The majority of small hotels have WiFi, so helps with being able to plan ahead your route for a few days. Google maps Street view is generally available on most roads, and you will get more used to judging if a town of X size will have a hotel or not.
Often hotels will show up on Google maps, maybe not the tiny ones, but a lot of them.
As for camping, you'll have to decide if it's worth it. I'm not convinced, but even if you do, you do have to use common sense of theft risks.
4 years ago, little hotel rooms were in the 5-10,15 dollar range. I'm not fussy, so slept in a wide range of them.
Of course, getting into touristy areas will be a different story, especially gringo touristy areas.
Last edited by djb; 11-28-22 at 12:52 PM.