Why Harvest Hosts is Our Full-Time Travel Secret Weapon

In the past few months we’ve been living in our Airstream, we’ve discovered a thing or two about full-time travel.

When most people imagine living in an Airstream, I think they’re imagining us just driving from town to town, pulling over when we get tired, and camping underneath the stars.

In reality, living the full-time travel life requires a lot more forethought and planning.

Most nights, people living in Airstreams or fifth-wheel RV’s like us, sleep in a KOA or camp ground. We pay money, usually between $30 and $50, each night to use the electricity, sewage, and other facilities that these places offer.

There is another type of camping. It’s called dry camping, or Boondocking.

This looks more like the first scene I mentioned. While the downside is that there’s no sewage or electric hookups, the benefit is that you don’t have to find a specific KOA or campground to stay at, and you do have a greater sense of freedom and adventure.

But that doesn’t mean you get to stay just anywhere. There are still laws and limits to where you can unhitch your wagon.

Enter Harvest Hosts.

Harvest Hosts is an online membership platform where you pay to have access to over 1,500 locations like wineries, farms, and breweries.

The program works like this:

You activate your membership. We paid just $79 for a year.

When you want to stay at a Harvest Hosts location, you reserve your 24 hours stay using their website.

When you arrive at your destination, you purchase something from the hosting venue, like a bottle of wine or a case of beer or a jar of honey.

You leave the following day with a new item and a good night’s sleep!

We love this solution for when we have a long drive from one campground to the next and just really need a place to rest before driving another long stretch. We get to camp safely, and we get to support a small business. There’s a suggested spending amount of $20, which is still significantly less expensive than a KOA or traditional campsite.

Most recently, we stayed at Tom’s Farm in Tennessee, and grabbed some incredible honey on our overnight stay.

There’s nothing better than getting to see a new town, not from a curated campground with other travelers just passing through, but from the perspective of the growers and farmers who live there, day in and day out.

If you want to try out a not-so-scary version of Boondocking, Harvest Hosts is perfect for you!