This video is a guide for anyone who is interested in camping for the first time or those who enjoy camping. It provides campers with helpful tips and advice for a safe camping experience.

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Compared to usual vacations, camping is surely a lot less expensive. You would not have to spend on hotel accommodations, airfare, and ticket admissions to attractions. Instead, you only have to invest on reliable gear and equipment that you would be able to use for a long time. Moreover, if you want to save money further, you can follow these practical tips on how to cut down the costs when going on this kind of trip.

Avoid Peak Season and Weekends

Like hotels and airfare expenses, prices on campsites tend to shoot up high during peak season. If you want to save money, you should consider going during off-peak season like May or September. Avoid summer months and spring break, as this is when campsites are packed. Apart from that, choose to camp during weekdays and not weekends. Not only would this strategy minimize expenses, it will also help you avoid crowds. The trip would be much more relaxing if the campground is not packed with people.

Choose Nearby Cheap Campsites

Surf the Internet to find campgrounds located around your area that offer the cheapest price. These campsites will not require you to spend much on gas because you do not have to go on a long drive. Be careful when making your choice. Cheaper is not always better. Consider the amenities offered by the campsite when making a choice. For example, if you have kids with you, it would not be a good idea to go for an overly cheap campground that does not have clean drinking water or bathroom provisions. Now, if you are not bringing the kids with you and you have your own water purifying system, a cheap site with no amenities whatsoever may be a good choice.

Go Tent Camping

Instead of going RV camping, it would be more practical to do tent camping. An RV would cost more fuel than a regular car. With the hike in gas prices these days, going on a tent camping trip would certainly save you a lot of money. Apart from that, RV campsites are also more expensive than tent sites because of the additional amenities provided such as electrical and water hook-ups.

Borrow Camping Furniture

The only expensive aspect of camping is buying gear and equipment such as tents, sleeping bags, and outdoor furniture. If you were not planning to make camping a regular activity for you and your family, borrowing these things would be the sensible move. However, if you want to do this kind of trip more often, you would want to invest on high quality gear that will last a long time and at the same time, will not make your pockets weep. How is that possible? Buy online! The online market gives you access to some of the most affordable camping equipment and supplies that the traditional market will not give you. Just make sure that you buy from a reliable store and that you choose only reputable brands so you don’t have anything to worry about in terms of quality and durability.

Camping is one of the most inexpensive ways to go on a vacation. With these practical tips, you can save even more.

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For some people, camping is a way to get back to nature while for others it means bringing out the big toys and having some fun. For the people who bring out the big motor home equipped with satellite television, cook tops, refrigerators and other neat gadgets, camping can leave a negative impact on the environment. For the people who wish to camp and do so while leaving the smallest ecological footprint possible, there are some clever tricks to keeping your camping “green” and safe.

LED Flashlights and Lanterns

LED lights are the most energy efficient light source currently available for flashlights and lanterns. They produce a brighter sustained light while still using less battery power than a traditional flashlight. In fact quality LED flashlight can provide over 600 hours of light from one set of regular AA or AAA batteries. The combination of battery savings and bulb efficiency results in up to 90% less energy consumption than any other flashlight. LED lanterns use the same bulb technology making them a good idea for having around the campsite as well.

Wind-up LED flashlights are an even more environmentally-conscious light source. These are fairly easy to use. All you have to do is wind them up to create power creating friction and turn it on. These lights don’t put out as strong of a light as a regular LED but they are an excellent option for short hiking excursions.

Cookware

Don’t use styrofoam cups while camping, no matter how convenient they may seem. The same goes for paper plates and disposable plastic forks. Instead, camp with reusable dishes and utensils and wash them after each use. This will drastically decrease the amount of trash you burn (bad for the enviro-gases pollute the air) or throw away (plastics don’t biodegrade quickly, overfilling our landfills).

Recycle

Think about what you do at home to be ecologically friendly and institute it on your camping trip. Keep paper bags or bins around for recycling. You can then easily take this stuff back with you and recycle it appropriately when you get home. Also, consider composting your trash in a bucket if you can.

Go Low -Tech

A tent and sleeping bag is far more environmentally friendly than a motor home or camper trailer. Motor homes require large amounts of fuel and energy to keep in operation every day. With the cost of energy and fuel where it is right now, your camping trip could cost you a lot less if you consider more green camping alternatives.

You can enjoy a true outdoor camping excursion more if you do it electricity free. Leave the games, portable TVs, and computers at home. Pack a cell phone or PDA in case of emergencies but turn it off or just plain leave it alone. Every little bit helps when it comes to reducing how much energy we consumer every year.

Cookstoves

Unless you’re allergic to smoke or have strong asthma symptoms, the campfire is still the most ecologically friendly way to cook food. Fueled grills require propane or electricity to operate. Campfire requires wood that can be easily picked-up off the forest floor and a light source. It may not be practical to cook everything you want on a fire but you can use it for some things to help reduce the amount of time you cook on a fueled cook stove.

Going on a green camping trip can actually be one of the more fun vacations you take this summer. Look into ways you can help make less of an impact on the environment the next time you venture out into your home state’s mountain country or forested parks.

~Ben Anton, 2008

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