I TRAVEL FULL-TIME IN AN RV AND JUST TRIED HIPCAMP. HERE'S WHAT I REALLY THINK ABOUT HIPCAMP CAMPING
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- #hipcamp #full-time rv #Recently, I tried hip new camping platform HIPCAMP. As a full-timer, I need an arsenal of camping options. Sure, I boondock, go to campgrounds and love my Harvest Hosts but I can always use another good resource. So I tried Hipcamp. Today, I'll tell you how the platform works and what I really think of it!
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I appreciate your no nonsense approach to vlogging. Nothing worse than clicking on a video titled, 6 things you need to RV and have the first 15 mins full of intros, artsy b rolls and opinions before they ever get to the 6 things. Thank you for the quality of your content.
I've been a HipCamp host for about 2 years now. I just offer my driveway in a quiet neighborhood in a quaint small town in the mountains. It has been a great experience!
Thank you fora sharing
How much do you charge?
I subscribe to several nomad channels. But it is YOURS that I most look forward to. The ONLY one that I pay attention to when it comes out so I can hurry over and watch it. Your videos are so practical and thoughtful. Thank you for your insight.
Agree
What she said!
Totally agree! I just found this channel and sub’d. SO appreciative of the info
I have been a HipCamp host for about 18 months now. (Previously with Boondockers Welcome). I can tell you that being a HipCamp host has been a great experience and I like the platform because they handle the money side. With Boondockers I had to collect the fee (this was pre affiliation with Harvest Host) and it was sometimes awkward and there were people who stayed said they'd pay in the morning and then left without paying. Also, I REALLY like the insurance policy. I am in the high desert mountains of NM and offer only one site so campers have lots of privacy. An interesting demographic thing I've noticed is the vast majority of my guests are single women. There are also couples. I've had only 3 single male campers. I charge $20 a night and have water and 15 amp electric at the site.
Hope you are safe from the NM fires & smoke. Hubby & I love NM💕. It's a favorite place on our way back & forth between where we're living out west & visiting all our family in TX (because it's too $$$$ to own property & pay TX property taxes.)
Thank you for sharing your experience, I have a boon dock location with RV cover & roof off of it on the Suwannee river in Florida, I may look into being a host
We lived in Albuquerque 6 1/2 years, then Carlsbad 5 1/2 years…. I miss it but do get back fairly often! I would love to see where you are.
Blessings!
I need to find you! 😊
You are just the kind of place l want to go to. Yes! Single and solo female!
I envision creating a village built around a hemp farm (for use in making hempcrete blocks for building zero carbon homes) and having a hip camp on the side where folks can come stay, learn about hemp farming, eat garden veggies, and enjoy the community. Maybe I'll call it The Hip Hemp Camp!
There's such a thing, otoh, can't have too many of these. :)
I have access to several hemp farms 🚜
That sounds really fun
Might be kind of hard to grow plants without CO2.
Those rarely work out. Your vision is not someone else’s vision.
My wife and I are staying at Kings canyon RV resort and camp ground that we booked through Hipcamp as I'm watching this video. Its been a great experience.
I just opened up my Hipcamp tent sites a week ago and had my first guest yesterday. I love my property and have finally found a way to share it. Quiet Lane Camp on Whidbey Island, WA
Love this - thx for posting. People who don't want to pay anything to camp overnight have to settle for "you may not get the knock" kind of arrangement, which is stressful and also reflects badly on the nomadic lifestyle. Wide open space like hipcamp or similar is some of the best kind of RVing.
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@@MsQ275 No, I was talking generally about RV camping in wide open space. When I f/t RVd I was lucky to find a lot of open space boondocking just being in the right place at the right time. When I go back to full-timing I'm prob going to be more planning ahead abt it, tho - jst lessons learned - so making a note of these types of arrangements.
We are not boondocker but we LOVE,LOVE, LOVE camping at hipcamp sites. We pay a bit more because our style requires electric and water. What we enjoy is gorgeous locations with no other campers in close proximity. We had gorgeous mountain views at a Phoenix organic farm with a serene green grass event space on our doorstep. We have reservations at the lone campsite on a small vineyard with 360 degree views of California wine country.
I was a host for Boondockers welcome, until I got tired of "guests" abusing me. Some would arrive in a $200,000 Class A, plug into my 50 amp electrical outlet, make my meter spin then drive off with a thanks a lot pal. Others had excuse after excuse why they could not leave. Offer something for free and see how many moochers show up.
Hipcamp seems like a better deal. The guest gets something of value and the host gets something of value. Those wanting something for nothing can go elsewhere.
Very helpful. As an aspiring Hipcamp host every scrap of info and advice is valued.
I joined HipCamp as a host last year, battled with my town to allow me to offer camping...I was granted 1 camper spot and 3 tent spots on my 10 acres of farmland surrounded by streams, hills, fields and trees. Deer and other wildlife, close to sap house, and pretty quiet except for nature's sounds...I didn't get any campers, and haven't renewed the permit with the town this year, I'm about 3 miles off the beaten path...but safe and quiet. Anyway, I think it is a good program. Blessings!
Sounds like a beautiful place!
Listening to her video, I was wondering about how municipalities (with camping and other business laws) are feeling about hipcamp
I’m wondering why you’d even mention it to the town? Isn’t it just quiet enough just to have somebody stay over on your property without getting the town involved? Maybe your property is conspicuous… i’m just wondering how you knew to bring it up to the town hall… I would have never thought of that
I am a Hipcamp host and love my campers , I meet so many nice travelers and nomads .. if you're coming my way please stop by, route 66 near Kingman Arizona. Beautiful lands and my homestead in progress with my rescue animals.
SMD Ranch !
We have used hip camp a bit along with Boondockers Welcome. We love it and we are also full time. Good experience down in Big Bend NP in Texas. Remember not all land you can buy and have campers stay on it. I own land in NM and also AZ out in the middle of no where but you still can't allow people to camp on it according to the county. Be careful what you buy when you buy land.
awww..Big Boy checking out the cows! Hip Camp sounds like a really good tool! Sounds reliable, reasonable, and easy! Thanks Robin!
I just told my Granddaughter about this video! She immediately went to her iPhone and search for Connecticut HipCamps! She's very excited to get on the road in her 5th wheel and with her 2 dogs. She is also going to look up your video(s) , especially this one about hip camps. I've been talking about you to her for a couple years - this one really got her attention. Her name is Lindsay.
💞 thank you Robin! I will be starting my HIPCAMP in Campo California (a lovely old west town 1 hour east of San Diego) soon!
So come by and see me sometime 🥰 cheers and happy trails to you!
This is exactly what my husband I have been discussing! However, we didn't know how to go about it. Thank you so much! I am glad you are feeling much better.
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I had this and went to Alice in the Ozarks, they said I could make it up the hill but ended up sliding had to be towed and found out it broke my frame in my roof. Beautiful site, kind person but make sure you ask if going to an out of the way location. They can be worth it no doubt. Safe travels from Apache Junction
I got interested in vanlife over the last couple years and just took the leap and got a van. I love your videos! They're invaluable for someone like me who is just starting out. But it's not just the information you present....it's your ATTITUDE! Thanks for all your work and your amazing enthusiasm!
I’ve followed your channel for years and appreciate your hard work to bring me useable, pertinent content. After reviewing listings in areas through which I have recently traveled, I find the vast majority to be outrageously overpriced for primitive camping with no amenities. I’m full time and while I will keep this option in my toolbox, if I’m going to consider paying $40 a night to park my van, it will at a location where some services are included.
Have the app. What I have seen, in WA anyway, sites from,$10 to over $100 .
Most are dry camping. At $50, I better have at least power.
Hate paying over $50 a night for camping.
True The greed is overwhelming what people want to rent things out for
You always give us the best resources!! Always look forward to more! Thank you 💕😊
Yes, absolutely I agree!!
With Hipcamp, you must shop around carefully, and read the fine print and all the reviews because the 'accommodations' vary tremendously.
I have been following you forever. No one was able to cross the Canadian border in the past two years so with my RV in situ, I created what I consider a paradise in my backyard. I raise chickens, ducks and vegetables and have a deck that will accommodate a large tent. I also can provide 50 amp power for an RV. You have just put my mind to thinking. I am so grateful for your imagination and enthusiasm.
I don't think that "Telegram" reply is Robin! I think it's a scammer! I don't think she'd have put that comment under every single viewer comment. I think she'd have said something in the video, provided a pinned link. I emailed her telling her about it, worried for her reputation and for any viewers who might click on it and give their personal information
Awesome for mentioning Harvest Host. Now THAT needs more coop with RV people and businesses, and "human" prices.
Got your "Lets Go Camping" tshirt for my mom for Mothers Day. She loved it! The shirt is really soft
More helpful priceless information from our girl Robin ! I am so happy you are back. XxoOoOO
Robin, is this you below asking to Telegram you? Or someone pretending to be you?
I really really don't think that's her. I don't think she'd have put that comment under every single viewer comment. I think she'd have said something in the video, provided a pinned link. I emailed her telling her about it, worried for her reputation and for any viewers who might click on it and give their personal information. Waiting for reply. Please don't give out your personal information.
@@maggiemay5510 Robin answered my email. It was a scammer. Gone now, but some scammers are persistent and come back with a different name. Glad you knew to ask!
@@kele1264 thankyou my friend ~
Have used Hipcamp! Love it! Safe and secure and our dogs like the space as to a RV Park.
Just bought a little piece of land for me in. Rv community. Now saving for a camper.
Happy Mother's day and to all the cat moms
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I just stayed for $30 a night for 3 nights but they charged a $19.50 service fee! With taxes my bill was $150. No fires allowed and WiFi was broken. No water bathrooms or electric. It was just a quiet place to park. State parks go for $45 a night in that area. I’m still on the fence about this service.
Excellent tips. Did not know about HipCamp!
Boondockers and Harvest host are exclusive to self contained RVs, no vans, cars or tents, even car top. We are working up to an RV some day but don’t want to wait to camp across the country. Does this community allow car/tent campers? We are quiet and we can accommodate the potty thing with port-a johns or a pop up. We just need some expectance 🤞🏻
Tried Hipcamp last night. Reserved a one spot location for a stay in Florida. Awesome! What a great find, Robin. Love such wonderful RV tools. Woohoo! Even though I forgot to use the code, I'm thrilled.
I’ve done hipcamp for a while. It’s helped me find electricity for a bit of cash on hot days. Kicked assets. Plus a bunch of more expensive places but they kick ass for fun
Great information as always, thank you:). We have relatives who will be camping this summer in an area new to them and this sounds perfect. Would not have known about it without your videos! Love the Big Boy looking at the cattle. Happy travels. Cheers.
❤️Happy Mother's Day!❤️
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Across TX it is bleak finding a place near Fort Stockton except for Hip Camp! James has a lot on the edge of a rustic subdivision in Sheffield with a solar panel and water and trash! I'm headed there again!
glad to see you posting again after a much deserved and needed break. And thank you for posting such great and helpful information!
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Hi Robin, great video & great ideas for a plot of land. I stayed at an AirBnB on the outskirts of Palm City, FL. It was a beautiful property with its own pond. They had a few farm animals but they also had dry camp spots on Hipcamp. The location was great, down the road from either Port St Lucie or Stuart & the Hutchinson Island & Jensen beaches were a few more miles. Wonderful spot with everything u could think of with a flea market, farmers market & the old city spots along highway A1A. Fyi, if u ever want to visit FL, her Hipcamp is named TASTE OF OLD FLORIDA & her name is Christine. Cheers, Mo in NJ
I stayed in Little Pinkie a few years ago at El Cosmico.
Great information. Might just be what we need for our cross country move in a few months. From Arizona to Maryland. Going to be our 5th wheel and a couple of other vehicles. Thanks so much for this helpful knowledge.
Robin so good to have you back, really missed you. We are planning on going out west in 2 weeks so this came in at a good time for us. Blessings and happy travels😍
So glad you are back on the road and on UA-cam. I love your energy and enthusiasm. Good information, as always.
I stayed in a cabin at a Hipcamp site in Florida. We were just off a main road, but the site was on a beautiful lake, we canoed and had a campfire with smores. It was such a great experience and much cheaper than a motel.
Super. I can always rely on you, Robin. Pity I'm not an RV-er or in the USA, which would really entice me to trying this RV adventure out.
Hip Camp is the only way l can escape crowds on summer weekends. They often just have 1 or 2 sites and don’t require you to buy anything or socialize. When l camp l want to be left alone
I used to love your youTube channel, but now it is always one big ad. Really miss your great fun video's. Good luck. I will miss you.
I’ve been car camping at HipCamps for about 4 years now. Love it. It’s the first thing I look at when planning my route. My daughter and I did a roadtrip from East to West coast, Hipcamping most of the way. Wonderful hosts. Only once did I get to a camp and decide to leave. Super sketchy, host was not there to meet and texted they were fishing and would be back soon. 20 minutes later, with two Pitt bulls circling my car and no sign of the hosts, I decided to leave. Should have looked at reviews before I booked. I always check carefully now.
Was checking out a site on my way to go visit the 4 Corners Monument and found a great site that is now a Hipcamp site...Mexican Hat Rocks. Because of your video I quickly decided to give it a try because it looks spectacular! Thanks Robin! Happy travels.
It’s like Airbnb for RVers 𝒂𝒏𝒅 tenters, like me!
Hooray! Places that allow car camping!!! Best resource ever!!! Waving at you from south of Denver!!
Totally helpful! Have friends that used this during the beginning of Covid & they paid some crazy amount ($85?) for dry camping and not much else. Good to hear that is not the norm! Will check it out again.
I have an issue with Hipcamp property owners. The western US is very fire prone as everyone knows. Hipcamp landowners allow campfires all the time on their property even during high wind events and even when the forest service has banned them in their campgrounds. So I wonder what the liability insurance provided by Hipcamp covers. Will it cover the property loss neighbors experience due to an errant campfire? This is a BIG CONCERN in the area where I live and the local community banned together to get the Hipcamp shutdown. Home insurance is difficult to get for people in the western US and so when your house burns down, well, you're done.
Gosh, never thought about it! In Florida we have 🌀 hurricanes! And tornados 🌪! Fires 🔥 in New Mexico! Is anywhere safe to have campfires , really? What do you think?
Wait a minute…you had the ENTIRE hip camp shutdown over this? Seriously? Or did I misunderstand? Or just the policy to not have campfires 🔥 in the area?
I also live in California and I will tell you that they can be held liable if they have fires on no burn days that start a fire.
@@ziggy33399 You caught that too !!! All they had to do was county code it or that property for NO campfires LOL
Thank you for posting this. I’ve heard of Hip Camp, but I didn’t know what it was. I appreciate your explanation.
Thank you Robin for the Hipcamp info!
Thanks! Sounds great! -Linda
I just found you and love your style and content. Thanks for taking the time to educate.
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@@kele1264 is that not her telegram channel?
@@jennymiller2460 I don't think so. I don't think she'd have put that comment under every single viewer comment. I think she'd have said something in the video, provided a pinned link. I emailed her telling her about it, worried for her reputation and for any viewers who might click on it and give their personal information. Robin is an awesome person, very smart. I hope you watch her past videos. She does great research and shares her findings in her videos. Lots of RV and camping topics.
@@kele1264 I think I just got sucked in. Mine didn’t start with ‘telegram” but rather, “text me” and a phone number. What a bummer because I thought maybe I won the electric generator. :(
@@kathykeene2092 Hey Kathy. Robin replied to my email. Said scammer is gone now - although they tend to return with another name. Did you get my last message about checking your credit? Hoping the scammer doesn't do anything with your info. I know the messages looked real and had her picture. I'm sure you're not the only one who replied to it. If you ever get another weird message like that, take a look at replies to other commenters - one way to identify a scam is that nearly every commenter gets the same "reply" trying to get you to click a link, text them, or call them. Any time a YTer really wants you to contact them, or if there is a contest, they will say so in their video. Best of luck
If this video ain’t the epitome of creative, idk what is. Love it.
Wow! Thank you! Hipcamp.👍
i'm so glad to learn about Hipcamp. Just joined Boondocker's welcome also.
The link worked for me and I booked a night. There are some good deals on there if you look around
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Big Boy + Cows = 😊 Gads, $45/nite for showers etc. Really worth it!
Thanks! Love your shirt as well. 🫶🏼
7:14. Awesome book. I'm most likely GETTING it. (100%)
Be safe, stay Healthy. Good seeing you Robin. 🙋♀️
Awesome for mentioning Hip Camp as well.
6 mins in -- you crack me TF up 😂 as always, thank you for the tips and tricks 💕 very grateful.
I love everything about your channel and you have so much resources to share .
HUM, I have a vacant lot on the Suwannee river in Florida, has a RV cover and small roof cover off of it, I may see about being one of their boon dock host locations, would help in paying the taxes
Fantastic Robbin. Hipcamp is even in Canada. I move into my van in June 2022. Thank you for your all your information and help. Ontario
Another tool in the tool box! Thanks as ALWAYS! 🥰
Love it!! Thanks Robin💕
Thank you! Most excellent! As always... 💜
It’s so nice to have you back out on the road and uploading again.
Awesome information.......enjoyed.
Good information.
I also see they have a program where if you own land you can signup with them and
get paid to host camping.
This may be something I look at possibly doing in the next few years as I have a farm close
to a tourist area for nature stuff and could probably do this if it is worth the money.
Great recommendations, Robin. Thanks!
Excellent information! Thank you for sharing your experiences. Those places look absolutely serene. 🌻
I too have thought about buying land for this reason. A place to go back to when not traveling, but not having the burden of a sticks & bricks. 🙂
And a place that could welcome travelers. It sounds like a great life!!!
And I must say, you look so happy and healthy; you're simply glowing! My, how we've missed you!! 💜
Thank you so much. This is very helpful.
Wow,very cool! Thank You again ❣️👍🏻💯🥰
We stayed at a site in Gatlinburg that we found through Hip Camp. Their fees easily almost doubled the fee for three weeks! But the space was well worth it. Best and most serene outdoor space we had stayed at in 8 months!
Downloaded the app per your recommendation! So glad you are back on UA-cam!!! Hugs from Wyoming!
What a great sight so helpful your the best for tips Robin thank you😊🥰
Wow! I didn't realize that I could be a HipCamp host. Thank you ❤️
Robin!!! So glad you are up to your wonderful travels and education for us!!! You are an inspiration, so entertaining , and you are so generous with your knowledge!! Can't wait to check out Hip camp and see if my daughter and I can visit a site soon!! You are a treasure!!!
Loved your brain freeze music 😝. Thank you for this information!
Thank you for this resource.
I have a minivan conversion and I'm booked for a couple places thru hipcamp. Easy to use. Will be staying at an Alpaca farm :) and one other place. This is a nice shout out. They deserve it. It's good for me as I am not self-contained. Nice to have the potty, showers, and trash.
I loved your video with all the info! As my wheels turning about raining out my backyard through this site. Also, would love to see an update of working from anywhere sites. Thanks for all you share
Thanks for the tip Robin!
Great thank you for sharing 😀
We are doing our first Hipcamp trip this week. It is our shake down trip. We are only going 5 miles from home and staying on a farm. They provide water, electric and porta pottys. Can't wait to play the horse shoes and badminton that they have on site. We are moving cross country and hoping to open a HipCamp location next year. Great video!
I am renting a room in Idaho, that I found on Craig's List. But the owner is a hip camp host.
We were talking about Harvest Host vs Hipcamp. Hip camp seemed like a better deal, because I have undeveloped land in Washington.
My landlord' s campers, barter labor for some of the nightly rent.
Very cool this is a major deal. We can get out of Walmart awesome 🛠️🇨🇦🛠️🇨🇦
Hey Badge! I'm sure you see the other "reply" to your comment. It's a scam! I emailed Robin to tell her it's happening. Then I went line by line clicking "Report". I don't know what else to do - trying to protect the viewer/commenters from scam, and Robin's reputation.
As always Robin, thank you for your kind heart! ✌🐢
Marfa! The lights in Marfa. Love it.
Awwwwhhhh look at the cow by the car!