RV clubs and memberships

Investigate the GS club and PPA as they seem to offer the best value. In the end it depends on the type of camping you prefer. Being a mostly state park/ACOE camper only GS works for me for the few times I can use it.

RK911 covered it very well. We use AAA, GS & KOA. Wasted money on Passport 1 year and the restrictions kept us from getting any use out of it, so never again. Once we get the new generator installed, along with getting rid of the ridiculous residential fridge, we will be doing more dry camping again and that in the long run saves the most money.

This all depends on how much you plan on using your RV. If its only 3 times a year then none of them are worth it really. On the other hand, if you go 2 times a month or go on long trips lasting a few weeks to all summer when the kiddies are out of school then I think Passport America is a good value. We are members and camp 1-2 times a month. camp4less.com is their web site. CG's are able to restrict the discount from indefinite to a 1 day stay and black out holidays. Check them out.

we belong to GoodSam. the 10% discount on camping fees easily covers the cost of the annual membership. others will recommend PassPort America for it's 50% discount. GoodSam has thousands of member parks, PPA has hundreds. and many of those parks have restrictions on when the discount can apply. KOA is not a club...it's a chain of parks, most of them nice...and pricy parks. their card will get you 10% off camping fees. we have one since we use one of their parks each year for a week and the discount at that park is more than the cost of the card.

how are you going to travel? if you stay in full service parks then one of the above cards will come in handy. the GS card will be good at many-to-most of the cards you'll encounter. we've actually run into parks that will give us the GS discount without showing the card although I suspect some of those are not applying a genuine discount. if you don't care that you may have to drive out of your way to get to a PPA park and you can live with the restrictions then PPA may be for you. if you'll stay at KOAs exclusively then you'll save a ton with their card. if you plan to mostly use public campgrounds (local, county, state or federal) then none of those cards will help.