RV Travel Log

I bookmarked THIS SITE sometime ago. We don't use it, but it looks good for a computer-based record-keeping system, with a free maintenance log as well.

I use Pencil and Paper but I only track where we were what site we had and if it was nice. The rest is just the cost of doing business.

I use Excel Spreadsheet also.

I don't travel enough to track all of this but I wish I had a better log of site numbers.

I'm a fan of OneNote for other purposes. I could see where it would be a great way to store photos and stats of camping locations on a page under a tab. You could even have tabs for RV Parks, National Parks, Boondocking, etc. as desired.

hdrichards wrote:
What are you using for a RV travel log to keep track of expenses, campgrounds, fuel, etc.? Nice to keep a record of some kind to review different trips. I have always written everything down in a notebook in the past.

I've recently started using OneNote (like others use Evernote). I have four "sections": RV Info, Personal, Campground, and Activities. Within each I have various pages. For example, within the RV Info section, I have pages for the RV itself (VIN number, part numbers, telephone numbers for technical support, and a bunch of other stuff); another page for equipment info (makes and models of equipment, serial numbers, hyperlinks to the .pdf files for the user manuals); and another page for mods and accessories. Within the Campground section, I have a separate page for each campground we visit, along with images for the campground map (annotated with which areas/sites are good or bad), sites/dates for our stays, costs, and other notes. Whenever I see something that I think might be useful as we travel around, I clip it to OneNote and store it in an appropriate page.

All of this is stored on my laptop (actually a Surface), but sync'ed regularly (automatically) with a cloud version that I can access from any device, including my iPad (with the online version also serving as a backup in case my laptop goes kaput). I got the idea from some RV techy wonk website (which recommended using Evernote), but decided I like OneNote better, mostly because it has a better implementation to use a stylus, which lets me take handwritten notes, mark up drawings, and things like that.

The Evernote-recommender (whoever he was) went on and on about how this kind of information management can replace notebooks, paper files, file folders, junk drawers, and just about everything. Like I said, I'm just starting to use this system so I don't have a final opinion yet, but so far I think I agree. It's pretty convenient and much better than how I used to do things.

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On edit: As I thought about the other posts in this thread, I went back and added another section called "Travel Info." In that, I now have a page for Gas-Mileage, which is actually linked to an Excel spreadsheet (i.e., double-clicking on the record in that page automatically boots the Excel spreadsheet). I'm sure this process will continue to evolve...

If you want to track things using a computer you might look at RV Care Log. It works for both Windows and Mac.

ependydad wrote:
Google Drive spreadsheet so that it is accessible from any device that I have. I have one per year and I keep track of dates, campground, site #, site notes, campground notes, who went, where the camper was before and after, how many miles towing to and from, and total cost.

I then automatically calculate the # of nights camped, # of nights planned, total cost, cost per night, etc.

Google drive is great. You can use it offline and automatically sync between various devices. I use it on my computer, iPad and iPhone.

Paper and pencil. DH does all that but I've yet to figure out why. I don't think we have ever gone back to look at it and I eventually toss it.

For years I have kept a daily journal, whether at home or on the road. I use Microsoft Word, importing pictures, quotes, etc. Any info I want to record goes in the book, wherever we are.

I don't track any of that. I'd rather not know. As long as the bank account is still positive life is good.