How to plan a camping road trip
7 Super Simple Ways to Save Money on Road Trips (ROAD TRIP ON A BUDGET)
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what's up everybody welcome back to my
channel today i'm gonna share with you
some of my top tips for saving money
when you're on a
road trip so if you're road tripping on
a budget this is the video for you
it's packed with simple tips that i use
all the time
when i'm traveling so let's dive right
into tip number one
tip number one is to bring your own
reusable water bottle
and potentially even a water jug if
you're going on really long trips and
driving through really
remote areas it's not a bad idea to have
a water jug
but the reusable water bottle is awesome
because you want to stay hydrated
but you can also fill this up at gas
stations typically gear shops have
drinking water
picnic areas and campgrounds also have
drinking water sometimes so
there's lots of places where you can
fill up your water bottle on the go and
save yourself some money from buying
those plastic water bottles at the gas
station constantly throughout your trip
and so this is the water jug that i have
it's just super easy
you know you pull over for a little
break you can stop and just
refill your water and save yourself lots
of money
obviously when you're filling up water
on the go make sure that you're getting
water that's for drinking and not some
gross
nasty water somewhere else so yeah just
double check you're always getting
drinking water my next tip is to pack
your own
snacks and bring a lot of them and bring
a good variety
snacks are always more expensive it
seems in
the gas station stores and so i like to
pack them buy them at the grocery store
they're a lot cheaper
i usually bring peanut butter pretzels
apples
carrots and hummus if i have a cooler so
that's a great snack
just to kind of change things up if you
have a cooler in the car
i also bring string cheese if i have a
cooler and some seltzer water
just things to kind of keep it
interesting as we're driving
i also love trail mix and apples here i
have a bunch of protein bars
so we're kind of on the last leg of a
long road trip we have just a couple
more hours to go
and so this is all we have left for
snacks but just bringing your own
thinking ahead just some of the things
that you would want on the way
will save you some money in addition to
snacks i also like to pack
some breakfast things so instant oatmeal
is a great breakfast on the go
you can get hot water from the gas
stations and then just mix it all up in
the car
and you have a really simple breakfast
another idea is to bring
yogurt in the cooler just little
individual yogurt cups and you can bring
some granola and that's a really quick
breakfast
or a snack so just thinking ahead to
some of the snacks and foods that you're
going to want
on the drive will help save you money so
that you're not impulsively buying the
expensive snacks at the gas station
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next tip is to get the best gas prices
so there are tons of apps that you can
use to help you find the best
gas prices some of them even have
rewards and cash back and stuff like
that
i've never gotten too into using the abs
in general i try to fill up my gas
in cities and towns as opposed to really
remote areas
we've all seen those gas stations that
are at the top of a mountain
and it's way way more expensive than
just 10 miles
you know further down the road so i try
to avoid using those really remote gas
stations when i can
and then other ways to kind of improve
your gas mileage would be to make sure
your tires are inflated
and try to avoid putting your clothing
and gear and stuff like that on the top
of your car try to get everything in the
car so that you're not creating more
wind resistance nick actually
when he had no money and was living out
of his truck he had a wind app and would
actually plan
his cross country driving
when there was a tailwind which sounds
insane it's kind of hilarious
to me like imagining him sitting out out
of his car like waiting for a tailwind
to drive
but having a good tailwind will
definitely save you some gas money so i
guess if you want to go to that level
that's an option as well
the next tip is all about coffee so at
that gas station we were just at
i went inside and i filled up my coffee
mug with hot water
i've never paid for hot water when i'm
using my own mug
sometimes they charge you if you use a
cup of theirs
but yeah free hot water and then i have
a little wobbly there i have some
instant coffee
and boom i have a cup of coffee here
four
pennies you know compared to stopping
constantly
and buying coffee we'll stop for coffee
every once in a while as a treat maybe
if we want a latte or something
but in general i try to do instant
coffee on road trips
or if we're camping along the road trip
then i make coffee with the pour over
coffee gets so expensive i mean if
you're like me and you drink it
a couple cups every single day that cost
really adds up so this is a really
low-cost way to get your caffeine fix i
recently just uploaded a video where i
did a blind
taste test of a bunch of different
instant coffees so i'll link to that in
the description below if you want to
know what my favorite
instant coffee is hot
let's go
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tip number five is to camp
along your road trip instead of staying
in hotels and this is probably going to
be the biggest
way for you to save money if you think
like on a seven day road trip
even if you camp just half the time
you're saving hundreds of dollars if
assuming that a hotel is around 100
bucks
so this is actually kind of how i got
into camping so if you've seen my other
videos you know my entire channel is
like built up around
camping and i really started camping
because i wanted to travel but i didn't
have the money to stay in hotels
and camping now has become like an
activity
itself but it's also a great way to save
money on road trips and you get to stay
in a billion star hotel
you get it if you have some basic
camping gear it's really simple to go
camping along your road trip
campgrounds range from free to like 20
or 30 dollars
so there's a lot of options when it
comes to camping
and if you're new to camping this is the
channel for you
i have so many resources when it comes
to camping gear camping meals
tips tricks all the things to make it
really simple and fun
so make sure to check out some of those
videos in the description below
but yeah camping definitely a good way
to save some money
tip number six is to plan ahead so that
you can avoid
the costs associated with unexpected
detours and hotels
so what i mean my plan ahead is check
for road closures for example especially
if you're traveling in the winter in the
spring
a lot of roads tend to be closed and so
if you get there and you don't realize
that well then you gotta
take a whole detour around adding time
and gas money to your entire trip
in addition if you do want to camp like
we talked about in the last tip
try to plan out the areas that you're
that you want to camp so that you can
get reservations if needed
so you're not rolling up to a place and
trying to scramble to find a campsite
that might not even be available so just
doing some of that planning ahead will
help you
avoid those costs associated with
detours and that kind of stuff
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tip number seven is to pack when you are
relaxed
i've talked about this in other videos
what i mean is
don't frantically try to throw
everything in the car minutes before you
want it to be on the road
really take your time to make sure that
you have everything
do a double check that you didn't forget
anything and the point of this
is to avoid those costs that are
associated with having to rebuy things
that you forgot at home
for example i have learned this the hard
way nick and i went out camping
and we forgot sleeping bags like an
essential thing
and i thought he packed it he thought i
packed it we were kind of rushing out
the door and i didn't do a good final
check
we had to then go drive somewhere so
spend gas money to
buy a new sleeping bag i had to spend 50
on a sleeping bag that we
did not need because we have tons of
sleeping bags so
if you kind of pack when you relax and
not trying to get out the door
then you'll kind of avoid these
unexpected costs
associated with forgetting things and on
that note
that is it for my tips on how to save
money on your road trip so if you're
road tripping on a budget hopefully
these tips are helpful
like i said in the beginning they're
very simple but they're things that
i actually use all the time and the
savings really do add up
over the years if you're doing lots of
road trips
so i'd love to know in the comments
below what are some of your additional
money saving tips for road trips and
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