Difference between RVing and Camping???

Well when we tent camp we bring our own shower, bed, toliet. When we bring the 5th wheel we bring the same, so I guess I like glamping. My better half just installed a tv in the trailer, I honestly am not a big fan. I think it takes away from the glamping experience.

We've camped in a tent, cooking over a fire, hauling in water, no electricity, no flushies or showers. Sitting outside, under a shelter, enjoying the wildlife (other campers:)).

We've camped in our MH, with electricity, AC, running water (flushy and shower:)). Still sitting outside under the awning, enjoying the wildlife (other campers:))

Guess you can call us RVers, we don't care. A comfy bed off the ground is heavenly. AC during a hot, sticky Southern summer is a joy. Easy set up is wonderful!

And yes, we still tend to spend more time outdoors than in the MH...that's why we're out there in the first place AND have a small camper, not a big one:)

To me it's real simple!

I think a general rule is if you spend more time in the RV (MH,towable, toyhauler, etc.) in front of the television, computer, or any other electronic device.... You're RVing.

If you spend more time outside the RV (MH,towable, toyhauler, etc.) in front of the campfire, hiking the trails, riding bikes, playing washers or corn-hole toss, or as Movin' On put it, the campground is the destination.... You're camping.

Doug

Jim Shoe wrote:
I don't think there's a rule. I figure anything with wheels qualifies as an RV because its for recreation and its a vehicle because it has wheels. So anything without wheels is camping.

I think Jim’s definition comes the closest to my perception of camping. I don’t think the definition is precise; it’s more a matter of degree. I doubt there’s any debate that someone with a big RV who stays in FHU campgrounds is RVing. Likewise, that a backpacker or someone in a tent is camping. It’s the in between than begins to blur.

My thought is it’s not only where you go, but how you go that defines it. Or the degree one separates themselves from “civilization” and the comforts of home. I don’t feel someone in an RV with all the amenities and a generator to operate them is “camping” regardless of where they’re at. It’s little different than renting a cabin in the woods and that’s not camping.

Even my austere form of camping in my little TT, sans HU’s, generators, electrical appliances, tv’s, radios, ac or heat isn’t “camping” to the degree I would be with my wall tent and Coleman stove and lantern. But I still consider it camping. So I think this is one of those debates that someone said get the popcorn and sit back.:)

It's easy for me to answer.
I carry a couple of 2-person dome tents, a porta-potty, backpacks, light-weight camping equipment, etc in the basement of my motorhome. My toad is a 4x4 GMC Envoy.
Whenever we "hit the road", and travel to a destination, and stay in the motorhome we are definitely RVing.
If I load the camping equipment into the Envoy, and 4-wheel drive into the woods, or mountains, for a two-day+ outing, we are definitely CAMPING.

Who cares? The real question is are you enjoying being outdoors!!!!

My Mom and Dad called it camping, so I kinda grew up that way. If I buy a Prevost, I am still going to call it a camper. Besides it is easier for me to say Camping vs. RVing.
I take my camper to the campground and usually end up a HAPPY CAMPER, not a happy RVer:B

This is all silly. If you go to a campground or out in the boonies and stay a few days , a week, etc. in your camper, tent or whatever, you are camping. I never go camping.

We RV. That is we use our motorhome for our home while traveling to see the beautiful USA. We may stay in a campground but aren't there except to sleep. So if we stay in Fishing Bridge and the neighbors are 2 ft away I don't care.

To camp, the campground is your destination. People use that for their getaway if they live in close quarters at home. I'm out away from people, very peaceful at home. Hope this clears it up for you.

Agree with Dutch 12078... We do both, but did more camping while still working and more RVing since retired.

Do you need TV that bad, we have camped for two weeks at a time and had no TV and no internet, in fact neither the wife or I have smartphones either.

To us camping is when we are sleeping in our tou hauler at a campground or off road park.