need your opinions: rv or hotel?
We are retired, very young ages 58 & 64, two small dogs and getting ready to hit the road, but have not been able to decide on mode of travel. Additional facts: we want to take the dogs as much as pos...
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Depends how many nights you plan on traveling and for how many years.
Do the math and see which way works out best for you.
Pretty easy for 2 people to spend upwards of $300/day on meals an lodging. If you travel for 3 months that's $27k! By way of comparison, added fuel to drive a RV vs your car/suv is about 1/10th of that depending on miles and specific vehicles. Add in groceries and campground fees and I bet the total expenditure is half that of hoteling it for 3 months a year. After a few years, the RV will essentially pay for itself if you're serious about traveling.
As far as travel to Alaska from the lower 48, "local cuisine" and nice hotels are few and far between. I've made 2 trips recently and ate at restaurants and stayed in hotels (moving, not vacationing, did camp a cpl nights though) and from central BC north, the services generally are sub-par and very expensive. Like $120/night for a roach motel in the off season.
In the lower 48 I'd consider hoteling it, but even that can be cumbersome if you want to see the sights out west. In Western Canada and Alaska I would only consider some sort of camping/RVing if I was on vacation.
Do the math and see which way works out best for you.
Pretty easy for 2 people to spend upwards of $300/day on meals an lodging. If you travel for 3 months that's $27k! By way of comparison, added fuel to drive a RV vs your car/suv is about 1/10th of that depending on miles and specific vehicles. Add in groceries and campground fees and I bet the total expenditure is half that of hoteling it for 3 months a year. After a few years, the RV will essentially pay for itself if you're serious about traveling.
As far as travel to Alaska from the lower 48, "local cuisine" and nice hotels are few and far between. I've made 2 trips recently and ate at restaurants and stayed in hotels (moving, not vacationing, did camp a cpl nights though) and from central BC north, the services generally are sub-par and very expensive. Like $120/night for a roach motel in the off season.
In the lower 48 I'd consider hoteling it, but even that can be cumbersome if you want to see the sights out west. In Western Canada and Alaska I would only consider some sort of camping/RVing if I was on vacation.
