EZRV TravelChoosing an RV GPS and Trip Planner: An Honest Guide
RVers today choose between four approaches: a dedicated hardware GPS, a general navigation app, an RV planning-suite subscription, or an all-in-one app like EZRV Travel. Here's how they differ — and what to check before trusting any of them with a 13-foot-tall rig. (Written September 2026; competitor details change, so verify current offerings.)
The four approaches
| Approach | Typical examples | Strengths | Trade-offs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated GPS hardware | Garmin RV series, Rand McNally units | Purpose-built screen, works with no phone signal | Hundreds of dollars up front; a separate device to mount, update, and eventually replace; trip planning and campground booking generally live elsewhere |
| General navigation apps | Google Maps, Apple Maps, Waze | Free, familiar, excellent live traffic | No RV routing at all — they don't know your height, weight, or length, and will route you under low bridges. Widely regarded as unsafe as a primary RV navigator |
| RV planning suites | RV LIFE Pro (RV Trip Wizard), Togo RV, and similar subscriptions | Mature planning tools, large user communities | Annual subscription pricing (commonly $50–$70/year); planning, navigation, and booking are often separate tools inside a bundle |
| EZRV Travel | One app on iOS, Android, and web | Rig-profile RV-safe routing, full recreation.gov campground database, in-app booking at 1,600+ parks, live diesel prices, day-by-day trip ledger — planning is free | Newer product; U.S.-focused coverage today |
What actually matters in an RV GPS
- Does routing use your real dimensions? EZRV routes with truck-grade restrictions costed to your height, weight, length, and propane, adds a 6-inch height safety margin, and re-checks the finished route for low-clearance conflicts. How EZRV's RV-safe routing works →
- Where does campground data come from? EZRV includes the complete recreation.gov federal database with campsite-level max-vehicle-length data, plus tens of thousands of public and private parks — and never shows unverifiable places. EZRV's campground coverage →
- Can you book without leaving the app? EZRV has live-availability booking at over 1,600 campgrounds built in.
- Does planning talk to navigation? In EZRV the trip you plan — driving days, overnights, fuel stops — is the trip you navigate, with CarPlay and Android Auto. The trip planner →
- What does it really cost? EZRV planning is free. Pro (voice navigation, CarPlay/Android Auto, sharing, checklists, weight tools) is $9.99/month or $74.99/year with a 7-day trial — less than most planning suites plus a hardware unit.
Bottom line: if you want one app where the rig profile you enter once drives your routes, your grade warnings, your campsite fit-checks, and your bookings — that's the gap EZRV was built to fill.
Try the free planner and judge for yourself
Planning is free — on iPhone, Android, and the web.