Foreigner and Newbie on RVs
Hello all, I'm a newbie on RVs and also chilean. I'm planning a San Francisco-Miami holiday trip next summer, renting an RV for 20+ days, 5 adults, we want to hire a C class. RVs are not common ...
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I know that CruiseAmerica does a limited number of one-ways, with reservations well in advance. There is an extra fee.
Some contracts include 100 miles per day in the base rental rate, others all mileage is extra. Expect mileage charges of $0.30 to $0.40 per mile. If mileage is not included in the base rate, expect to pre-pay for 100 miles per day at the time you pick up the motorhome. I just got a quote for $4200 for 21 days out of Miami, with basic fee $2500 and the rest mileage, tax, and deposits.
Depending on fuel prices, fuel costs will be about $0.30 to $0.50 a mile additional. My fuel costs have averaged $0.33 per mile when prices were between $2.00 and $3.00 per gallon. They are now in that price range again, although southern California was showing $3.30 to $3.50 today in urban areas. A budget of $0.50 per mile for fuel will work for prices approaching $4.00 per gallon.
Use of the generator (for cooling air in the house part of the RV while traveling) is charged at $3 to $4 an hour, so maybe an extra $40 to $50 per day to stay cool when not hooked up to power at a campground or RV park.
Your plan looks good to me. Where you go depends on your interests. My interests, mostly history and geology, would take me through San Antonio and across the southern part of New Mexico to Carlsbad Caverns and the Guadalupe Mountains, because I have been through the middle of New Mexico several times.
Your interests may be better for the route you have chosen. On your route, I would be certain to stop at the Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona. This one is not particularly large, but it is also not small (energy similar to a small modern nuclear weapon) and the impact was recent (50,000 years) so that the results are well preserved.
I do not consider the route to be too ambitious, I often travel 200 to 300 miles a day with about 1/3 of a day sightseeing. I try to plan my travels to arrive at places I want to visit early in the afternoon, to make camp afterward, or so that I am close to the places when I stop for the night, to visit when they open in the morning. This is a good amount to time for the distance, visiting places along the way, staying in no place for more than a day or two.
Some contracts include 100 miles per day in the base rental rate, others all mileage is extra. Expect mileage charges of $0.30 to $0.40 per mile. If mileage is not included in the base rate, expect to pre-pay for 100 miles per day at the time you pick up the motorhome. I just got a quote for $4200 for 21 days out of Miami, with basic fee $2500 and the rest mileage, tax, and deposits.
Depending on fuel prices, fuel costs will be about $0.30 to $0.50 a mile additional. My fuel costs have averaged $0.33 per mile when prices were between $2.00 and $3.00 per gallon. They are now in that price range again, although southern California was showing $3.30 to $3.50 today in urban areas. A budget of $0.50 per mile for fuel will work for prices approaching $4.00 per gallon.
Use of the generator (for cooling air in the house part of the RV while traveling) is charged at $3 to $4 an hour, so maybe an extra $40 to $50 per day to stay cool when not hooked up to power at a campground or RV park.
Your plan looks good to me. Where you go depends on your interests. My interests, mostly history and geology, would take me through San Antonio and across the southern part of New Mexico to Carlsbad Caverns and the Guadalupe Mountains, because I have been through the middle of New Mexico several times.
Your interests may be better for the route you have chosen. On your route, I would be certain to stop at the Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona. This one is not particularly large, but it is also not small (energy similar to a small modern nuclear weapon) and the impact was recent (50,000 years) so that the results are well preserved.
I do not consider the route to be too ambitious, I often travel 200 to 300 miles a day with about 1/3 of a day sightseeing. I try to plan my travels to arrive at places I want to visit early in the afternoon, to make camp afterward, or so that I am close to the places when I stop for the night, to visit when they open in the morning. This is a good amount to time for the distance, visiting places along the way, staying in no place for more than a day or two.
