Pick a route, then change anything that's different for your trip. The calculator uses the same line items, rates and sources as our Real Cost pages and shows a low–high range for the whole trip. With the default settings it gives the same totals as the matching cost page. Flights are not included.
Your estimate
$2,000–$5,800
estimate [A]
Included: rental, miles, fuel, campgrounds, park entry, kits and fees, insurance, taxes, airport ↔ depot transfers. Not included: flights, hotel nights, activities and permits, the refundable deposit (money at pickup ↓), damage charges.
The link holds every input. Send it to whoever you travel with: it opens with the same numbers. Your last inputs also stay in this browser.
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Low = cheapest reasonable choices; high = peak rates with every fee. Most trips land in between. The headline is rounded to the nearest $100; the table shows each line and the exact sum.
These are estimates [A] built from published price guides, a fleet fee sheet, NPS and Recreation.gov fees, and AAA fuel averages, all checked 2026-10-27. They are not a live quote. Prices change; get two or three real quotes for your dates before you book.
How the calculator works
- Rental: the cost page's range for your route and vehicle, turned into a daily rate × your days. The season setting uses the lower half (off-peak), the middle (shoulder) or the upper half (peak) of that range. That split is our assumption [A]; RVshare says peak season costs 30–50% more than off-season.
- Mileage and fuel: $0 if miles are unlimited, otherwise $0.39 a mile (fleet example). Fuel = miles ÷ mpg × AAA state averages for the route (checked 2026-10-27); the high end for a campervan assumes diesel.
- Campgrounds: the cost page's nightly range × nights. Low = park sites from Recreation.gov, high = private RV parks with hookups [A].
- Park entry and the pass check: US residents pay per vehicle ($35 each at Zion, Bryce Canyon and Grand Canyon, for example) or $80 for the annual pass. Visitors from outside the US pay the vehicle fee plus $100 per person (16+) at Zion, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Rocky Mountain, or $250 for the Non-Resident Annual Pass, which covers everyone in one private vehicle. The calculator works out both for your group and route and uses the cheaper one for the low and the high end; the Pass check box shows the sum. Arches, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef charge no surcharge. Rules as published for 2026 (sources).
- Kits, insurance, taxes: fleet kits ($50 prep, $125 vehicle kit, $75 per person, $8 a night for the generator), $25–40 a day of cover for a campervan and $30–50 for a Class C, local rental tax plus a 10–12% marketplace service fee.
- Transfer and one-way: taxi or rideshare between the airport and the depot, both ways [A — not checked]. One-way fees come from the Cruise America chart ($350–750).
- Save and share: the page address changes as you type, so a bookmark or the Copy link to this estimate button brings back the same trip. Your last inputs are also kept in this browser (local storage, never sent to us; Reset to route defaults deletes them). Details in our privacy policy.
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All five cost breakdowns: Las Vegas loop · Yellowstone & Grand Teton (includes the Bozeman option) · Arches & Canyonlands · Phoenix → Grand Canyon · Rocky Mountain.
Sources for “Money at pickup”
- [P1] Cruise America — Client Essential Notes, departures 2026 (PDF, “Summer 2026, Winter 2026/27”): $500 refundable deposit by credit card ($1,000 for departures from CA, NV, WA, OR and UT from August 26 to September 1, 2026), $50 prep fee and $9.95 environmental fee payable locally, Colorado Road Safety Fee $5.34 a day for the first 30 nights (Denver), kits $125 and $75 per person, generator $8 a day or $3.50 an hour, local sales tax collected at departure, $0.39 a mile, $25 an hour late return, at least a quarter tank at departure — assets.cruiseamerica.com (PDF) (checked 2026-10-28)
- [P2] Outdoorsy Help Center — What is the security deposit? (host sets it, $500 minimum, $1,500 for a Class A, recommended $500–1,500, hold 2 days before, released 7 days after) and RV Protection Package Terms of Service, effective April 11, 2026 (deposit applied to the deductible first) — support.outdoorsy.com (checked 2026-10-28)
- [P3] RVshare — Terms of Service, last updated August 26, 2026 (owner-set deposit held 48 hours before, Security Deposit Waiver) — rvshare.com/terms-of-service (checked 2026-10-27)
- [P4] Outdoorsy Help Center — international travellers (3% foreign transaction fee) and Verified Driver ($25 a night for drivers aged 21–24) — support.outdoorsy.com (checked 2026-10-27; full references on our From abroad page)
- [P5] Cruise America — RV rental FAQs ($300 reservation down payment), as cited on our airport pickup page (checked 2026-10-27)
[A] marks our own arithmetic: the 3% on the rental line, the totals in each column, and the advice on card room.
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