RV Inspiration

A single new RV resort in Iowa is pouring $35 million into a 447-foot lazy river and a 30-foot slide tower before it even opens a single campsite.[1] That's how serious the RV industry has gotten about water. Splash pads used to be a nice bonus at a campground. Now...

A five-year loan on an $80,000 motorhome at a 7.34% APR adds up to $15,704 in interest alone before a single gallon of propane gets purchased.[1] That number rarely shows up on the sticker, and it rarely shows up in a buyer's mental math either. Most shoppers focus on...

For your fall RV trip, choose Seven Points for wooded Raystown Lake scenery, Douthat for mountain trails beside the water, or Lake Havasu for warm-weather desert camping. You also have strong options in Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, and Wisconsin, with settings...

For your fall foliage RV trip, choose Idaho’s Teton and Mesa Falls byways, Colorado’s Grand Mesa, Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, Michigan’s Porcupine Mountains, the Talimena, the Cherohala, or Indiana’s Brown County for scenic drives beyond the usual headline routes....

You shorten your RV’s life when you delay winterizing, ignore exterior seals, trap moisture, store batteries incorrectly, neglect tires, or leave food and rodent entry points behind. Fall brings freezing nights and wet weather that turn those maintenance gaps into...

Nearly 60 million Americans went camping last year, and RVs remain the single most popular way to do it [1]. That demand means the easy campgrounds fill up fast, especially the ones with wide pads and strong Wi-Fi. If you've typed "camping facilities near me that are...

Most theme parks charge $100 or more just to walk through the gate. Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania, charges exactly nothing. That single fact, combined with more than 800 campsites tucked into the same wooded property, makes Knoebels Amusement...

Most families shopping for a travel trailer make the same mistake: they fall in love with a floor plan photo before checking whether it actually tows safely behind their SUV. That single oversight sends more families back to the dealership for a second purchase than...

Nearly 70% of RV trips in the U.S. happen within 300 miles of home, according to industry travel surveys. That means most RVers aren't chasing cross-country bucket-list trips every weekend, they're searching "places to camp close to me with RV hookups" on a Thursday...

Here's something that surprises a lot of first-time visitors: Six Flags Great America doesn't have a single RV site or tent pad on its own property. Zero. The 275-acre park in Gurnee, Illinois is built for thrill rides and water slides, not overnight stays, so all...