RV Camping With NO RESERVATIONS! How to Find Open Campsites NOW
RV Camping With NO RESERVATIONS! How to Find Open Campsites NOW
Camping with No Reservations – is it possible? There are TONS of RV Campgrounds across the US that do not require reservations and in this video we’re going to show you how to find them.
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First, what and where are these parks?
👉🏻 County run and city run parks are everywhere across the USA
👉🏻 COE or Corp of Engineer RV parks. Check them out at www.recreation.gov or www.Corpslakes.us
👉🏻 Fairgrounds (use google or apps to find these in the area you’re looking at visiting)
👉🏻 Harvest Hosts – get started here: www.gratefulglamper.com/harvesthosts
How to find these campgrounds:
👉🏻Google – you can go a google search for “camping near CITY NAME” for example and see what comes up in the search results.
👉🏻Local Parks and Rec website – search for the local city’s parks and recreation website. Most will show a “camping” option if they have a park that offers camping.
👉🏻Apps like Campendium, Allstays, and RV Parky
County Website – you can search for example “Orange County Florida camping” and it will take you the section of the website that shows you what camping is available in the area
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Thank u letting ppl know that other wise couldn’t camp cus they love camping too truth be told all campgrounds is supposed to leave few sites open 4 the ones passing through and supposed to allow no reservations to the general population however there r a lot of ppl making reservations now days and in some cases is running it 4 the rest who just enjoy few days or at the most a wk camping nxt to and at lakes so with that in mind I would like to thank u much 4 this info 4 the ones that don’t do reservations in most cases thank u much 4 the info also bless great healthy peaceful safe journeys travels and happy camping sending up prayers 4 yall
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As soon as we retired in December, 2020, we knew we were going to Sturgis, SD for the motorcycle rally for the 5th time, but this time we were going to plan a nice long path from Kentucky to California to visit friends and family first. I became a member of Harvest Hosts, because many times we just want a place to sleep a few hours without a time consuming set up, but quite frankly am tired of the “rest area” or “Cracker Barrel” overnights. When planning our 5000 mile round trip I have been able to “request a stay” at two Harvest Host locations. One in Oklahoma and one in Utah, and can’t wait to visit these two completely different types of places! I also use Recreation.gov and have had a lot of success even reserving just a couple months ahead. COE campgrounds are usually beautiful, or have perfect RV pad, tables or recreation and definitely inexpensive. Though I made reservations and ended up having to cancel two weeks in advance, I still lost one night, but at $19 I wasn’t too concerned that my money was basically a contribution to the maintenance of what turned out to be a beautiful park. I also use GoodSam, first to “navigate” where my RV can travel as opposed to a car, and second to help with reviews. It has taken me a total of at least 2 weeks of google maps, and websites to plan our route that begins July 22, 2021 and ends sometime the first week in September. (I began planning and reserving in March). Our biggest alteration we WILL do is add more Solar to be able to pull into beautiful Disbursed camping areas that are much more plentiful. We travel in a 37’ Class A, and will pull an enclosed 12” trailer which will have our motorcycle. So some places, like state parks or COE are a little more difficult to find and even if their slots are long, we’ve had to detach the car we were dollying on one trip. But the place was so beautiful it was a good way to learn how to do it to enjoy the campground. This is my first plan for such a long trip and it’s stressful and exciting at the same time. Thanks for your information and happy travels!
My partner and I have learned so much from your videos over the past two years. We happily subscribed via Patreon! Thank you for teaching us so much.
Good info but you are giving away all the secrets so they will be crowded too!🤣
We just bought our first RV and are planning for our first trip fathersday but where having a hard time this was very helpful
While in Weeping Water you need to stop at the hardware stores. They are like a trip back in time.
U made this great thanks video and helped lots of us 8 states left for us
Greetings from NC
Moab forever..
Love the Rays shirt!!!
Yep, good info. The crowdsourced apps can be helpful, but they’ll always be full of opinions and anecdotal references rather than consistent results. Someone might rate a spot as the best camping ever, but when you get there you find out they were in a van and there’re no berths large enough for anything over 25 feet. ioverlander is a good one. Also, another abbreviation for the Army Corp is USACE (United States Army Corp of Engineers". The cool thing about Army Corp camps is that they honor the same ATB (America the Beautiful) pass that national parks and forests accept.
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Just found this channel. Great info. Hubby is wanting to just take off in camper fly by the seat of his pants. Me, not so sure about it. This video gave me info to see that it’s possible.
Weeping Water is on the other side of the state from us. We’re 30 miles from the Whyoming border!
I have been living in my rv for 30 years traveling every couple of months and you can get a site for a few days but nothing long term !!!! Nothing
Terrific tips. Just beginning and hard to find a place. This info enlarges the possible sites avail👍
We use the HipCamp app and even airbnb has campsites. Some are amazing and you often have the whole place to yourself.
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Go 813!!
We’ve learned 1st come if you go early in the week is better by Thursday you may not get a spot.
Thank you for some ideas we hadn’t thought of.
We booked quite early too and are thankful we did. It’s nice to not be stressed about it. Great tips for sure! – Michelle & Brian
Great video! Thanks for sharing! ⛺️❤️💯⭐️👍🏼
Getting a good camp spot without a reservation feels like ya win the lottery! It’s great when ya pull in and see the spot available is the one you would have picked if you had your choice.
I am planning to go tent camping this next month at cole creek camp grounds at Carlyle Lake. I love this place. ✌️
Excellent advice – thanks!
Thank you so much.
Thank you for all these ideas…we are in CA & all the lake areas we usually camp during the summer have been booked out way more than prior to 2020
There’s also a brand new app called Spot2nite that gives you available campsites last minute!
We are not able to get reservations at any of our usual spots and we have been regular RV years for the last 15 years. Thank you for the information I love your videos. Thomyt
Another way to search. Go to google maps or google earth. The will take you to your current location. Do a search for “camping” and or “RV park” or similar. If where you want to be is outside the screen, pan to the area and “Search Here” will show on screen. Works very well!
Thanks. Good information