Gas Prices Effect Your Camping Plans?

[campdaddy]

With gas prices projected to be at or above $4/gal the wife and I have decided to do only one long distance trip this summer and probably fewer local camp outings. We probably won't change the overall number of days of camping -we'll stay longer for each outing- but the number of trips will be less.

If prices do hit $4/Gal will it have an effect on your camping plans?

[GrizzlyTaco]

Gas as of today is $3.28 for regular unleaded. I dont care how how high it goes, it wont keep us from camping. We need to get out of this crazy town once in awhile or we'll go crazy, so its worth it to us........Ed C.

[WolfPack]

Me and the kids are going to do one long trip and the rest of the summer will be short trips in state.

[sacrawf]

If prices do hit $4/Gal will it have an effect on your camping plans?

Yes.  We are planning shorter "long weekend trips" this year, and will likely stay within 50 miles instead of the 300 mile radius trips.

[Old Starcraft]

This being our first year with a PU we will have only a couple of 150 or more mile trips. We also plan to use some of the excellent, and less expensive,  state cg's vs using private cg's like KOA with pools. :morning:

[OC Campers]

No it won't effect us too much.  Here in Nor Cal gas is $3.59 a gallon now.  Camping is our main vacatoim so even if gas gets more expensive, it is still cheaper than flying somewhere and paying for all the tourist junk.

 
Jacqui

[A2SuperCrew]

We won't let gas prices change our plans either.  Yellowstone here we come!  Our local campgrounds are only 20 minutes away, so that's not a big deal.  We figure that when we travel with the camper, we're saving money in other ways, so higher fuel prices won't stop us from going.

If gas is $4 a gallon, I may drive slower.  We may put off purchasing new equipment like the screen room we'd really like to add.

We're still going camping though!

[flyfisherman]

Gas prices have put a crimp in my travels ... the number of them and the distance traveled.

I'm retired and am feeling the pinch every where I turn ... higher insurance, higher food prices, higher gas prices ... higher everything!




Fly

[wavery]

Gas prices have put a crimp in my travels ... the number of them and the distance traveled.

I'm retired and am feeling the pinch every where I turn ... higher insurance, higher food prices, higher gas prices ... higher everything!




Fly

Ditto.......I feel your pain

[jakelaw]

Won't really change anything, In fact our first trip next weekend will be longer (in distance) than our regular first spring trip.

[Toby]

Cant let it stop us, just shorter trips.  I feel the pain every day, I have a service company and drive 80 to 100 miles a day.  Hope it dosent get any worse.  Rob

[3ontheGo]

We don't buy a lot of gas, so we feel okay spending money on gas for vacations.

We consider cars a necessary evil, so we're very conscious about not driving needlessly. DH bikes to work, I walk DS to school, we live near the things we need so we can walk, and I always group other errands and try to schedule them around the days I have to drive to work. In years that include big multi-state vacations, we still rarely put more than 5,000 miles/year on all three vehicles combined. It's usually closer to 2,000-2,500.

[SpeakEasy]

Already has.

We used to take one trip each year that was maybe 3,000 to 5,000 miles round trip. With today's prices that's totally out of the question for us. We'll prolly do a 1500 mile trip this year. Still consider that a luxury and love every minute of it!

We make up for it with more frequent camping trips to local areas. It is stunningly beautiful here in the Finger Lakes region of central NY where I live. The price of gas is helping me appreciate what I have nearby.

-Speak

[MotherNature]

Camping is THE vacation activity for our family - DH & I have already decided that we will cut back on our 'personal' expenses as much as needed to keep on camping (not to mention that we already booked everything and the money we would lose by cancelling would about equal the gas price increase...)

['tiredTeacher]

Gas prices have put a crimp in my travels ... the number of them and the distance traveled.

I'm retired and am feeling the pinch every where I turn ... higher insurance, higher food prices, higher gas prices ... higher everything!

Fly

I'm in the same boat with you and Wayne. Speaking of boat, mywife doesn't sail so trips to the boat 60 mi. away may be affected. Oh well, the wind is still free. I burned 8 gal. of gas last sailing season and my canoe does even better. :-()

Wright