Accommodation - Free camping versus all other

[DickyBeach]

When we set off on our RTW trip (mid 2013 hopefully) we’ll have our own very comfortable accommodation and which I expect we’ll use extensively in lots of Central & S/America, Africa, and Asia, and I presume (= hope) that lots of the time we can basically “pull up and camp” somewhere rather than have to go into what we call in Oz a “Caravan Park”.

I also imagine that in the USA the opposite will apply and we’d mostly have to go to Trailer Parks. And as for Europe, well, we very recently lived in Switzerland for 3 years and think we have a pretty good feel for the options in Western Europe. Eastern Europe is an unknown though.

Having said all this, however, we will frequently opt to stay with locals in B&Bs / Pensions etc for how else can one really get close to the feel of the place. And I'm sure the boss will regularly want to stay in a hotel with a proper shower etc.

Nevertheless, I would like to ask of those 4wd-ers who have travelled with on-board accommodation, what proportion of their trip saw them staying in Free-Camping vs Caravan Parks vs B&Bs vs Mud-Huts/Yurts etc vs Hotels/Motels etc. If replies could be broken down by Continent then that would be even more helpful.

With thanks,
DickyBeach