The latest guidebook in the bestselling Where Should We Camp Next? series is hitting bookstores on April 2nd, 2024. Where Should We Camp Next? Budget Camping has over 350 campground recommendations and it covers Budget Camping in all 50 states. This handy guidebook is chock full of great state park, country park, national park, Army Corps of Engineers, national forest, and budget-friendly mom and pop campground recommendations from across America! Jeremy and Stephanie Puglisi’s latest book on budget camping is also packed with recommendations for free and low-cost outdoor activities, along wit ..read more

Are you planning a solar eclipse RV trip? If you haven’t already made your camping plans for the 2024 eclipse, now’s the time! This rare phenomenon will be experienced across much of the U.S., with some major cities, parks, and travel destinations in the Path of Totality. Here’s everything you need to know to plan your solar eclipse RV trip: Wasn’t there Recently an Eclipse? You might remember the recent 2017 eclipse, which was visible from Oregon to South Carolina. 215 million Americans watched it, and 88 million traveled to do so! Interestingly enough, while the paths of the 2017 and 2024 ec ..read more

On today’s episode of The RV Atlas podcast we are answering questions from members of The RV Atlas Group on Facebook.  Winter may still have its icy grip over many of our group members–but that is not stopping them from planning their spring and summer camping trips. Many of the questions in the group are travel and campground related right now as our group members turn their attention towards spring camping. In this Q+A episode of our podcast we answer questions about Grand Teton and Yellowstone and flying and camping instead of taking an RV. We also offer up some great recommendations f ..read more

Many RV owners go into hibernation mode after winterizing their RVs. But we want you to get outside this winter and get yourselves ready for an epic year of adventure in 2024. One way to stay active during the winter months is to keep camping! Here are 16 great tips for winter camping from the RV Atlas blog and podcast. Another great way to stay active this winter is join the 1000 Hours Outside movement founded and led by Ginny Yurich from the terrific website and podcast of the same name. Ginny is a force of nature and a great inspiration to us here at the RV Atlas. She invited us to be ..read more

Have you heard of Outdoorsy? It’s basically the AirBnB of RVs, offering a platform for peer-to-peer RV rentals. Folks with RVs sitting in their driveways unused can rent to folks without RVs who want to camp. Sounds pretty cool, right? And maybe also a bit crazy… We’ve been completely intrigued by this growing trend and decided to check it out for ourselves. On the one hand, it seems a bit scary to rent your RV to a complete stranger and just hope for the best. On the other hand, making some scratch when you aren’t using your RV is kinda genius. So we tried out both sides of the coin over the ..read more

Let’s take a look at our most popular RV Atlas episodes from 2021! When we look at a year’s worth of podcasting data, it reveals some interesting things about us, our podcast, and the state of camping and RVing.  Last year we noticed that our campground reviews (by us and our correspondents) were becoming more popular. Eleven of our fourteen top episodes in 2020 were campground reviews. That trend continued this year. Our RV Atlas campground reviews are more popular than ever–several years after we shut down The Campground of the Week podcast! Here is the list of our most downloaded episo ..read more

Who says the camping season has to end just because the cold creeps in? Over the last five years, we have made more of an effort to extend our season by taking trips through November and December. Yes, camping in cold weather involves a change in routine, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. Can your RV stay warm enough to camp during the winter? Can you use your water system? Are bathhouses and services available? Are many campgrounds open in the winter? There is a lot to consider when you are thinking of camping in cold weather, but with a little extra prep, you’ll be on your way. Here are ..read more

Last month we drove our beloved Jayco Octane 272 toy hauler to the RV dealership to get a trade in quote. Why did we do this? Did we hate Buck the Toy Hauler? Had our camping plans for the future changed dramatically? Nope. We were actually very happy with the toy hauler, and hadn’t been RV shopping at all. However, in the course of attending a bunch of RV events over the last year, we kept running into an RV that seemed really, really perfect for our family. So we decided to crunch the numbers and see if trading in the Octane 272 for the Eagle HT 264BHOK would work with our family budget. Tur ..read more

Woohoo! You’ve taken the plunge and purchased an RV. All you have to do is drive it home, right? Not so fast. Taking delivery of a new RV can be a bit more complicated than folks expect.  The process of taking home a new (or new-to-you) RV is a little more complicated than the process of buying a car. Whether you buy your rig at an RV show or a dealership, there will be a few steps in between the purchase and the time you hit the highway with your new home in tow. The following tips will help you enter this process with your eyes wide open. This article is the final part of a series for first ..read more

Wait, are Camping Resolutions really a thing? Well, it’s a little tradition of ours that we love and share with the rest of The RV Atlas community each year. See, we go camping as a family. A lot. And it’s not just because we really, really like the woods. (Although we do) And it’s not just because we really, really like our kids. (Although we do) We’ve learned over the years that a lot of positive things happen when we make the effort to escape the busyness of our everyday life and leave behind the endless chore list for at least the weekend. So even though it’s sometimes extremely hard to fi ..read more