How you can afford it.

Contrary to what most people think, RV travel is not cheaper. We save money other ways to be able to afford the fuel. We find cheaper campground, don't eat in restaurants and our entertainment is sitting by the fire. If you drive in a car and stay in a hotel you would spend at least the same amount. We prefer our own bed.

Plenty of stuff to see in areas. We drive less and spend more time in the places we stop. Sometimes we roll roll roll when we have a time schedule but every time we do that we end up kind of regretting it.

I found that when I retired I also slowed down. MPG went up and the enjoyment of watching people pass me went up!

X2 on having our heads examined, but Medicare won't pay for it. Besides, we would probably fail the test anyway. Save the money to buy gas.

When you turn the ignition switch on, you spend the $$$s

Nobody said RVing was cheap. Anybody that puts out the money we do for our trucks and trailers plus fuel needs to have their heads examined. lol

Yep, I just checked my records. In almost 8 years of full-timing I have put on about 30,000 miles. That's about 72 miles a week, or at about 8 mpg and $4/gal, about $36 a week, or just over $5 a day for diesel.

Boonedocks wrote:
Try to limit driving to 150 to 250 miles max and then stay at least a week and up to a month. That's about $80 to $130 of fuel amortized over a 7 to 30 day period -- or $3 to $18 per day. And less during longer winter stays.

Perfect!!!!

Try to limit driving to 150 to 250 miles max and then stay at least a week and up to a month. That's about $80 to $130 of fuel amortized over a 7 to 30 day period -- or $3 to $18 per day. And less during longer winter stays.

A budget and debt free!

WE travel weekly/bi-monthly.