My friend calls me crazy!
My friend calls me crazy for spending 70K for a motorhome. He makes the case that hotels and restaurants are a much cheaper way to vacation. I average 30 nights a year. Initial cost is 2 times more ...
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coolmom42 wrote:
You can take a RV lots of places where there are NO hotels. Lots of beautiful, amazing, places.
And besides that, I hate hotels. They are always stuffy and airless. You have to drag your stuff in and out every time you stay. Then there are the potential issues with bedbugs, foot fungus, allergies, etc that can be totally avoided when you stay in a RV.
So glad you mentioned the stuffy air quality in hotels. And the windows don't open!
Sure, RVing is not a cheap hobby. Some people buy a lot of small things instead of one big thing. Both of our mothers "collected" pricey stuff like Hummel and Royal Doulton figurines, Christmas plates, etc. which is mostly worth peanuts now. Some women friends of mine spend very big bucks on clothes, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics.
Many of the memorable experiences we've had camping can't be duplicated in a hotel. Spending the night by Ancestral Puebloan ruins in Chaco Canyon. Camping below the Cerro Pedernal Mesa (which Georgia O'Keefe painted often) in a COE site. Waking up to a herd of bison outside our window at Custer State Park.
I'm so thankful we have an RV and good enough health to use it. It's priceless to me.
