finding rv parks and rv resorts
I will be going on a long trip this summer and it will be my first time I would like to know hope to find rv parks and resorts along the route I will take. I'll be going from California to Washington...
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I was working on our big summer trip today. I have been dong this for many years and have been getting better at it as time goes by. Back in the old days everything was on paper. Paper Good Sam or Woodalls, plus AAA used to have camp books. I still carry a Good Sam paper book in the coach when we travel.
I like to use a combo of private commercial parks, State Country and public parks, Elks clubs, Thousand Trails and so on. If all you use is the Good Sam book you will mostly only see private camgrounds. I like the Allstays app and have it on my phone and iPad. I find the iPad app the easiest to scan for parks along our route. Usually the ipad app goes right to the RVParkreviews ratings. But I also have my regular computer and monitor so I can scan through RV park reviews with it and the park web sites.
I do find the Good Sam book ratings for private parks to be accurate. I just cross check the RV Park Reviews. AAA has a free app for ipads that makes it easy to find private parks. They are linked to the Woodall ratings.
I do not use the ratings in Trip Advisor or Google. Most of those seem to be written by people with less experience than the RVparkreviews writers.
I do buy the Good Sam book map of the USA. Plus I go to AAA to get paper maps and paper tour books for each State we will be going to. I find paper maps far easier to use for planning a trip. And I like the AAA tour books for points of interest and attractions. And we also use a Garmin RV edition for guiding us on the road.
I like to use a combo of private commercial parks, State Country and public parks, Elks clubs, Thousand Trails and so on. If all you use is the Good Sam book you will mostly only see private camgrounds. I like the Allstays app and have it on my phone and iPad. I find the iPad app the easiest to scan for parks along our route. Usually the ipad app goes right to the RVParkreviews ratings. But I also have my regular computer and monitor so I can scan through RV park reviews with it and the park web sites.
I do find the Good Sam book ratings for private parks to be accurate. I just cross check the RV Park Reviews. AAA has a free app for ipads that makes it easy to find private parks. They are linked to the Woodall ratings.
I do not use the ratings in Trip Advisor or Google. Most of those seem to be written by people with less experience than the RVparkreviews writers.
I do buy the Good Sam book map of the USA. Plus I go to AAA to get paper maps and paper tour books for each State we will be going to. I find paper maps far easier to use for planning a trip. And I like the AAA tour books for points of interest and attractions. And we also use a Garmin RV edition for guiding us on the road.
