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Check out Freagle. Freagle is like couchsurfing, instead of your couch you can offer your backyard, barn...
It's not wild camping per se but it is trying to fill the gap between the illegal wild camping and the normal camp site. And indeed, not so many hosts available. Still worth a try.
My own experience with wild camping in Germany is positive if you ...
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In general wild camping is illegal in Germany.
However I could find where you can do it, but not for free. Trekiking-pfalz.de offers 10 camping places for up to 6 tents, the price for one tent is 10 EUR / night. You're allowed to stay on one place only for a night and then you have to move along. On their website there are some recommended routes, and there ...
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According to this page wild camping is illegal in Germany, but what is allowed is "overnight parking".
The distinction is that overnight parking just means you are parking in a regular parking lot and not setting up a table outside your vehicle or anything similar.
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It is possible, but not legal.
Other questions have already addressed the illegality of wild camping in Germany, and offer some alternatives if you don't want to violate the law.
However, if you're in a remote place, high up in the mountains, or otherwise in a place where people do not pass by, and you are very well-behaved, the chances of being caught may ...
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WorldWide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) is the only way I know of to stay for free somewhere other than couch surfing. This might be what the Romanian you met used. I'm not familiar with Korea's program specifically, and all WWOOF farms vary depending on the host, but they may be able to help you arrange free accommodations and meals in exchange for ...
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Wild camping is permissible as long as you maintain a respectful distance from homes etc, but in some places it might difficult to find good spots to put up a tent close to the road. Based on my experience, the best spots are found taking side roads a little bit off the main ring road. Near populated areas you can usually find official camping sites (check ...
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National Forests generally allow "dispersed camping" without any fee. Exact rules may vary from place to place, but typically you may camp anywhere you want on Forest Service land, as long as it is at least 100 feet (or some such distance) from a road, trail, or water source. You can normally park your car anywhere along a Forest Service road as long as ...
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AFAIK almost every forest/unoccupied land in Germany is private property and therefore legally off-limits.
But I have often camped wild as resident with tent in Germany and never ever experienced problems. Conditions:
You are camping in a forest which is really big enough. Noone likes uninvited
campers in direct vicinity. An option is to ask a farmer if ...
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OK, this question is for the gas bottle, the other one was for the camping stove.
For the gas bottle, it's clearly no.
Prohibited Items on TSA.gov
Check the website of any airline and i think you will find it in the list of things you can't take.
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What are the parking rules in Germany to park a car or camper for 2 or 3 days in neighborhoods in these places? Just in some regular street with houses.
As uncovery wrote: officially you're only allowed to spend a single night, and only if it's necessary to restore your fitness as a driver. In a "regular street", you risk complaints.
Ideally, what ...
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There are not many camping sites, but there are some in Germany and some in the Netherlands. I would assume that neither of them have big problems in English, but if you want to make sure, you might want to pick one of these two:
camping de hei which is specializing in bikers, they take cars of course too
camping klein vink which has a very good ...
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I have never heard of gear specifically designed to air travel. But on the other hand all good hiking/camping gear is designed to be light and compact, as one has to carry it on his own back in a backpack which has limited space. And usually the more high end, the lighter it gets, due more advanced materials used. I'm giving entry level examples from one of ...
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I would not do this. I would rather buy some bread and prepare sandwiches every morning and take them in a backpack, together with some drinks. When you are hungry, you can stop wherever you want and eat your sandwiches. There are enough places in Val Thorens where you can get a fresh baguette in the morning. You can even by your sausages, cheese, jam, etc ...
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These people selling this pop-up shade tent claimed it's "a pop up tent that we carried on jet 2 as handluggage".
So the next question is - does it have pegs.
And from GoPlanetGo, we can confirm that indeed, it comes with pegs.
So to answer your question, yes, Jet2 does allow tents with pegs onboard as hand luggage / carry-on. However, sometimes this ...
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First of all: is it legal?
Well, I have never heard about such problems too. Regarding Chornogora - yep, it is a kind of national park, there are even some official fees at some entrances, but all camping activities are pretty much allowed. The only places you may have legal problems at are country borders (like Marmarosy chain) - usually you have to ...
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The answer to my own question will not deal with all issues mentioned, but because there are no other answers I'd like to share my experiences.
I wasn't personally camping in Georgia, but I met people that were camping and I saw people camping.
Georgia still has an underdeveloped tourist base, most of the sleeping places are in hotels (big cities) and ...
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I own Red Deer Log Cabins, in Madawaska. The location is about a 20 minute drive from the east gate on highway 60. On a quiet sideroad, and a beautiful west facing waterfront with a sand beach, my place is often used as an affordable base camp for those wanting to spend time in Algonquin Park. Please check my site. You can find reviews on TripAdvisor.
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Camping is always an option and is easy enough, but it may not be what you consider "similar" to roofed accommodation.
Other than the ranger cabins your other option appears to be one of the three lodges in the park:
Arowhon Pines Resort
Bartlett Lodge
Killarney Lodge
All three are inside the park, just off Highway 60.
Other than that, Tripadvisor has ...
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Based on my experience doing 2 RV trips of 2/3 weeks length in Australia and Canada:
Where you're allowed to stay varies from place to place - in national/provincial parks you're definitely only allowed to stay at designated campsites (and there is a difference between "day" campsites and sites where you can stay overnight). The same is true inside towns. ...
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I intended to write a comment, but don't see the link to make one so I'm writing this as an answer instead.
This question actually seems like an umbrella topic concerning RV parking facilities in different provinces of Canada. I've been doing a little research on the same topic since I've similar plans. Me and my friends are occupied with the financial ...
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I find it highly unlikely any company would develop gear that would accept performance compromises for the specific purpose of airline-friendliness. For myself, I want camping equipment designed for camping and I want travel equipment designed for travel. When I've done serious treks far from home, as in Tanzania and New Zealand, I'll rent gear at my ...
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Well, my friends and I did our trip... it was a blast, but a ton of driving. We also planned too many events in such a short amount of time, so a lot of things seemed rushed. Either way, we were not disappointed. Not really sure how to give this as an answer, so I'll just give the major attractions we did.
Loved
Yale, which is a beautiful campus
The ...
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Gorilla Tracking is an exhausting activity and one should be physically fit to enjoy gorilla trekking. Skilled guides will accompany groups but no porters are available to carry personal belongings and the minimum age is fifteen years. Anyone with signs of communicable disease like cough or runny nose will not be allowed to trek.
While ownership of a ...
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EQUIPMENT CHOICE:
As other people already suggested, you should choose your camping equipment as light as possible. I would go for trekking tent or two (you can find 4-people models weighing around 4kg), quality dawn sleeping bags have the best weight/warmth ratio, and ultralight inflatable mats are most reasonable for sleeping (I use this Thermarest ...
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You would probably take CA-1 from SF all the way down to Los Angeles. I'm not sure if you can just sleep on the beach, but there are towns with motels along the way. You can probably find a place to stay in Monterey, San Louis Obispo and Santa Barbara along the way. There are also camping sites in Big Sur.
From Los Angeles to San Diego its all ...
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You will probably struggle. Rural areas such as this in the UK aren't known for long opening hours or 24h-style service. 8am on a Sunday may be difficult, although by 9am you might have more options. Your best bet would be to call a few places - I wouldn't trust any online information you find on a third-party site, and cafes are quite likely not to have a ...
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As well as the regular RV parks, a number of box stores in Canada will allow you to park for free. Walmart is well-known for this, but their official policy is that it is at the discretion of the individual stores. Some municipalities have been cracking down on this by forcing the stores to have permits.
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The main alternative would be to stay in hostels, bed&breakfast accomodations or hotels. It's much more comfortable, but also more expensive and requires some planning, at least if you're going through sparsely populated areas.
Some countries (especially in Europe) have designated long-distance bike trails, and along them you'll typically find so many ...
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I think best way to get this informations is ask the consuls this country in your country (it is good because he/she probably speak in your language and know this regulations).
A few years ago I was traveling in Balkans (Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia) and I slept in such a places which owners for sure don't register me. When your are going by car just look ...
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Having a bike and a tent, ring at some house, explain that you're traveling by bicycle and ask if you can put your tent in their garden.
It's possible that they invite you to sleep over at their house, propose a dinner and/or use their shower.
There are also hospitality networks, like
warmshowers.org dedicated to cyclists
couchsurfing.org
bewelcome.org
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