The two styles of RVing: camping vs. adventuring

I’ve found that there are generally two styles of RVing that folks fall into…

1. Camping
2. Adventuring

If camping is your style, you probably like to settle down in a place for a little bit.

That could be a campground, a more fancy RV “resort,” or even a campsite in the woods.

You might sit around a campfire enjoying a drink or roasting s’mores. You might sit by the campground pool or take advantage of some other amenities. If you’re boondocking in the woods, you might enjoy hunting or using a nearby lake.

You’re there to experience the location, and you’re typically there for a while.

With an adventuring style, the campground itself is just a place to rest for the night. During the day, you’re out exploring.

You might stay at a campsite for a few days and use it as a basecamp while you explore the surrounding area. Or you might spend just a night at each location, and make various stops along the way as you travel to your next destination for the night.

There’s a good chance you don’t have firm plans, but instead prefer to discover things you didn’t even know existed as you travel.

Neither style is right or better, and you don’t have to pick just one or the other.

We tend to mix-and-match approaches when we RV, though we skew towards the adventuring style more often than not.

Before you go RVing for the first time, you might not even know what your style is. It’s often the kind of thing you discover about yourself as you get more into this.

But understanding your preferred style (eventually) is important, because it influences the things that are important for you to have in an RV, the types of things you bring with you, the types of memberships and gear you might like, and how and where you book campsites.