How you can afford it.

$950 would be a full tank in the truck every other day. That's not a vacation...that's punishment.

We try to keep travel days down to 1 or 2 per week with an occasional month stay. When we do move we try to keep it around 100-150 miles. We spend nothing close to $950 in a month.

Full timing is an inexpensive lifestyle if you watch what you do and you still have a rich and interesting life. On the other hand, if you don't pay attention, you can spend a ton of money.

Supercharged wrote:

buc1980 wrote:
I took a 17 days vacation and I was very surprise how much I spend for the Diesel.How can a retire can afford that.I spend 950$ for the diesel for that trip.

When I was young I didn't drink, save lots of money, when I was young I put money away every pay check in saving. I invest my money didn't spend it on wild women and party life. I never garmbled at all,and never when to all those shows. Now I have money to garmbel and go after all those young women. And buy diesel to get to them.

Yeah but now those young women can run faster than you so what's the purpose of chasing them?

Old-Biscuit wrote:
A budget and debt free!

WE travel weekly/bi-monthly.

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I don't see any alternative modes of travel in your signature line. I'd bet that Newmar could tow a Cooper Mini or a Smart car. Or you could hang a motorcycle on the front of the truck.
My rig is loaded up with kayaks & bicycles.
Full time RVing doesn't necessarily mean full time in motion.

We spend less on fuel now than we did living stationary. Others already mentioned it but you stay longer in one place and dont drive as far between. It helps to plan ahead and pick a spot central to your main attractions/ activities.

buc1980 wrote:
I took a 17 days vacation and I was very surprise how much I spend for the Diesel.How can a retire can afford that.I spend 950$ for the diesel for that trip.

When I was young I didn't drink, save lots of money, when I was young I put money away every pay check in saving. I invest my money didn't spend it on wild women and party life. I never garmbled at all,and never when to all those shows. Now I have money to garmbel and go after all those young women. And buy diesel to get to them.

Only vacationers with jobs and people with full retirements can afford to travel. Others settle in one place for extended periods.

To give you a big example of not spending a huge amount of money on vacation. Our vacation this year was to Alaska. We drove up from Colorado Springs to Soldotna, Ak, and it took 3 weeks instead of 1 and 1/2 most people take. We boondocked most of the way, stopping in a few paid RV campground to dump, and refresh water. Most of the time, the city we past through had a city facility to do dump and water. Made it to the Kenai Pensilula and spent the summer hosting at a Rv resort. Free camping and were comp-ed for many of the attractions such as fishing trips, kayaking, cruises, and many more. Now we are on the way home and have reversed the boondocking, provincial parks and the first paid full hook-up has been in Prince George. Next will be someplace in Washington.

There are ways to do this great retirement thing and not spend all the kids inheritance, but I'm just trying to make it last until the tires fall off! Enjoy. Search here on how to do it, and many here have budgets and list that will help. Good luck

We put on about 11,000 miles per year fulltiming. BUT we don't have a house- no mortgage payments, no property tax, etc. We also have a car that we pull that gets great gas mileage and we use that for sightseeing. We make extensive use of membership parks to reduce our cost per day. Since 2008 we have averaged about $350 or less per month for diesel. Some months we may only use 50 gallons of fuel. Others, we may go through 3-4 tank fulls as we move across sections of the country.

Fulltiming isn't like being on vacation - it is a way of life and once you slow down, you get to enjoy each area before moving on to the next.

Barb

Miles can add up quickly when you are in vacation mode or commuting to work as an extended business traveler. Aside from fuel costs, commercial CG's daily rates are high compared to government parks. As a working full timer, I take advantage of the commercial parks' monthly rates and the "geezer" pass is good for most Federal parks. My state offers seniors, age 65, 1/2 price at SPs and there's a lot of inexpensive gems at the City and County levels across the land. Since home is where I park it, my mileage is under 10k per yr even while still playing... er, working. Can't wait to retire next year. :B