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Learn where RVers are welcome at America's roadside Travel
Centers
Many offers free overnight stays, dump stations and even
discounts on fuel.
In the old days, highway travel centers were called truck
stops. That was back when they were used almost exclusively by
truckers. But after a few economic downturns, truck stop
owners saw their revenues plummet. Time to attract some new
customers, they thought.
And it was pretty obvious where those customers might come
from: One look out their front windows revealed a steady
stream of RVers parading by on the highway.
And so, one by one, these huge roadside businesses began
adding products and services to attract RVers. They changed
their names from Truck Stops to Travel Centers or Travel
Plazas.
One of the first things many did was welcome RVers to stay the
night for free. Some travel centers designated a separate
parking area — a "quiet zone" away from the big rigs. A few
even provided hookups, usually water or electric.
As the stream of RVs increased, the travel centers added dump
stations and even provided fuel discounts, the best known
program by Flying J. RVers began stopping for fuel or even to
spend the night. While they were there, they shopped at the
travel store or dined in the restaurant.
Why do you need RVer's Friend?
Learn which travel centers allow you to stay the night.
Learn which ones offer email or Internet access.
Learn which ones have dump stations and propane.
Learn which ones have ATMs, faxes and phones.
And learn which ones have stores, restaurants and
showers.
PLUS: A DIRECTORY OF HIGHWAY AND INTERSTATE REST AREAS
WITH DUMP STATIONS! |
The RVers Friend, 2002 edition, lists every Travel Center in
North America (Canada and the USA) — about 6,500 all together
— and what services each provides to RVers. With this handy
guide, a traveling RVer can determine if a travel center
welcomes them for an overnight stay, if it has a dump station,
if it sells propane, and if it provides utility hookups (not
many do, but you can expect the numbers to increase each
year).
Any RVer who spends a lot of time on the road should pack
along this guide. Its exhaustive list of RV stops that allow
overnight stays is, alone, worth the book's modest purchase
price of $11.95.
Ships within 24 hours
You can
order the 2002 edition online for $11.95 plus $3.95
postage and handling (plus $1.06 state sales tax in Washington
state).
The 2002 RVers Friend is available through postal mail
by sending payment (or credit card information) to Out West,
9792 Edmonds Way #265, Edmonds, WA 98020. Orders may also be
placed by phone during West Coast business hours at
425-776-1228 (or 800-274-9378) or any time by fax at
425-776-3398. Visa and Mastercard accepted. Please, no
orders outside the US or Canada. |
