Rent or Buy for 10 month trip?
I have a window of opportunity to be without a home, and travel while I work, from August to May 2018. Want to live in something like a 25' Winnebago Spirit and travel around the US. I would work out ...
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I see the OP is a new member, posted almost 20 days ago and hasn't returned, so this could all be a waste of time responding. But..
To clarify, I think the OP is pondering whether a long term rental is better than simply buying a used RV. I don't think he was suggesting buying a rental.
As someone who used to own an RV rental business I can tell you most assuredly that you are far better off buying than renting. I saw a previous post quoting $100-150/day and that is really low. If you can find that price for a rental, good luck. Our rental prices were for $250-350/day and we were in the low end of the spectrum. By the time you ad gen usage, mileage and any insurance you're exceeding that. Even if you could find someone that would rent their RV for that long, and cut you a break of $1,000/week, at 10 months you are looking at $40k - minimum. You could most certainly buy a very nice used Class C or A for that. Sure you'd be saddled with selling it when you are done, but then you have the opportunity to recoup some of that.
Unless you can expense it, or have very deep pockets and don't care, you'd be throwing away a LOT of money.
To clarify, I think the OP is pondering whether a long term rental is better than simply buying a used RV. I don't think he was suggesting buying a rental.
As someone who used to own an RV rental business I can tell you most assuredly that you are far better off buying than renting. I saw a previous post quoting $100-150/day and that is really low. If you can find that price for a rental, good luck. Our rental prices were for $250-350/day and we were in the low end of the spectrum. By the time you ad gen usage, mileage and any insurance you're exceeding that. Even if you could find someone that would rent their RV for that long, and cut you a break of $1,000/week, at 10 months you are looking at $40k - minimum. You could most certainly buy a very nice used Class C or A for that. Sure you'd be saddled with selling it when you are done, but then you have the opportunity to recoup some of that.
Unless you can expense it, or have very deep pockets and don't care, you'd be throwing away a LOT of money.
