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According to the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, the current average fee for a full hookup -- water, electric and sewer -- is $22 per night and about $126 per week. The average if you include phone and cable-TV hookups is $23 per night and $128 per week.
Some resort parks charge more. For example, Tiger Run RV Resort in Breckenridge, Colo., on the Blue and Swan Rivers, charges $44 per night and $245 per week for a back-in site and $47 and $265 for a pull-through site. Normandy Farms in Foxboro, Mass., between Boston and Cape Cod, charges $47 Sunday through Thursday nights, $57 on Fridays and Saturdays and $326 per week.
Check these sites:
- Go Camping America.com, the Web site of the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds
- GoRVing.com's Camping Guide is good and the site offers a free "getting started" video
- National Park Service
- Kampgrounds of America (KOA)
- Yogi Bear's Camp Jellystone Camps and Resorts
- Encore Parks, which runs fancy resort parks in Florida, Texas, Arizona and California
- And, in a pinch, many Wal-Marts permit RVers to park free for a night in their parking lots.