RV FEATURE
CHEAPER FUEL
1. Take advantage of your fuel discount schemes. Whether it’ s your favourite grocery store chain, your state motor vehicle club membership or any number of fuel discount schemes, find out what you have and take advantage of them. You’ ll be surprised at how much you can save. For instance, some fuel station chains will accept multiple discounts per transaction. I recently saved nearly $ 30 filling up our Land Cruiser by combining Woolworth’ s and RACV discounts and applying accumulated Woolworths savings at the same time.
Many large caravans designed for off-grid camping have three large water tanks. There’ s no need to fill them if you don’ t need the water.
How much gear do you really need to carry?
I remember thinking this was expensive. If only.
2. Use fuel tracking apps and websites like Petrol Spy and FuelMap Australia to find the cheapest fuel in the area. Seriously, you would be very surprised by the difference there is between fuel stations, all literally within walking distance of each other. While researching for this article, I noticed a difference of up to 50 cents per litre in the price of diesel in many cities and even remote towns across Australia.
3. Ask the park manager. If you’ re staying in a caravan park, have a chat to the park manager about where to find the cheapest fuel. Sometimes they may have an arrangement where park guests can get a discount on fuel at a particular fuel station in town, or they may know where the locals go to get their fuel. You lose nothing by asking.
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