I need some help!!! (deciding on a rv)
Ok so my family and I are taking our first rv trip this summer and we are trying to find an rv to purchase. We thought about renting but the prices we are seeing are in the 5000 plus range and then e...
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OBX Bum wrote:
so for a 32 day trip I will pay 7000$ after the extra mileage. I would rather buy a newer rv and then sell it immediately after than give away 7 grand. plus with a rental could I easily extend my trip? And this trip will be a lot of "look out the window kids". Yes a lot of driving but I live on the east coast and there's really no easy way for me to get out to the west coast without doing a lot of interstate rving.
Keep in mind that when you rent an RV you aren't renting a 20 year old $9,000 RV. You're renting a new, maintained recent model that is probably 2x-3x the value of the purchase you are considering.
You aren't going to have the same experience on your trip with these two options. They are apples and oranges.
Think of the rental price like a cruise ship vacation. You can easily spend $5K on a cruise for a family and you don't feel like you lost money at the end of the cruise because you don't own the boat. Right?
