Check Gas Prices Online or For Your Trips

Gas prices are rising again with conflict in the Middle East. If you are concerned about gas prices this summer, or any time of the year, you can check online for the best deals in a couple of ways. Both have their positives and negatives in their coverage. AAA allows it's online members to check U.S. prices through their various regional websites. The AAA Fuel Price Finder monitors the gasoline price charged through credit card transactions at the individual stations. You need to be a member of AAA (fee) and this won't record all transactions.

The free alternative that covers even more areas and Canada is gasbuddy.com. It relies on individual spotter reports across North America but it doesn't require any special computer connections either. So it's not automatically updated by every transaction but it encompasses more places and possibilities. In our checks, it had a pretty thorough report on even some small town gas stations. If a station was much lower than competition two days ago, it will probably have a lower price today.

Prices have been steadily falling, but as usual, they are still at higher levels than where the price climb began.

Wi-Fi RV Parks and Campgrounds

We have updated our guide to camping with Wi-Fi Internet access, adding hundreds of places. We also added a map based system for finding all the places in North America where you can use wi-fi. Some places charge for this, others require a membership and still others are completely free. Our feeling is that if you pay good money for a spot, you should get the access included like any other utility. But on the other hand, we can see why no one wants to pay more for something they don't use either. Eventually, it should be just another hookup and not a big deal.

Our Wi-Fi and Internet Camping Guide can be found here:
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