Full-Time RV Nomad Finds Big Hidden Expense Traveling the East Coast EZPayNY Cashless Tolls by Mail

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Have any of you traveled through the Eastern U.S. in an RV or Campervan lately? If you have, you've seen the cashless toll booths EVERYWHERE. Last year, I traveled from the Midwest up to New York, into Canada and back down through Michigan. On that trip I went through dozens of cashless toll areas and six months later I'm STILL getting bills in the mail! As a nomad, getting your mail in a timely fashion can be tricky - but I do get my mail righty away and I still got late fines in the EZPayNY toll by mail system.
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@susanwilson5008 26 дней назад

Better solution....set Google maps to avoid toll roads. Alternate roads have never let me down. Always passable. Maybe a little more distance, but saves the headache paying the toll bill. Cost of the extra gas avoiding tolls evens out. I'm all about the scenic route anyway.

@CreativityRV 26 дней назад

YES!! thank you! I forgot to say that

@vinnydabarber 26 дней назад

@@CreativityRV As long as Google maps are up to date right?

@robertaj3767 26 дней назад

AMEN! Plus, you keep your privacy about where you are…

@suzy1750 26 дней назад

Thank you, good idea.

@highsierrasun 26 дней назад

Remember Charles Kuralt.? Backroads of America? That is the way to go if possible.

@anniesshenanigans3815 26 дней назад

"the troll that lives under the bridge". LOL love that!!!

@Roobah 23 дня назад

That troll living above the bridge, taking photos of you from overhead

@Tina.Lucille 26 дней назад

Just as cashless tolls started I drove thru Maryland, I didn't actually drive on the toll road but next to it. I got dinged, months later they sent me ONE bill with a late fee. I think it was a $2 toll that turned into $35. I called them, disputed it and ended up only paying the $2 on a road I was not even on. I do have an NY Ez-Pass, so if I was actually on the road it would have charged it. It's a horrible system, not only tracking our movements but gouging us to death. Thank you so much!

@orbyjett2864 25 дней назад

Seems illegal, must be something we can do

@kenstogie 20 дней назад

The game is rigged my friend....@@orbyjett2864

@nomadicam 18 дней назад

California finally said they couldn't drive up the tolls after non payment. I had several that went up to $200 before that. Real problem for people who don't get mail regularly.

@carlapierle8623 26 дней назад

A few months ago my husband got a bill from the Texas Authority Toll system for $5.00 with a picture of the license plate. Keep in mind his truck is new and doesn't even have enough miles on it to have driven from Indiana to Texas and back. Anyway, even though the license plate NUMBER was the same as my husband's, the COUNTY number was different from my husband's. This is when we discovered that Indiana doles out duplicate license plate numbers as long as they're issued in separate counties. He had to make numerous calls to get this straightened out and hopefully he DID get it straightened out because my biggest fear is we'll get a monster bill as you have described. I absolutely HATE this cashless toll system because it can be RIDDLED with errors such as this.

@TheRealdal 18 дней назад

That’s the stupidest thing, issuing the same license number in different counties. Boy, they never thought that out too good. People travel 😂

@carlapierle8623 18 дней назад

@@TheRealdal Agree!!!

@kitefan1 16 дней назад

@@TheRealdal And it's not like there is a shortage of numbers. We still have short width plates compared to the UK>

@AcmeRacing 5 дней назад

Traffic camera tickets turn due process on its head. You're guilty until you can prove yourself innocent.

@catlink8998 26 дней назад

I've had an EZ pass transponder for years. Before a trip that will involve tolls I look at the rates on my routes and get an estimate of the total & then make a deposit to my account. Have not had any issues but I don't tow anything. It's ridiculous that anyone would think you would fake an interview. You are probably the most reliably honest person who posts nomad content. I hope your friend doesn't feel uncomfortable doing the follow-up interview. Personally, I don't think those questioners deserve "proof". She shared valuable info & people can utilize it or not as they see fit.

@kathleenbueter1272 25 дней назад

You are so right. It seems we live in a very nasty society these days, for everyone is opinionated regardless of the fax.

@BlackMan614 22 дня назад

Exactly. I got an EZ Pass transponder thru WV Parkways for a one-time $25 deposit. Saves me so much money across the country. How do a person who travels NOT know about EZPass???

@Beezer.D.B. 13 дней назад

⁠@@BlackMan614- Admittedly, I don’t travel a lot yet, but I do travel and I didn’t even know there were so many tolls in so many places!! Just the few that have recognizable names that everyone has heard of.

@charmoneymaker4418 8 дней назад

@BlackMan614 Do you have to go in and add money to your account before you travel? Or do you log a credit card for them to automatically charge?

@catlink8998 8 дней назад

@@charmoneymaker4418 I'm not sure if you can have automatic deposits made. I use it rarely so I keep a very low balance in the EZ pass account. So b4 a trip where I will be on toll roads I research and estimate the tolls and deposit the amount in the account. You can log when traveling but I've found tolls charged do not always show up immediately. I don't want to pay penalties so I try to make sure I have enough funds in the EZ Pass account.

@misshelloareyouthere 26 дней назад

THANKS for the toll WARNING tip.

@jiml1696 26 дней назад

Originally from Texas so I have a toll tag that works in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. For the seventeen East Coast States, I picked up an EZ-Pass transponder in Florida. I didn't mount it, but keep it in my center console, and when needed set it on my dash. I have had no issues in over four years of travel. There is a small charge for the transponder and they have a credit card on file they use when my available balance drops below like $20. I never have to log into the account in anticipation of using the service. Great video recommending way of reducing unnecessary stress on the road.

@JB-hz4pu 26 дней назад

Be ware. Toll Tag in TX reached an agreement with FL to handle charges on a Toll Tag. If you have both you may have issues. Don't know but I have turned off my Toll Tag.

@jiml1696 26 дней назад

@@JB-hz4pu Thanks for the warning, I will keep an eye on it. It looks like the one you are referring to is out of the Dallas Area called NTTA. Mine is out of Houston which does not yet link to Florida, but it could happen any time.

@quiltr141 26 дней назад

New York State got us too last year.

@car2nerr 25 дней назад

Along with NYC avoid the Chicago skyway. Very expensive crappy road

@MamaBaer54 25 дней назад

I got two bills for bridges that I went over one NY and RI. I also drove on the Maine Turnpike but they still had manned booths.

@sarahharris-prewett8035 26 дней назад

Tolls are Trolls ! Happy Mother's Day 🎉!

@CreativityRV 26 дней назад

You too!

@SpykersB 26 дней назад

😱 your the only utuber who's talked about this, had no idea! Haven't traveled the states yet but been planning on it. Thx! 🍻

@JB-hz4pu 26 дней назад

Breakdown and get an EZPass transponder. Yeah you have to keep a small balance but it saves a lot of the hassles you describe plus the hassle of prepay. You also get emailed monthly statements. That said, last fall I headed south to FL from MA (with my transponder) and was totally beat up by the toll authorities. There were 2 charges on my EZPass that made it look like I was charged $54 to cross the Deleware Memorial Bridge so I went into attack mode on their customer service and all they could say was "that is the rate". Over our 3+ week spat I noticed that $40 something was to cross NJ from NYC to the bridge (outrageous price and a crime itself as that is the regular toll without fines or fees) and the bridge was $10. Some weeks later I get a notice that they did charge me the wrong rate and it should have only been $30 something to cross a small bit of NJ. Go figure. Challange any charges in the North East. Same trip I touched a small corner of DE. I get a notice that my EZPass wasn't read and I owe $6 in tolls. However, they also wanted to charge me over $75 for reading my plate and billing me. Most states charge a couple of dollars to bill your plate but not the North East. It took several weeks and my snail mailing them a lot of information to clear this issue. Get an EZPass but still scour and challenge your billings. Love your channel!

@ma1539ry 26 дней назад

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@roadtripwarriors7458 26 дней назад

Great Video Robin! We use a Garmin RV GPS and just set it to avoid tolls. We live in FL and have never paid any tolls. Sometimes when traveling to areas that you may not be familiar with, you do need to be careful that your route does not take you TOO far out of your way. So far, after putting over 17,000 miles on our rig in 1 1/2 years, we have successfully avoided the vast majority of tolls without issue (and we also avoid the issue of the huge fines imposed if we miss a payment). Safe travels!

@journeythru-n-c 19 дней назад

We only travel in North Carolina, which does have tolls, but they are mostly in areas we'll rarely drive through most of the time...and I program the GPS to avoid tolls.

@amydelpiere9315 26 дней назад

I live in Michigan where we don’t have tolls. This sounds like a nightmare and doesn’t encourage travel along the east coast.

@andersonadilson5875 26 дней назад

I just traveled from the Midwest to Maine and back in a new van with dealer plates still on. I was not sure how the toll system would react so I avoided all toll roads. I drove slower on the side roads, made better fuel economy, and enjoyed the view. If you are not in a rush, slow down and take the side roads. Avoid the tolls.

@Roobah 23 дня назад

Smart idea! Dealer plates would have definitely been put into a commercial category, and even more expensive. Even if it was just a passenger car.

@deedieducati2272 26 дней назад

This is good info for ANYONE who travels in those areas with just an automobile! Always check in advance if there are toll roads along your route and if you're passing a bunch of them, write down the date & time you went through. If you're not paying attention, they could over-charge you and you wouldn't know it.

@Galen_G 26 дней назад

Part of the plan to keep us from moving around. Make it as difficult as possible. The system needs to work for us, not against.

@CreativityRV 26 дней назад

I just don't think they consider us. They just think about the revenue

@lmlowe9100 26 дней назад

Why? What purpose would that serve?

@rhondalyn100 26 дней назад

@@lmlowe9100 Control the movement, control the people. It is all about control.

@pamelaklemp5615 24 дня назад

There is (allegedly) truth in your comment. Movement of people into and out of metro areas EQUALS transfer of revenues (profits) from one area to the next. The longer any Metro or Municipality can retain you as "theirs" they know you'll spend your dollars there. Gas, Groceries, Showers, Restaurants, Hotels, Shopping, etc., are pretty much assumed by the Metro Areas that retained you the longest. Local budgeting by City and County Planners swear by it. As do the Police, Fire and EMT budgeting bean counters. A for people Movement restrictions they, too, are everywhere yet go unseen by most of the population. There is a strong 💪 reasoning why the US 🇺🇸 has almost ZERO large plazas for public gathering outside of the occasional special events venues. Even the EU AND UK 🇬🇧 are beginning to be a lot more restrictive about Public movement and Public gatherings. 😥 Sad but seemingly true-life 😪 in our current cultures.

@kitefan1 16 дней назад

@@lmlowe9100 The government is full of people who think everyone should do things their way because it is the best. But in terms of toll cameras I think they get sold an imperfect technology so they do not have deal with employees to do that and a majority of drivers don't have problems. When I was a kid most organizations had maintenance people who kept their building interiors up. Nowadays it's all subcontracted out to cleaning firms. The organization just pays a bill.

@karenbickel1154 26 дней назад

We travel to see America. We stay off the interstates and toll roads. We find all kinds of hidden gems. We only travel interstates and tolls if it is an emergency. Happy travels!

@kitefan1 16 дней назад

Here in the Northeast there are not always reasonable alternative routes. There are some places where the highway/interstate was built on the older and only roads. If it's winter and you don't have excellent snow capability you need to stick to the main routes until the snow stops because the others will be less or not plowed. As a former resident of MA, I'd rather be in NH in a snowstorm. In some places you are going to sit in horrendous traffic on the side roads and bad traffic on the toll road. An example would be Mass Pike Extension and Route 9. Bring a nice playlist.

@janemuir3546 26 дней назад

We typically don't travel on the interstate, so we don't get these charges. Thanks for letting us know, so we will continue to avoid the interstates.

@marcbee1234 22 дня назад

Last June I drove from Southern California to Rhode Island and took a different route on the way back. I set the map both ways for no tolls and it was a great journey and no toll fees ever in the mail.

@juliebarnett9812 26 дней назад

This is why i set my GPS to avoid toll roads.

@margaretannhalleck1326 17 дней назад

I have E-ZPass transponder and about 8 years ago, got a bill and fine from PA saying I didn’t pay a toll. Thank goodness I had my Ezpass statement to prove I was charged…it took several phone calls to resolve this issue.

@laura3930 22 дня назад

I lived in fla. and kept getting bills of my license plate from California! Complain to your DOT, Mayor, State Representatives and Senate!

@colleencarr3470 26 дней назад

I had ez-pass but I bought the Uni-Pass ( 19 state ) transponder to help avoid this problem. This is also a pre-pay system. I think it’s sad that we have to pay $ to drive on any road since we already pay taxes. I have always thought to buy some land to have an actual address but that still doesn’t solve the problem when U R traveling.

@deborahcook4821 23 дня назад

This happened to me in 2021 on the way back to Iowa from Tennessee. I had no idea there wouldn't be an actual booth where you pay. The person I bought my RV called from, called me because she had gotten notice on the unpaid fee (RV was still in her name since I'd just purchased it.) Thankfully she called me but she already knew about these ridiculous late fees. These cities really need to start putting signs on these electronic toll booths!! I've seen a lot of them now but I've never seen one that has a sign on it. "APPROACHING ELECTRONIC TOLL" How hard would that be!! Geez!! They are always trying to stick us and now they can legally be so sneaky about it!!

@MsVintage61 26 дней назад

thanks for the info, my kids moved to Virginia and I live in CA, btw, we have a similar system in the SF Bay Area, they are everywhere!

@marthagaluszka8888 26 дней назад

On a trip to Delaware many years ago we decided to get an EZpass. It was a new concept then. We paid $25.00 for the bix to stick on the windshield or just lay it on the dash. All toll booth fees, that we go through in the NE states and others that are in the EZpass system, are deducted from that $25.00, until we use it up and then they automatically bill us for another $25.00 and it starts over. We haven't traveled much in the last two years so that $25.00 is just sitting there waiting. The monthly statements show how much "credit" is available. No hassles, no worries, no change cup in the console. Easy peasy, and never a late charge. The new overhead readers work perfectly. Just have to make sure the box is not blocked by anything else so it can be read.

@kitefan1 16 дней назад

Even if the box is blocked they have your plate recorded and you call and say hey, wha happen? And they fix it. The people with more than two axles seem to be having problems. With EZ - Pass they used to issue passes by axle so if you took the pass you had on your SUV and added a trailer they would get an error because part of the toll mechanism counted axles. I don't know how it works now.

@CF_in_SoCal 24 дня назад

I have a transponder for CA - keep in mind there are different systems Ez pass only covers certain states. Yeah I would just say avoid toll roads when you can. You can set it up online. But yeah be careful because you don’t always get billed. You sometimes have to visit the website if you don’t have a transponder. 😊

@Roobah 23 дня назад

I accidentally got on a toll road (I-70 in Colorado) and immediately got off at the very next exit a few miles down the road. That "ticket" cost me about $16.75, which I was expecting. I am very happy I did not stay on that road for one more second. AND, you get NO warning that an exit is your last chance to avoid a toll. I forgot to set my GPS to "no toll roads”. That was a costly mistake! Most of us nomads are more than willing to stay off toll roads and just explore side roads. (For me, I definitely avoid I-70-- CO and I-44-- OK, MO as much as possible)

@Sixbears 26 дней назад

I got caught towing a boat through NY and CT and it was darn pricey. Now I only travel on toll free roads. The exception was in FL. I had to use a toll road but the cameras couldn't read my boat trailer plate for some reason. No bills from FL.

@kristinstauffer 26 дней назад

Oh my gosh! We’re doing 3.5 weeks in the northeast this summer. I hadn’t even thought about tolls. I’m so glad I saw this video!

@nkynightowl 26 дней назад

We’ve gone through this twice driving from KY to ME and it was a huge hassle bc they were transitioning so sometimes they took cash and sometimes it was EZ pay or tolls by mail. Tons of signage that seemed to conflict, 800 numbers not answered. Didn’t plan on returning anytime soon so why do EZ pay? Then bills started rolling in. Finally got it straightened out. Got the transponder, went back to ME and money taken out of account directly. Seems like glitches fixed but probably should just pay ahead of time in future. I think this video was a good idea and helpful. I’m glad we weren’t the only ones trying to figure it out. If you are not used to prepaying tolls or getting a transponder, there is a learning curve…🧐

@ChristopherDavisDesloge 23 дня назад

Agree fully. On two occasions from CT to VA even with a transponder I got more tickets and fines than could keep up with. I decided to dispute each one pee their process. Most worked. Some continued to fine but ultimate all were reduced to just the toll which the EZ Pass had already paid. I think they know it’s broken. Especially in Maryland. Just fight and play the game. You’ll end up winning in the end.

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@sandragrissom4802 26 дней назад

Driving in Houston, got on a toll road by mistake, exited immediately within 100 feet or so and got a bill for $ 70 plus. Luckily, I was on company time, they paid. Have set my GPS to avoid tolls ever since.

@wandamusictube 17 дней назад

You are saying there is a toll rd in houston that its lowest toll is 70 bucks?

@kitefan1 16 дней назад

@@wandamusictube That's probably the fine for evading the toll.

@PuddinND 25 дней назад

Oh yes, I have experienced this. It was a nightmare. I now have a transponder since I know I am traveling to PA from MN on a yearly basis. It works well for me but I paid dearly through Illinois toll previously. Great informational video.

@gregscharf6384 26 дней назад

We travel often in all the purple states on your map. EZ pass properly mounted on the car’s windshield (behind the mirror where it does not obstruct vision) works flawlessly. In our EZ pass account we include the license plate number of our travel trailer and are billed for it only when we are towing. With a credit card deposit of $40 and automatic renewal when that runs out we never have to think of it. Problem solved for all those states. Texas is another matter!

@norme2681 26 дней назад

I got a EZ Pass transponder from Amazon set up an account with a $50 auto reboot been happy (well as much as you can be paying road Trolls) The transponder is the cheapest rate on the east coast. You can usually check a few minutes after going through the toll to make sure it paid the toll and how much.

@geegee9991 23 дня назад

I'm in Maine and pre-pay EZ-Pass. I check it online once a month to make sure it's topped up to $30 (I don't travel out of state very often.) You can set it up to automatically replenish your account. You save a lot if you use the pass (and don't incur any late fees!)

@wildhorsesrvadventures 26 дней назад

I'm originally from NJ & was aware of the toll system. So when we started to RV (we now live in Texas) I got an EZ Pass transponder so when we head to any of those states I just stick it on our windshield. They charge me $1 every month when I don't use it, but we figure it's worth it.

@JLTravels 26 дней назад

Yep, got slammed with fines cause of delays in mail - got EZPASS & Sunpass, but there are independent tolls too. Pain in the a**!

@CreativityRV 26 дней назад

Right? Thanks! It's not just me😅

@mollyturgess3153 26 дней назад

Why not just buy the ezpass if you're traveling in the Midwest to East Coast? Then you can pay as you go, not in advance.

@JLTravels 26 дней назад

@@CreativityRVand SCAMMERS are texting Sunpass holders trying to get them to pay via another platform - I blocked & reported them-a month later Sunpass sent out an email about possible scammers! Ugh 😩 we have to be super diligent!

@Liberal.Linda. 26 дней назад

@@mollyturgess3153They did. It's right there in their comment.

@mischiefroadtripadventures 26 дней назад

Open Roads (TSD Logistics) now has a universal tolltag that they manage for you $20 a year plus toll charges. So you can travel wherever and know that tolls will be paid. I haven't signed up for it yet but as soon as we have travel set for the East Coast, we will set it up.

@shelleynunn4427 26 дней назад

It's even worse then you said. I live in Virginia. Now they haveexpress lanes where the tolls change by how bad the traffic is recently it was 15 dollars and some change. It's to keep people from using those lanes during incidents . There are also speed cameras and red light cameras that you can get ticketed at. I know Kentucky has speed cameras where some folks got hefty fines.

@RedSpiralHandTV 26 дней назад

And people complain about the tolls in central Mexico...I think our two highest toll days were around $25 total for the day's drive. We paid there in pesos. Oh, and on the toll roads in Mexico your fee covers a type of road insurance where if you run out of gas, get a flat tire or have engine trouble the Green Angels will come and often handle it for free if it's simple. I think a certain number of miles of towing is also covered.

@LauriesThrive 21 день назад

I live in western New York. A few years ago the Lackawanna exit and enterance was not charging correctly so local people were ending up with hundreds of $ each month they had to pay it! Finally the local channels investigated it they got a refund

@CaminoTurtle 26 дней назад

Another Solution: While it might not always work, I found at some of the exits, there are toll booths with envelopes so you can report you didn't have a pass and you can mail in a payment. Thanks for a great video. This topic is so important because it isn't always possible to plan ahead and know about toll roads. Not all alternate routes are big-rig friendly since these alternate routes may have low clearances or weight limits.

@wroscel 26 дней назад

You don't have to be a resident to buy an EZ-Pass transponder so, as others have mentioned, go ahead and get one if you're traveling through the area more than once. Some states even sell them in vending machines in rest areas where the cost is applied immediately to the account balance. Check the different states and get one with no monthly fee even if idle - also some states only provide discounts to transponders issued in their state. There is also a multi-system transponder service that the truckers use, which will be read and bill accounts all across the country.

@christinecancel4386 26 дней назад

Ohhhhhh yes, I had this same exact problem when I went to New York. Except I just had a car and I knew nothing about these types of tolls. And like u, I didn't receive these on time. I was fined 130$ for 1 of the 6 that I got. I tried to fight it, but they basically laughed at me. I never want to go back to New York. I'm glad that you shared the pay ahead method. Like normal, your videos always help me and keep me going.

@gailjohnson6670 26 дней назад

Thank you for info and video. Blessings to you.

@kitefan1 16 дней назад

I got dinged for twice that when I had a rental car when I was going through NYC. I knew I went through an automatic gate but there wasn't anything I could do about it.

@BeerIndependence4All 26 дней назад

This has become a pet peeve of mine. They don't tell you how much the tolls are ahead of time, like the time we were suddenly surprised by a $15 toll on a bridge going into Chicago. No warning! They don't send bills in a timely manner either! We once got a letter from an attorney saying we owed a toll from PA... when we hadn't been there in over two years! They had the license number of our vehicle... that we sold two years prior as well! So it may have been legit, but I don't know. We went to PA earlier this year and took a familiar route... only to find that the 5-10 miles we were on the "expressway" cost us $15! That's way more than the gas used to drive that span and it's crazy! It didn't cost that much before... and we only went on the expressway because our GPS failed to take the "avoid tolls" route. Somebody needs to be accountable and these "systems" need to be revised... or just go back to regular manned toll booths. I suspect they won't since these states are making so much money on bogus fines. Our solution? We're taking surface streets from now on. We're in no hurry. LOL

@the_fry_way 26 дней назад

PA turnpike. We went in as a Class A with a tow vehicle and according to the rate chart our toll should have been under $10 bucks. We were classified Level 4. (Like most of us I don't understand the toll system) We spent the night at an Oasis (rest area) we had 24 hrs to get off the turnpike is how the operator told us. When we exited she said it showed we were a Level 5 and the charge was $107!! We got switched to an 18-wheeler. Haven't been back! LOL

@phyllissmith1105 26 дней назад

That happened to us in Texas. We even got a TXtag and still were getting late charges. It turns out that there was a glitch somewhere that didn't link our license to our TXtag, so it wasn't showing that we had any charges. Then we'd get a bill with a late fee because we only order our mail from Escapees once or twice a month. Now we have it on autopay, and it keeps a balance that the fees can be charged against, and also automatically adds more when needed. (and it is now linked to our TXtag).

@DMRSIX 26 дней назад

Last year we took a 3 month RV trip mostly up the East Coast. I feel your pain on all the cashless tolls. We have a sticks and bricks but it took 3-4 months to get all the outrageous tolls in the mail! Did I mention we had a travel trailer? They charge WAY more for 4 axels!!!

@cajunjamis9001 22 дня назад

Got a bill in the mail the day after I watched this.....Wrong date, time, and Lic. # !!!

@njgsregal3 26 дней назад

It is even worse then you think EZPass is every state... I am NJ and I got charges in NY that was fines. I have the EZPass and they don't read the plates. Then charge you for entire toll road.

@deliveryguy7402 17 дней назад

I was never told about this 3 years ago, and when I got home from a long trip. A month later the fines started coming in.

@mooreacrestxgardenening4979 26 дней назад

I've had a vehicle following behind me so close it was read as a truck and trailer, when it was only the truck. I called to contest it and evidently they could pull up video and clearly see it was just a truck. Gave me a credit no problem. We go from Texas to Florida and are able to us our toll tag there.

@lynnbenge647 22 дня назад

Yes, definitely don’t let the first bill go without paying it. The next one will be three times higher.

@laurakilmer8652 25 дней назад

While other RV utubers are doing click bait heavy on selling crap. You are telling very important things.

@marladillard8721 22 дня назад

Yes! Going through Denver is $11 just about anyway you drive it as an unsuspecting tourist 😮

@stuartriley 26 дней назад

I am curious if the toll roads are marked early enough to make an exit off of the highway, or roadway, to avoid the charges. Federal authorities say that roads that receive funding from the US ARE to be posted. After all we are paying our taxes to help the interstate commerce through the recent US aid packages. Maybe we should consider asking the cashless system to provide how they are (or not) using those funds from the government?

@kitefan1 16 дней назад

I think it is posted. Most places they have a last exit before toll sign. But if you are in rush hour in a place you are unfamiliar with you may miss it. I think google tells you there is an upcoming toll but if I am busy watching the other vehicles I may not hear it.

@kellyscarborough751 26 дней назад

Fellow Coloradoan here! I was surprised by the tolls in PA & NJ a few years ago, too.

@KatyInNH 26 дней назад

Now I finally understand a NY toll charge sort of…. I got a bill saying that I had gone through a toll in NY. We had been close to NY but not in it. I think now that we must have passed through an edge of NY that had an auto toll booth. I dug into it at the time and they had a pic of our plate and it was on the correct make, mode and color of vehicle so I paid the bill. Thank you for helping me understand this nagging bill I had to pay and the knowledge for the future!

@robsmith2647 25 дней назад

I just use my transponder. Never had a problem.

@akaTheGirls 26 дней назад

We purchased a SunPass transponder system when we traveled through Florida last year. You can buy them at pretty much any welcome center and do not need to be a resident of the state! The pro version costs $15 and works any place that an EZ Pass is accepted. This transponder covers all the states you mentioned in your video plus four additional states - Georgia, Kansas, Oklahoma, and parts of Texas. All you have to do is keep a balance in the SunPass account and it pays the tolls as you drive, just like EZ Pass. This has worked flawlessly for us for the last year and a half as we've traveled full-time.

@noreenn6976 26 дней назад

I ended up getting a bill from EZPass because SunPass did not pay an EZPass toll. It's not a perfect system but seems to work well (in FL) most of the time. Glad to hear it has worked well for you.

@swompy5146 26 дней назад

Our first year out on the road we went over the Golden Gate bridge that required us to mail in the one time cost. It took 10 weeks for the bill to catch up to us. Because we did not recognize our trailer lic number or anything about the bridge, we disputed the charge until we investigated it further. We ended up paying just under $60 for the $19 bill.

@Fairies00 26 дней назад

I was visiting friends in California and I went somewhere when I came back to my friends place they asked me where I went and they said oh no you took a toll road. I had no idea there was nothing showing it that was obvious back then. They told me to go online sure enough, I had a bill. They never notify me. To say the least I wasn’t happy about it. I forget the road now, but they said yeah that one’s kind of hidden they don’t really advertise it. All I can say is it’s in orange county towards the coast.

@M.Campbell 26 дней назад

Thank you for this! Question. If you pre-pay do you have to do it for a trailer and tow vehicle separately or can you list both plates on one account?

@mckenziedefense9538 24 дня назад

Stay west of the Mississippi or at least south of I-70 and avoid “highway robbery”, crowded cities, outrageous traffic, lack of parking, and excessively high fuel prices.

@erikdenny353 21 день назад

Pickup an Ezpass- it's valid all over the East Coast, and FL, and you pay less for the tolls vs paper bills.

@Thesaltymedic36 26 дней назад

Welcome to the East coast. The best thing to do is call them, it’s ridiculous. I recommend the EZ pass and it covers most of the states, they are free and you can have a credit card attached and it’s automatically reloaded. I got one and even a sun pass for Florida, before they got on bard. You should have seen it in Covid 😂 they stopped billing, then started again and back billing. I was getting them for 8 months. It’s crazy Or avoid all toll roads but that’s a pain. GOVERNMENT HELPING 😂

@fatmuscle1 22 дня назад

We live in Maryland and generally head south into Virginia across the Nice bridge. EZPass is $4.50 for two axles, but add a Toad, and now it's $18. But, if I disconnect and drive each one over separately it's only $9. Not to mention going through New York. A few years back a local journalist, Emily Miller did a whole expose on the toll heist that local states engage in.

@agkittyhook2257 24 дня назад

Or just get the EZPass transponder. You can set your account up with a prepaid balance with instructions to auto fill the account with a set amount when it reaches a predetermined low balance amount. If you don't use it, it just sits in the account until you do use it.

@bdwriter1957 26 дней назад

I have to drive to Boston from OHio all the time. They started charging me for my ohio plate and an Indiana plate with the same letters and numbers. It took 5 letters before they figured out I was not in Indiana.

@filomenaregan1537 26 дней назад

I had a similar problem going through New York, I was flat towing in my class c. I thought I was covered because I had an easy pass in the rv, I thought it would cover the car too. $158.00 later I had to pay 💰 😊

@hammer48ful 26 дней назад

A number of years ago I found it cost about the same to travel from MA to Fla as to travel from the east coast to west cost because of the tolls on the east coast with a thousand miles difference in mileage.

@kitefan1 16 дней назад

Gas used to be much cheaper in the Midwest also. Even after they made gas wars illegal.

@ramonapuckett3059 26 дней назад

Toll roads are a money making machine for the states, they say it’s for road construction but a lot of times they’re no better than the interstate, crazy

@rhondalyn100 26 дней назад

This is all so depressing to me. The greedy corporations and greedy government are making it more and more difficult for ordinary citizens to travel without paying ridiculous amounts of money just to see our country. I am staying home.

@madammim694 26 дней назад

i hate tolls, its ridiculous how much we already pay in NC for highway use taxes.

@divinewrath3142 26 дней назад

You can pick up the EZPass tag in a ton of places or have one mailed to you. It's not expensive and then you can set it to load money on whenever your account is low. As a life long NYer who travels 87 (NYS Thruway) daily I am SO glad they got rid of the toll booths! So much easier now.

@kitefan1 16 дней назад

Yes, used to do the Garden State occasionally. Even with a standard shift the thing that made them awful wasn't the stopping, pitching a token or quarters and going, it was merging and resorting down to four lanes afterwards. Garden State was the worst.

@lindaferguson-muldowney2995 26 дней назад

Almost all nav systems have a setting to avoid tolls. While I don't always have a specific destination in mind, I will look ahead on the map and name a destination so that I can use my "avoid tolls" setting.

@BlondieSL 26 дней назад

Yup! I have mine set to avoid tolls all the time. However, on a longer trip, I do look at the areas where the tolls are "avoided" to see just how far out of the way the route is plotted. If it's far, then I'll just accept the toll area since it's cheaper than paying extra for gas and/or our time. Fortunately, since this nasty pandemic, we just don't travel much at all. Certainly, nothing with any tolls at all.

@sew_gal7340 26 дней назад

I live in PA, all rvers can park on my street in my driveway free of charge anytime they want!

@CreativityRV 26 дней назад

That's so nice!

@MelDarkDeer 26 дней назад

Awesome! That's really kind. Are you listed on Boondockers Welcome so folks can find you?

@sew_gal7340 26 дней назад

@@MelDarkDeer Ill look that up, thanks!

@MelDarkDeer 26 дней назад

@@sew_gal7340 Thank YOU!

@roberts.1400 26 дней назад

I'll be there tonight 😹 I won't use much of your wifi, electricity or water 👊🏻

@kenastl 26 дней назад

When I was in the SF Bay Area and was crossing the bridges daily, I signed up for their auto pay system. It would charge my credit card every time I went over the bridge. That was very helpful because I was away from home for a couple of months, and I would have had many late fees if they had mailed the toll bills.

@AcmeRacing 5 дней назад

We have an EZ pass because we live in Maine and we travel the I-95 corridor quite a bit. Years ago we went to Florida, which had some interoperability with EZ-Pass at the time. It's since been fixed, but at the time "Sun Pass" was a separate entity, and we got a whopping bill for a toll for taking a side trip to the FL panhandle. (In general the east coast, and the Northeast particularly, is less RV friendly than other parts of the continental US.)

@simplysenora9269 26 дней назад

I got a toll crossing from NJ to NY. I lost the bill and when I received the next one there was a $50 late fee for a $7 toll. Won’t happen again! " I work hard for the money."

@jenne8180 26 дней назад

Robin, that is extremely helpful information! I would not have know how that works in those states so thank you!

@TheWanderingFinnegan 26 дней назад

The worst is when there is insufficient, or no, notice that it's your last opportunity to exit before the toll road begins. Although I generally set my map app to avoid tolls, sometimes I have senior moments and end up on one by accident.

@DMRSIX 26 дней назад

Yes this happened to us in 2023! We got home and we were getting bill after bill in the mail!🤯

@mtnpeek6748 26 дней назад

Thank you so much for sharing this. It’s going to be very helpful when I go there.

@TDub_ADV 22 дня назад

Another solution would be the toll program thru Open Roads. They offer a transponder that works nation wide and takes all the guesswork out of it. If you run Diesel fuel their fuel program is fantastic too.

@tamo9520 26 дней назад

I haven't travelled in about 6 or 7 years, but before that, I've travelled extensively. All over the U.S. & Canada. & I can't say that I ever encountered a toll booth. If & when I did, it was when I was young & travelling with my parents. That's when we had encountered the old style toll booths. Having explained my traveling, I have to add that I have not travelled in the upper eastern area of the U.S. I'm Canadian, & really don't travel past mid Ontario. I'm not a big city loving person & just don't have the need to go to Hamilton, Mississauga, Toronto, or I guess anywhere in the greater Toronto area (G.T.A.), there's enough beautiful areas, lakes, woods, forests, in the entire western continent (U.S. & Canada). But now you've got me wondering. And prepared I might add. If I take my R.V. down to Florida, I'm definitely going to have to check out the route previous to travelling. Ans you mentioned Kansas. I don't ever remember a toll anywhere that I travelled through Kansas. Thank you for the great information!

@sjohnson8878 26 дней назад

OMG. Thank you so much for this tip.

@starrharrison8178 26 дней назад

Great info Robin, thanks

@1PhotoGeek 26 дней назад

Such a wealth of knowledge. Thank you! Also, can't believe some people thought your friend was an avatar. lol smh

@corvettew.s.4360 21 день назад

Wow, I am so glad to get this info . Hoping to start traveling soon

@stevew.3172 21 день назад

The only suggestion I have is everyone that travels should all call there congressman and file a gripe with them about the system not working!

@ri-imagine-life 26 дней назад

Pennsylvania is the worst!! I drove 3 hours on a toll road in PA and the bill was $47! No where on that road was the cost listed.

@CreativityRV 26 дней назад

Well, holy crap. That sucks!

@CreativityRV 26 дней назад

And you're right! The cost isn't posted anywhere! Not even online.

@lmlowe9100 26 дней назад

It cost me a hundred dollars to drive 10 miles through Chicago, several years ago. I-44 through Missouri cost me $25...I paid in literal coins, scrounged from my console and the bottom of my purse...had no idea they only took cash or prepaid.

@amberbleu1598 21 день назад

Its so greasy ....

@runpny 22 дня назад

We were just double billed by Lee County, Florida, because our EZPass was not registered in their system. It worked everywhere else in FL, but not there

@billordianegmail 22 дня назад

Wow ! Good info! Thanks!

@nancycain4434 26 дней назад

Very helpful information thanks Robin

@louisvillaescusa 22 дня назад

In SoCal, they don't send you a bill in the mail. It's on you to check their web site after you go on a toll road (if you don't have a paid up transponder) and pay the toll. The first letter that you get from them is a late notice with late fees.