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Hey Reader! Just a couple weeks ago, I had no idea we were going to come back to Italy this year. But when Indie campers offered us a camper in exchange for a review on my blog, it was hard to refuse. Especially when I'm so into travel hacking with points that I found AMAZING flight deals using my Capital One Venture rewards card. (two one-way airfares on Air France from MSP-Venice for just $50 and 20,000 points). So, we booked the tickets and picked up the camper just five days later in Venice. How's THAT for last-minute! We headed straight for the Dolomites and to our favorite luxury campground, Caravan Park Sexton. This campground is one of my favorites, EVER. If I have to pay for camping, I want it to be somewhere like this. Here's why I love it so much:
I could go on and on about this place. It isn't cheap, though. Just a campsite in the "rest stop" part of the campground is $55 per night. You can even book a luxury campsite for $250 per night, which includes your own indoor kitchen, claw-foot bathtub, and sauna. They really do campgrounds differently over here. After our two-week trip to the Dolomites, I booked a Roadsurfer Rally for one more week. A Roadsurfer Rally is a last-minute deal where you get a camper for 7 days for just €129. We are using this camper to get up to Frankfurt, which is closer to our departure city of Amsterdam. (I scored an amazing deal home using points, too!) Do YOU want to take a camper trip to Europe?I absolutely love traveling by camper in Europe. You don't have to move your stuff to different hotels, you don't have to take trains, and you save money on things like food, alcohol, and coffee. Plus, if you don't like the weather or vibe of a certain place, you can easily go somewhere else. If you're interested, I've put together a mini-course and toolkit that tells you everything you need to know when it comes to renting a camper for an epic European road trip. 👉 Click here to check it out: How to Plan an Epic Camper Road Trip in Europe​ I hope you love it!
P.S. If you want to learn more about my trip last year in a Roadsurfer rental for 4 weeks in France, read my complete Roadsurfer review here.​ P.S.S. You can follow along with my adventures by following me on Instagram. ​ |
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