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I know, I know. There are already a MILLION other websites that allow RVers to submit reviews of RV parks. There’s also Yelp, Google, and TripAdvisor. So why bother create something brand new? The answer is simple. I wanted something better than all those other tools. I wanted a tool that better catered to all aspects of RV life—not just finding a decent campground. That’s just one slice of the pie. I also want to be able to find gas stations that won’t spike my blood pressure and service centers that will actually return my phone calls. I want a crowd-sourced database of roads that aren’t safe for RVs and the ones that have been recently repaved. User forums and Facebook groups are filled with requests for that kind of information, but as far as I’m aware there’s ever been a systematic attempt to collect it all in a single place. And these are just a few of the inadequacies I’ve found across all the available RV review sites currently available. My dream is to make Travel Scout the everything-for-RVers platform people trust as their go-to companion for life on the road.
Me. Nick Spreitzer. I’m a director of software engineering at a cyber security company and avid RV traveler. My wife Jill and I own a 2024 Airstream Flying Cloud Office and spend about three or four months each year traveling around the country, working as we go. Jill is an automation engineer, which means she writes software that automatically tests other software. We’re both extremely fortunate to work for companies that continue to support fully remote workforces despite current ‘return to office’ trends.
The ideas behind Travel Scout date back to mid-2021, when I was just an RV rookie. I was originally going to call it Happy Camper Reviews and even bought the happycamper.reviews domain. Later I decided that “happy camper” was too generic and hackneyed for my taste and settled on RV Travel Scout instead. I bought rvtravelscout.com on June 5, 2023 and began development of the site shortly thereafter. Unfortunately, due to a variety of other obligations and commitments—not least of which is my day job—there were long stretches of time where the project was basically abandoned. At one point, I came very close to quitting and deleting everything I’d done so far. I just didn’t have the time and hated wasting all the money I spent on server and tooling costs. Thank god my wife dissuaded me. Eventually I got back on horse, determined to get Travel Scout over the finish line.
As of December 2025, RV Travel Scout is in its earliest stage of release. Even though it’s publicly available and open to registration, it’s not quite ready for prime time. I’m working as fast as I can to smooth out the rough edges and get it ready for everyday use by spring 2026.
Travel Scout is completely free. Registration is required in order to write reviews, save favorites, or submit new listings, but registration is free and easy. Click here to create an account now!
You may have been surprised to find that we require all users to set up two-factor authentication as part of Travel Scout’s registration process. This requirement is in place for two reasons: First, to protect you. Second, to protect us.
I get it. It’s an annoying extra step and many websites similar to Travel Scout don’t make this mandatory. But even though the information stored on this site could hardly be considered “sensitive”, hackers are everywhere and they’re constantly trying to break into anything they can. Some do this for monetary gain, others just to wreak havoc. Believe it or not, even though Travel Scout has only existed for a relatively short time, our logs are filled with brute-force attempts to gain unauthorized access. If such attempts were ever successful it would at minimum create a giant mess to clean up. They could delete data or deface the website or insert malware or any number of other bad things. My position is that mandating two-factor authentication for all users reduces our collective risk of compromised credentials being used for nefarious purposes.
I hope that makes sense and I appreciate your understanding.
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RV Travel Scout is still in its infancy, so we don’t yet have thousands of listings. But you don’t have to wait! Click here to create a new dump station right now.
RV Travel Scout is still in its infancy, so we don’t yet have thousands of listings. But you don’t have to wait! Click here to add a new fuel station right now.
RV Travel Scout is still in its infancy, so we don’t yet have thousands of listings. But you don’t have to wait! Click here to create a new rest stop right now.
RV Travel Scout is still in its infancy, so we don’t yet have thousands of listings. But you don’t have to wait! Click here to add a new road right now.
RV Travel Scout is still in its infancy, so we don’t yet have thousands of listings. But you don’t have to wait! Click here to add a new RV park right now.
RV Travel Scout is still in its infancy, so we don’t yet have thousands of listings. But you don’t have to wait! Click here to add a new service center right now.