My friend calls me crazy!

fourthclassC wrote:
Tell your friend not to buy a camper and have a nice day.

This, LOL.

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.

There you go Mick. All of us in the asylum agree that you are NOT crazy!

Mick9064 wrote:
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 than a car. Gas 4 times more.

What is your thoughts?

Thanks,
Mick

He's right.
Owning a motorhome makes no financial sense. Nor does owning a boat, a plane, a pool and a dozen other things.

That said - we're in ours for other reasons.
And we have no intention of every trying to make financial sense out of it. :)

fourthclassC wrote:
Tell your friend not to buy a camper arnd have a nice day.

This. He'll never understand.

One other factor I missed in my last post. Some of the sites I've parked my RV have been quite exotic and would be extremely costly for an identical location in a hotel. Right up to the sand on the beach for example in a very high rent district. Lakefront, riverfront, oceanfront, or otherwise spectacular and exotic. There is value here which may not reflect on some kind of comparison balance sheet.

Ditto on everything, and also, when was the last time you met a neighbor in a hotel hallway and made a new friend?? We do almost every time we camp at a CG as we walk the park.

moebedick wrote:
I had a friend who criticized my choice of truck,sports sedan,sailboat etc,etc,ad nauseum.
I got new friends.

Did he ask how much you paid for everything? Because I've had a few of those. It's very rude.

I like knowing that I always have a clean restroom about 10 feet behind me, wherever we travel... it's all about the family time together anyway, not the cost.

I had a friend who criticized my choice of truck,sports sedan,sailboat etc,etc,ad nauseum.
I got new friends.

Probably for most of us if you factor in depreciation and all costs, staying in hotel would be cheaper. But that is apples to oranges comparison-I'd rather use my RV most of the time.

Also, there are ways to get into RVing which is not expensive. Especially if you're handy with DIY. A used travel trailer which can be inexpensive. Even used motorhomes if you buy at the right price.