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Showers / Hygiene Options for Dry Camper Vans

Tips
  • Spray the shower with at least a little bit of bleach or disinfectant before entering. Use their disinfectant wipes on shower hooks, seat, shower handle, door handle, etc.
  • Wear shower shoes and disinfect them after use. 
  • Never lay anything of yours on any wet surface as that likely is highly rich in bacteria. By doing that and being very careful what you touch and wash hands frequently, it's possible to come in dirty and leave clean. Bring extra underwear and towel in case you drop any on the nasty floor. 
  • Use baby wipes liberally to clean yourself when a shower is not available.
  • Ask for a veteran discount everywhere you go if you are one.
 
Planet Fitness
Pros
  • $20 per month to use any gym; many locations
  • Massage chairs and hydro-massage beds
  • 90% are open 24/7
  • Minimal surveillance
  • Loud noises / dropping of weights not allowed
Cons
  • Partly communal, small showers near toilets; crowded locker room with lots of prying eyes
  • Showers are not real clean, often littered
  • Overcrowded 90% of time, especially weights
  • Stuffy, warm
  • Often located in dangerous areas
  • Incompetent employees and management

Anytime Fitness

Pros
  • Around $35 per month; many locations
  • Hotel style, private showers 95% of locations
  • Many locations; all accessible 24/7
Cons
  • Owner heavy surveillance and expect you to work out a while, not just take shower
  • Shower time limits expected
  • Loud noises and violent weight dropping
  • Overcrowded 50% of the time
  • First 30 days, can only use home gym

24-Hour Fitness
Pros
  • Sign in with fingerprint and phone number
  • Most features, some have courts, swimming pools, saunas, etc.
Cons
  • Limited large city locations out West
  • Most extreme crowded
  • Communal or semi-communal showers; extremely crowded locker-rooms

YMCA and Community Centers
Pros
  • Offer discounts to those in a hardship (scholarship).
  • About half offer swimming, courts, sauna etc.
  • Many national locations
Cons
  • 90% of showers are communal
  • "AWAY" program admission for other location use. Have to fill out a waiver form for every visit.
  • Culture is of old gay-like men and kids
  • Often crowded

Campgrounds
Pros
  • Park setting
  • 90% have private stalls
Cons
  • About 40% don't have showers
  • About 5% are free; otherwise up to $5
  • Often unclean and littered
  • Usually something important is broken
  • About 10% are uncomfortably cold

Truck Stops & a Few Laundromats
Pros
  • 95% are private rooms
Cons
  • About 70% are filthy
  • Highest fees around $5 to $15 each

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