Tips for Outfitting Your RV for Camping

So you did it! You made the investment of an RV (recreational vehicle) for your family vacations. Now you have to furnish it with all things that will make it your "home away from home." Buying all new items, such as dishes and towels can quickly eat up your vacation budget. However, toting every item from your house to the RV and back can be time consuming. Here are few tips for outfitting your RV on a budget.

Stocking Your RV Kitchen

In order to save yourself time and energy, it is easiest to outfit your RV with its own set of dishes, cooking utensils, hand towels and cleaning supplies. That way, you don't have to spend time trying to figure out what you need to take from your house, and what you already have in your RV. It was also help you from having to buy items, such as tin foil, at the camp store, which can be three or four times as much as the prices in the grocery store.

Thrift stores are a good place to pick up used dishes and cookware. You should have one place setting per person, plus one or two extra, if you think you might have company. Of course, you can use paper plates and plastic forks while camping, but they are not environmentally friendly, and after a while, the cost of purchasing them will add up. For hand towels and dishcloths, why not purchase a new set for your house kitchen, and put your old kitchen towels to work in the RV? You can spruce up you kitchen while outfitting your RV for camping. Other items you will need to purchase include dish soap, SOS pads, hand soap/sanitizer, baking soda (for the fridge), salt and pepper, other spices you use regularly for cooking, tin foil, plastic wrap, paper napkins (or cloth, if you are worried about excess waste), microwave (a small one will be perfect for rainy-day cooking), and a hot pot (also known as an electric tea pot). If this list seems like a lot to buy at one time, try picking up one or two things a week, a few months prior to RV camping season.

Stocking Your RV Bathroom