Our startup costs for full timing

BarbaraOK wrote:

nazpaz wrote:


Disingenuous huh? I can't imagine how. Both out of pocket fees and annual fees are listed right there for anyone who takes time to look at the data.

From someone who responded:

$234.00 for camping? How do you do that? That's less than $9 per night? We've travelled and full time for three years and average a little over $20 per night...

So clearly they didn't see that your monthly costs for camping were over $300 per month. Some people, especially those new to the RV lifestyle, may not be familiar with membership parks or what TT stand for - not to mention how to factor that into monthly camping averages.

Also notice that the budget sheet seems to have been redone?

Barb

Yes, I decided that your approach has merit so I moved that item to the line right under our out-of-pocket camping expenses so it would be easier for people to connect the two.

Obviously, there was nothing insincere or less than candid in the expenses I reported so your charge that it was "disingenuous" is over the top (and I'm overlooking the personal nature of your use of the term knowing that some people come across as more caustic online than they really are) but I do understand your point that some might just look at the top line and not take time to digest the information. My compromise is to put the two lines one after the other on the spreadsheet.

Edit to add: you might want to revisit the exchange about $234 for camping from the earlier expense sheet. If you do, you'll see that not only did I mention in that blog post that I wasn't including the annual fees because they hadn't been paid yet, but I also responded to that specific post, explaining that we will have "a year round average, including annual memberships, of around $13 a night." Again, nothing "disingenuous" here.