395. Signs You Might Want To Avoid A Campground

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🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In Episode 395 of the RV Miles Podcast, we discuss the subtle red flags to watch out for when booking campgrounds. We also expand on why top-tier fuel is essential for your RV, truck, or car, and dive into our experience at the Kansas City RV Show, where we saw two great brands local to the KC area, @vandoitco and @campinawe AAA's full study on Top Tier gasoline: https://www.aaa.com/AAA/common/AAR/files/Fuel-Quality-Full-Report.pdf_____ *Become an RV Miles Mile Marker member and get your first month for $3 *Get your FREE weekly Road Signs Newsletter at https://rvmiles.com/mailinglist/ Support our Sponsors: *Check out all Blue Ox has to offer at https://BlueOx.com*Get 30% off your next mattress at https://rvmattress.com/rvmiles with code RVMILES at checkout*Find all the RV parts and gear you need at etrailer: https://www.etrailer.com/vehicle-finder.aspx?etam=p0001*Find Liquified at https://liquifiedrv.com/ Track SSTK_MUSIC_ID 437726– Monetization ID MONETIZATION_ID AMXDXB4BX5FLHUYE 00:00 Introduction01:10 Fuel Stops and Top Tier Gasoline Discussion10:45 Campground Red Flags Introduction17:44 Photo Quality and Campground Names23:18 Former KOAs and Check-in Restrictions27:44 Unexpected Campground Fees30:02 Outdated Reservation Systems34:07 Winter RV Safety Tips37:47 Kansas City RV Show Highlights49:26 Local Coffee Shop Discovery52:11 Conclusion and Announcements

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0:00.0	Most campgrounds look great online. They look great on the listings. There may have even really good reviews.
0:06.3	But some RVers learn the hard way over the years that there are little red flags that tell you, hey, maybe you should reconsider staying here.
0:13.9	Have you ever pulled into a campground and thought, oh no, this episode's for you. This is RV Miles.
0:21.3	Welcome to episode number 395 of the RV Miles podcast. I'm Jason. And I'm Abby, and we are
0:27.4	two RVers who, along with our boys, have been Chris Crosseman all over North America on one
0:32.4	epic road trip since 2016. Here at RV Miles, we talk all things RV and outdoors from industry news to
0:39.7	campground red flags, travel destinations, our national parks, so much more. We'll get into our
0:46.5	main topic in a minute, but we are, we've just returned from the Kansas City RV show.
0:52.2	We'll talk about that in a little bit, too, in our
0:54.7	Fresh Tank Black Tank segment, which has returned. This is a full episode of the podcast,
1:00.3	and we'll get into all that stuff a little bit later. But I wanted to kick off the show here
1:05.1	talking a little bit about something that's come up in the last couple videos. So actually,
1:10.5	the last podcast episode we. So actually the last
1:11.0	podcast episode we put out, we were talking about our favorite fuel stops, truck stops,
1:17.7	gas stations, what have you. Boy, did people have a lot of opinions? A lot of opinions.
1:21.5	As I knew they would. It's a very personal thing. Shout out to the family that took their daughter to Quickstar for her birthday.
1:31.3	Yeah, we're going.
1:32.6	So we're going.
1:33.4	Thanks for the recommendation.
1:35.4	But one of the comments on that episode, I got actually talked about this comment on the
1:39.5	comments video that I just put out yesterday was about how some of the big truck stops like
1:46.8	Love's Pilot Flying J don't use top tier gasoline.
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