RV parking or overnight camping at Walmart is undoubtedly convenient. It`s free, it`s safe and everything you need is nearby. This is a great respite from the road and saves you time and money on the way to your destination! Oh, have you looked at workamping or wheeled workers? Here you work in a campsite in exchange for living there. This may be the perfect option for you! Call local campsites or search for deals on the internet. In general, if you use common sense, you`re safe when Walmart parks an RV overnight. Today, the retail giant has more than 5,000 stores in the United States, more than half of which are known to park at night. The best way to make sure you`re legally staying in a Walmart parking lot is to call the Walmart in question and ask a manager for permission to stay. It is always the best policy. You may be wondering if overnight Walmart parking is really allowed. The answer is YES! But there are caveats.
Anyone who can read these words should understand what it means to «not camp.» Park your platform (respectful!), turn off your slide(s) only when absolutely necessary, don`t put down your jacks (this could damage the asphalt), grab some treats from the store and get on your RV and relax and get a quiet night`s sleep. Don`t invite your neighbors to drink wine and make a campfire in the parking lot. You can do this at the nearest campsite you frequent. Walmarts are for sleeping – not entertaining or anything else. Walmart Camping is only available for one night and one night. If you don`t see any other RVs or RVs, park at the back or on the other side of the property. Away from the shop and general parking and away from traffic. In today`s article, we`ll come back to the question, «Can you camp in a Walmart parking lot?» and give you a real and honest answer to that question (which we hear and read year after year).
In addition, we give some tips on how we can all accept friendly invitations from the parking lot during the night so that all travelers benefit from them. AND the offers that come our way. You can set the Allstays filter to show you which Walmarts allow overnight stays and which don`t. Once you tap on the Walmart that allows travelers to stay overnight, you`ll see the exact address, a phone number (to get explicit permission), and reviews from other travelers who have stayed there. Reviewers may say they enjoyed a quiet stay and a deli fried chicken, or they may say it was impossible to sleep with all the noise, they didn`t feel safe, they were asked by security or police to move, or anything in between. We`ve been to Walmarts several times and include them in our routine on long days of travel. We always have dinner there (I love the chicken they have there LOL) and pick up everything we need from the bed or truck. When planning, we use Allstays with our RV travel assistant to determine where to stop for gas and overnight stays. Allstays is great because it shows «red» (can`t stay there) and «yellow» (ok to stay there) on your route. We also call Walmart for review, unless we already see multiple RVs, and then we sometimes talk to management inside to be safe and show them our gratitude and respect.
We also call and thank Walmart when we leave. One last thing, we`ve always had a good experience at Walmart. The Wandering Webster Camping4TheKingdom It`s the people who ruin it for everyone when they get caught/see/are a nuisance/scare customers/or look like they live there (i.e. doing complete vehicle repairs, leaving garbage, «setting up camp», etc.). This can be done in an acceptable way if they are always on the move and do not stay more than one night in a given month. Phil, attached is a screenshot showing that FreeRoam actually listed Walmarts on them, as well as other types of overnight stays. Here`s a YouTube video showing how to use the different filters on FreeRoam to find Walmarts and all sorts of other things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=73n9LpZYbCw Allstays is available on the web and as an app on the Apple App Store. They offer a number of different apps to help all travelers of all kinds find places on the road where they can sleep, stay, camp, shop, eat, drink coffee, refuel, and more. But overnight parking at Walmart is free and easy, without reservation, which is why it`s my favorite quick-stop option when traveling long distances.
It`s not so much that some Walmart store managers don`t want you to park on their property overnight, but that there are other issues that are causing them problems. One of the beauties of camping at Walmart is the nearby access to hot food.