Studies built from our own directory data and public records, written up with the method and sources on every page. Journalists, bloggers and owners are welcome to use the numbers and graphics with a link back.
State-by-state guide
We read the National Park Service campground records and park camping pages for 30 of the most visited national parks and logged the maximum RV length at 121 drive-in campgrounds. …
State-by-state guide
We read the official rules for 21 tunnels and bridges in six states. Six crossings, the Port Authority and MTA tunnels in New York and MassDOT's Boston tunnels, ban RVs carrying pr…
Original research
We read the published Burning Man and playa rules of nine RV rental companies and peer-to-peer platforms, plus Burning Man's own RV guidance. Six publish a way to take a rental to …
Owner's guide
Rental companies need RVs moved between cities, and they rent them out one way for a fraction of the normal rate instead of paying a driver. We read the published terms of five rel…
Original research
We mapped the 1,197 RV rental companies in our directory against Census population. Alaska, Montana and Utah have the most companies per resident; Anchorage, Las Vegas and Phoenix …
Original research
We built a transparent one-week cost model for a family of four driving 1,000 miles, using published October 2026 prices: Class C rental rates, Cruise America's mileage and kit fee…
Original research
We collected the published rental terms from 328 RV rental company websites in October 2026 and kept only the values each site states outright. The typical renter faces a $500 depo…
Original research
We read every 1- and 2-star Google review of the RV rental companies in our directory, 917 in all, and coded what each renter complained about. Poor communication or customer servi…
Owner's guide
We searched rental company sites, the big peer-to-peer platforms and our own directory of 1,197 RV rental companies for motorhomes with a wheelchair lift, a roll-in shower or both.…
Original research
We tracked a year of Google searches for RV, camper and motorhome rentals in all 50 states and DC, October 2025 to September 2026: 5,095,710 searches. Nationally, demand peaks in J…
Original research
We read the published terms and FAQ pages of Cruise America, El Monte RV, Road Bear, Escape Campervans, Indie Campers and roadsurfer, plus the RVshare and Outdoorsy platforms. Ever…