 City & County Campgrounds

[@roger80465]

Remember Corps of Engineers parks. Usually about $25 a night and if you have a national park pass, you get it for $12.50 a night. Hard to beat.

[@GratefulGlamper]

For sure!

[@Threedog1963]

That's our go to parks after state parks. State parks are booked months in advance, but a lot fewer people think of COE parks. I was able to book a full hookup site at a really nice COE for a week during the 4th of July this year, and I made the reservation only 4 months in advance. State parks for the same week were booked up a full 6 months out.

[@hammer48ful]

Love state and federal campgrounds. Corp. of Army Engineers campgrounds are another great place. We are learning about fairgrounds for camping. With senior passes camping is1/2 price. Booked a dry camping spot in state campground for $7.00 a night.

[@GratefulGlamper]

Nice!

[@actionfaction2558]

The new lithium battery and solar options are great! I can keep my TT on an open lot and have adequate power for most of my needs. Definitely worth the investment.

[@GratefulGlamper]

Totally agree!

[@99Moonbeam]

State and County parks are our go to places

[@edensfamilyadventures2714]

Another great and informative video! Keep 'em comin' !👍

[@GratefulGlamper]

Thanks is so much!

[@dawndisney7465]

We love our state park campground! ❤️

[@quiltingbysherriempqsaddis196]

You always provide excellent & well researched ideas that are helpful and useful! Thank you.

[@Krisna_K]

If you have a disabled parking placard (the permanent one that is blue in color) you can get a national park pass for free and simply hang it on your mirror with you disable placard! I didn’t know until a few years ago when a ranger at the entrance to Mount Rainier saw my parking placard and informed my husband and I! We go there quite often since it’s only a few hours away from home! And I’ve been to many family reunions in state parks in both Washington and Montana!

[@GratefulGlamper]

Good to know!

[@NanasCrochetIdeas]

Thanks for sharing!

[@carolhedberg2341]

Your videos are awesome- straightforward and very informative!

[@GratefulGlamper]

Thanks so much!

[@ArizonaGeek]

The most insanely cheap places we've stayed are at casinos. Just outside of Albuquerque at Sky City they had full RV hookups for $15 a night and we saw plenty of others along our route for that price or slightly higher. We called others that offered free boondocking spots that allowed generators because you could space yourself far away from others but close enough to use amenities at the casino as well as provide security.

[@GratefulGlamper]

Nice!

[@actionfaction2558]

Neat.

[@actionfaction2558]

The casinos in Vegas have free parking too. If I had found this out early in my first visit…., I would have rented a car on day 1 instead of day 3.

[@barb0138]

We paid $20.00 a night in Iowa state campgrounds, I think South Dakota is running about $15.

[@melindaroberts4921]

Also Charity in case you did not know if you are a Florida resident and 65 or older your state parks are 1/2 price.

[@johnlynch5221]

Allways great information. Most Maryland State Parks have camping. With a few sites having electric for a slightly extra cost. This year we are going across the Delaware Bay camper and all. You should give that a try.

[@mikeelder6298]

In the southern states we have WMAs rather than BLM. WMAs are wildlife management areas. Jonesboro Arkansas has a city park that is worth camping in. It's called Craighead Forest Park.

[@GratefulGlamper]

Good to know!

[@GratefulGlamper]

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[@Threedog1963]

I like the ARVIE option, but only for someplace we'd be within a days drive of when using the SOLD OUT SEARCHES feature. I'd hate to be sitting here in Houston and get notice that a booking in Key West came through the day before. I've never actually driven from Houston to the Keys, but I'd imagine towing a full size rv that distance would probably take me a week.

[@GratefulGlamper]

The sold out search feature works great for when you know you want to go somewhere for the weekend, but everything is booked already. We’ve had great luck being able to find a place when we choose at least 3 potential spots and usually one of the three comes open.

[@debbiejamison3883]

Thanks

[@GratefulGlamper]

Thanks for watching

[@actionfaction2558]

Do the $30 a night electric hookups have waste hook up also…?

[@edandsharonmoreland]

I’m looking to plan some Florida State Parks in Feb 2024. Would ARVIE do that if I setup a few places to look for cancellations? Can I list the entire month of Feb for a specific park for the search and book anything that opens up that month? Or do I have to pick specific days to make it work?

[@GratefulGlamper]

For now, you do have to choose a date range, you can however set up to 10 sold out searches to be running at once. If you’re trying to book an entire month, this is where setting up multiple searches for date ranges of 1 week at a time might be your best bet.

[@pauljones5495]

If you are 62 or over you can get a lifetime America the Beautiful card for $80 or $20 a year for 4 years and camp for as much as 1/2 price camping.

[@GratefulGlamper]

Awesome!

[@woodruffmd]

The memberships certainly sound like a person can save a lot of money on campsites, but what are the costs involved? In your five years, what are the best memberships you would recommend? How many memberships do you have and about how much do they cost annually?

[@rosedzindolet-faith5092]

Is there an app you can download just for National Parks?

[@GratefulGlamper]

There is an NPS app but it’s not very comprehensive- a lot of the National Parks have their own apps (per park).

[@rosedzindolet-faith5092]

@@GratefulGlamper Thank You so much for responding & the information; I guess I need to look up the parks by State 😱

[@martasmith1333]

I have a national park pass for having a disability.

[@OcalaBrew]

Veterans and blind not only get in free in the state and national parks, they also get 50% off camping fees.

[@ITalk4-2]

We need to see your cats in your videos... Alaska is great but where are the cats?

[@GratefulGlamper]

Lol, they’re around but for some reason they’re camera shy 😉

[@ronaldmcculley1910]

You left out "Moochdocking".

[@Millers_in_Motion]

Hey, I know these good looking people!

[@GratefulGlamper]

Hey Ryan and Lauren!

[@s.martin4019]

what is fee for arvie? (I can see you got us 10% off)

[@GratefulGlamper]

If you do the pause it plan (meaning you ONLY pay for the months you use the service and “pause” it for the months you don’t) it’s $19.95 - if you do an annual plan it’s even cheaper

[@katiemiller2062]

BLM- Bureau of Land Management. I was really confused there for a minute. Hahaha! 😂 So I had to look it up.

[@GratefulGlamper]

😉

[@Stacy_Sunshine]

disability pass is also a lifetime free pass.... National Park Pass

[@rosedzindolet-faith5092]

What is BLM land & is there an app for it?

[@josephcaprara898]

Bureau of land management

[@rosedzindolet-faith5092]

@@josephcaprara898 Thank You

[@witchyjewels7588]

Arvie wants $20 per month. Just like harvesthosts $99.

[@GratefulGlamper]

Arvie has cheaper annual plans and includes their full service travel agency service of booking for you and even making the cancellation for you if your plans change. We’ve scored some near impossible campsite reservations using Arvie and love it.

[@ernie7065]

OMG ... the captions say RV but the company is "Arvie." PLEASE read the reviews for this company.... and from what research I can do in a few minutes after watching her .... the fee is likely $19.95/mo after some hard to determine possible free trial period, which may then AUTOMATICALLY convert to a (high) fee CONTINUING cost process WITH VERY SPECIFIC REQUUREMENTS TO STOP THESE PAYMENTS. THE VIDEO DID NOT EVEN HINT AT THESE THINGS. BUYER BEWARE.

[@GratefulGlamper]

Arvie actually has a pay as you go option where you are NOT charged for the months you’re not using it. We see a TON of value as we’ve saved literally hundred by using Arvie to pick up hard to get into state park campgrounds vs resorting to the higher priced RV resorts. We ONLY share about products/services we PERSONALLY use. Thanks for watching