Do Campgrounds and RV Parks Earn a Travel Bonus?
Campgrounds usually count as travel
A campground or RV park rings up under a campground-and-trailer-park category that most broad travel cards include in their travel bonus, alongside hotels, airfare, and car rentals. So a card that rewards all travel typically earns its higher rate on a reservation. Check how your card defines the category in what a travel credit card covers.
When you only get the base rate
Some premium cards reserve their top travel multiplier for flights and hotels booked directly or through the issuer portal, and treat everything else as ordinary spending. On those cards a campground may earn only the base rate. A card with a simple, all-travel bonus is friendlier to camping and other off-the-beaten-path travel, much like Airbnb and Vrbo.
National and state park fees
Entrance fees paid directly to the National Park Service or a state agency often code as a government service rather than travel, so they may not earn the travel bonus even when your campground does. If you camp often, a broad travel card plus a good flat-rate card for the odd government fee covers both cases. Value points at a flat 1 cent when you compare.
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