RVing in the City

I'm not sure why RV people would yearn to be among trees. Is there any reason why they can't get out of their RVs to find that greenery (like the rest of us)? If they wanted a lush, natural camping experience .... would they be in RVs?

There are actually two RV campgrounds inside the city limits, one out in Scarborough where the Rouge Valley crosses under the 401 and one in the very NW corner off Finch.

As much as it pains me to say this because he is a real orifice in this case I agree with Ootes. A campground offers a low cost alternative to hotels and is an attractive option for families and youth travellers (who are going to be tenting rather than RV camping) who have no option now but hostelling.

Coming down with wanderlust and noodling around the US and Canada is probably a safe assumption as to why people start RVing. For some retirees it's a full-time gig. They want to travel and live in something that's comfortable. I've visited a myriad of US nat'l parks over the years. Last summer I visted several in a month to hike...days and miles beyond the reach of RVs, day-hikers and greenhorns...and I found the RV phenomenon intrusive to the senses. As my brother and I made our way through Yellowstone/Grand Teton/even Glacier Nat'l Parks we saw RVs to and fro. It's common knowledge RVs get ridiculously bad gas mileage. Several times I even saw RVs towing an H3! As a foreginer who loves TO and wants people to visit but is concerned for our environment I don't think encouraging RVing is positive. One for the environment, two they're a drain on gas and resources (until we come up with a fesible alternative) and three cause they're big, white and ugly.

I thought about that too Nate. Maybe Toyota should get into the RV market and make some hybrids. I think it might not be so bad if they were close to the subway, then they wouldn't have to bomb around the city in their big RVs.

The one trip I took in an RV was to Algonquin, it fit about 15 of us in for the ride then we portaged our way into the park. If you think of that relative to how many cars we would've needed for that many people perhaps the gas and emissions weren't quite as bad. It was a pretty lux trip too, felt like I was on my own tour bus.

For youth's it is really cheap to stay at a hostel. I live in London, Ont and come down to Toronto at least two weekends a month. (Planning on moving to Toronto soon) And to stay at one I only pay $24 a night. Plus they are open 24 hours.

How much is it to rent a lot at a campground for an RV? Doesn't it also cost money to hook up for utilities too?utilities?

People who travel in RV's plan for the costs of hooking up to utilities in a campground or RV park. The RV is there home, they aren't looking to stay in a hostel, they live out of there RV. People who travel in an RV are also travelling with MONEY. They havn't slowed down because gas prices have gone up. To want to discourage people from visiting because that's how they travel is rediclous and not tapping into a potentially massive untouched audience of tourists.