cell phone?

[John From Detroit]

i can make reservations with a garmin?

A good question which I see has been answered.
But add to that Can I call 9-1-1 when there is an emergency
Can I call a tow-truck when the rig breaks down or I get a flat
Can... Well Do I have communictions when "Stuff" happens?

Of course as a Ham Radio operator who's office phone WAS 9-1-1 I kind of think along those lines.

 

[anon125]

thanks all. we dont expect to have a smart phone.

 

[Kirk]

we dont expect to have a smart phone.

Will you have any type of cell phone? We have a friend who uses a dumbphone and they are still available if you prefer them. The majority of dumbphones sell for less than $100.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

And a basic smart phone can be had for under $100 as well. And a low cost monthly subscription if you are only using it occasionally.

You don't have to have a mobile phone, smart or dumb, but there are a lot of reasons that it's a handy thing to have available. Emergency contact from others, emergency services for yourselves, and making reservations as you travel, to name a few. No, your aren't required to have your nose stuck to the screen at all times.

 

[Kirk]

There are also come very inexpensive cell plans.​

 

[anon125]

check cell phone plans in BC Canada!
and phone prices!

 

[John From Detroit]

Today it is hard to find a cell phone that is not a "Smart Phone".
Perhaps the Jitterbug (not sure) but they all have some level of "Smart"

 

[CharlesinGA]

I realize that a smart phone is not needed for camping, but sometime it saves the bacon. On my trip in May, we had stopped at the Black River Falls rest stop on I-94 in Wisconsin. The next morning, I asked Steve if he was willing to make 550 miles that day, to the Crab Orchard Lake National Wildlife Refuge at Carbondale Illinois. We didn't make reservations because we were not sure where we would wind up. Well, we made it to the NWR campground, found nice lakefront sites, and the host's trailer was about 100 ft away. Basically she told us we had to get the reservation BEFORE we could even back into the sites. So we both stood there by our trucks and used the smart phones to make reservations. I missed the senior discount because its the LAST thing you do, and not the first (card number already on file in the account).

Anyhow we had a good night there despite waking up to severe thunderstorms approaching, but they missed us.
I tried to get them to stay another day, but they had "get home itis" and wanted to get home the next day.

Without a smart phone, what we did would have been much more difficult, having to drive back to the office (or miles down the road) to find a wifi and pulling out the laptop to get online.

Charles

 

[jymbee]

You don't have to have a mobile phone, smart or dumb, but there are a lot of reasons that it's a handy thing to have available. Emergency contact from others, emergency services for yourselves...

In the case of many emergency circumstances a cell phone can quite literally be a life saver-- for you we well as others.

All other uses IMO fall into the category of "convenience".

 

[John From Detroit]

Basically she told us we had to get the reservation BEFORE we could even back into the sites. So we both stood there by our trucks and used the smart phones to make reservations.

Done that myself a time or three.

 

[Larry N.]

Basically she told us we had to get the reservation BEFORE we could even back into the sites.

Colorado State Parks has gone that route now, too. I suspect it's more and more common.