Rent vs Purchase Used (selling after trip): 4-6 month trip

Even with a long term rental discounts, I believe you will find buying & reselling is less expensive. On the other hand, the hassles of purchasing a used RV, maintaining it, and selling it when done are not insignificant.

The last time I rented was a 31' Fiesta Class A for two weeks - Rental - $2093.61. While you might get a better deal with a 6 month rental, it is still going to be large portion of the purchase price.

Chuck_thehammer wrote:
$200.00 per day?// times 180 days = $36,000 plus fuel.

I should think that a six month rental would be less. If not, then I retract my above statement. :)

$200.00 per day?// times 180 days = $36,000 plus fuel.

Purchasing would add the costs of licensing, taxes and insurance. And there's no guarantee you could sell for the price you paid. Renting is the best solution if you are sure it's temporary. If there is a chance you will love RV-ing so much you want to continue, then you might want to buy.

A possible plus for the rental side is if anything breaks down they will bring you another one perhaps... Thats the way rental cars works...

Roy ken

When I looked at rental costs, I came to a budget estimate of about $200/day. I'm not sure if there are price breaks on longer time frames- but I think you could take quite a hit on depreciation for the same money.