On the Road

With all the crazy financial news and election coverage of the past few weeks, we decided to hunt down some great stuff RVers can get at no charge.

TotallyFreeStuff.com—Clipping coupons is so last century. These days you can just print out the ones you want. And this website has hundreds of limited-offer coupons for everything from free restaurant dinners to prescription migraine medication to water purifying kits. New offers are added daily, but they do expire. So, you’ll need to check the site regularly.

FreeCampgrounds.com—Don’t pay more than you have to for overnight camping. This website has an interactive map with over 1600 free or nearly free campgrounds across the U.S. Each listing has information about amenities available, nearby towns and attractions, a scenery rating, a noise level rating, even reviews by people who’ve stayed there. In fact, if you know of a place that should be listed but isn’t, there’s a spot for you to input the information yourself. This is a fabulous resource and should be a “must check” when planning any RV trip these days.

Federal Citizen Information Center—This site contains lots and lots of government sponsored consumer information booklets on everything from money to travel to national parks to social programs you may be eligible for. The booklets used to cost a few dollars for printing and mailing, but now you can get PDFs online at no charge.

Thunderfap.com—Okay, the name is weird. But if you’d like to get free samples of all sorts of products from food to tools to baby supplies, this is the site for you. The upside—you could eat for months on the food samples being given away. The downside—well, nothing really ever comes for free. In order to have the samples sent to you, you have to input your address. This means you’ll be put on a mailing list and likely receive future promotions like special coupons and the like. But if you don’t mind extra mail, it’s all good.