Comments on: Tightwad Tuesday: Camping for Beginners

By: Link Love

Link Love — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:52:55 +0000

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By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:53:42 +0000

Thanks for the advice.

This summer my family will be going camping the last week of August (the last week before school starts again Sept. 1). Since hotels are so expensive over here in Europe (something like $160 Euros a night for the places I was checking into in Denmark and Germany for 4 people and we have 5 now), I told my kids it was “camping or nothing” and they jumped for joy. Really, really excited.

So, we’re heading to Denmark and Germany with tents, sleeping bags, a bunch of canned drinks (cuz they’re much cheaper here in Poland than in Germany and we like them) and some year long passes purchased from Merlin Entertainment. (Legoland, Heide Park, aqua park, etc.) for a week of relaxation and fun.

I had to decide what was most important. For us, the chance to go to some fun places was far more important than where we sleep. What we eat will be of much less importance than if were a vacation designed for “me”. It is all about deciding priorities. We did go to Legoland in ‘97 but my 11-year-old was not yet born, so he specifically requested going there so he can remember it. My oldest sons have that memory and my youngest one wants it as well.

We’ve heard that the campgrounds in western Europe are pretty developed as well. Instead of 160 euros a night, our family should be able to go for 35–50 euros a night (still high to me, but it’s what they charge).

By: DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad.com

DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad.com — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:38:00 +0000

Nice post! Activities don’t have to be fancy or expensive to be fun!

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Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:05:35 +0000

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:44:04 +0000

Hi, I love all the camping tips, I am new to camping
and all your advice helps. I also enjoy your radio show frugalcoast2coast.
Take care and have a good week:)

By: Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship

Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:05:40 +0000

Best camping breakfast: smoky links cooked over the fire with English muffins (can skewer and toast too if you’re a bit talented). Stick a slice of cheese on the 2-3 smoky links to melt it right at the end. With a flat surface grill, you can add a fried egg. Sooo delish!

My Tightwad link: http://www.kitchenstewardship......r-spinach/

By: bob

bob — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:32:23 +0000

My landlord gave me his old camper top which fits my truck perfectly. It lives under the deck most of the time, but when we go camping, we just put in on the truck and toss in an extra futon mattress we have, some old blankets, and whatever food and stuff we need. All we have to do is park and wallah-instant camper. Plus it stays warm.

By: Tania

Tania — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:44:24 +0000

To make an inexpensive campfire starter, take a paper egg carton, fill each section half full with dryer lint and then cover with meltd paraffin wax. The wax coated paper lights quickly and it burns long enough to get your campfire started as long as the wood is not green. This is completely safe to cook over. Also, in addition to bug spray invest in a citronella candle– it helps to keep the bugs out of your camp.

By: Rebecca in Michigan

Rebecca in Michigan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:24:35 +0000

Hi, I just received word from duraflame and this is what they wrote me about the firelogs.

Thank you for your interest in our products. Our warning is placed on the firelog wrapper for the reason that the product was not designed to function as a cooking fuel. Generally, the types of solid fuel used for cooking produce coals, which emanate heat over a period of time, and cooking is conducted by exposing the food directly to the heat generated by the coals. Our product only burns with flames and does not generate coals which emanate heat in a satisfactory manner for cooking. We also had concerns about how the by-products of combustion of our firelogs would affect food products. As the product was not intended to be used as a cooking fuel, rather than conduct extensive analytical testing to determine the impact cooking over our products, we chose to advise consumers not to use the product as a cooking fuel. Our position remains that we will not advise people to cook over firelogs until such extensive scientific analysis is conducted and at the present time, we have no plans to initiate such testing.

By: Diann @ The Thrifty Groove

Diann @ The Thrifty Groove — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:51:03 +0000

I couldn’t find Mr. Linky, so I am linking up this way. :)

We love to camp! We have been camping since April this year, well, off and on. LOL

http://thethriftygroove.blogsp.....along.html