![]() You most likely will struggle for a few days or so as you learn where and just how quickly everything goes, and how to slow that process down. I’m sure every new camper or RV owner has a story or two to tell.īefore you’re ready to boondock for most of your trip, it’s a good idea to read a few tips: Learn to Manage Your Resources for extended dry camping So only knowing how to FIND the free spots isn’t quite enough. Īnd in our experience, some of the free campsites you can find are so much better than most pay-for sites!īut there’s definitely a learning curve to a successful wild camping trip, as these free sites come with no hook ups or the usual accommodations. It’s super easy to find free camping all over the United States - check out our post - The Ultimate Guide to Free Camping. This tip (along with tip# 3) completely saves our road trip budget when doing cross country travel!įind free camping, because those camping fees add up incredibly fast! You’ll be hard pressed to find a site with hookups for less than $30 a night. If you don’t travel with a dedicated freezer (we don’t anymore), look into cost effective ways to make backpacking (shelf-stable) types of meals in advance. Head on over to this post - Meals for Road Trips & Vacations: Simplifying Make Ahead Meals - to read more about how we’ve gotten around having to do a ton of cooking while on the road (IF you’ll have a freezer along!). We know, you don’t typically have the time or desire to make all your meals every day while traveling around the country. Vacation mindset calls for going out to eat multiple times every week (or more!).īut! You’ve got a little kitchen in your camper or a camp kitchen box use it! Or if you need help setting one up, check out this post: How to Set Up a Portable Camp Kitchen Box Today. Use Your Camp Kitchen during your road trip Okay, maybe a liiiiiittle extra ice cream. If you’re planning to take an extended road trip, we recommend that you live as frugally as possible and not go wild on extras all that often. On ice cream?! We would never do that at home in that amount of time! One trip, we spent $100 dollars on ICE CREAM (for two people…)! $100 dollars. Where the sky's the limit and you live it up every moment of every day, because - hey! - you’re on VACATION!!! If you want to know more about our recommendations for creating a road trip budget or about what it has cost us to travel over the years, check out our post: What a Cross Country Road Trip Costs. So create a budget, knowing you might not be in the exact ballpark, as it’s difficult to plan the details of a road trip too far in advance.Īnd then keep track of your expenses, checking in to compare to your budget every so often, and adjust your plan as needed. It’s easy to just take off to explore and experience without fully realizing what your road trip could end up costing! Create a road trip Budget and Track Your Spending Pssst! If you aren’t sure how to start planning your first road trip, go check out our post, How to Plan a Road Trip to Fit Your Budget. So let's get into our top 10 ways to save money while taking an extended road trip! This is our recommended way to take a budget road trip! As a couple and then a family, we’ve done multiple extended road trips this way (most about 6 weeks long), and are always looking for ways to spend even less. It’s for those that have either a camper of some sort or a tent and camp kitchen setup. This post is aimed more at people hoping to take a cheap road trip by camping along the way. We’ve never done the type of long road trip where you rent a vehicle and go from hotel to hotel, so this post is not written with experience in cutting costs when traveling that way. Road tripping on a budget is the only way we can make it happen. ![]()
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