Typical RV annual budget

Muddydogs wrote:
Personally I think if you have to go through all this you probably shouldn't purchase an RV. Can you afford the monthly loan payment, insurance and storage fees? If so then everything else will work itself out. In the end are you putting a price on family fun and enjoying life because tomorrow you might not be around.

You don't need to purchase everything at once, a sewer hose, water hose and a few wood blocks will get you camping then other stuff can be acquired over time. Are you storing the unit under cover or purchasing a new unit? If so then you don't need to pay for a roof check twice a year for the first couple years and you can do the checking if you are able to get on the roof anyway.

I think you have to look at the whole picture. If you can just afford the payment, insurance and storage and that's it, then you will have a rude awakening when you do need to buy tires as an example. Time on that would depend on the tires of the unit they bought. If a new unit, then they have 5 yrs or so. If a used unit, then maybe not that long or even half that long. Would suck to be making financing payment, inusrance payment and storage payment on a hunk of metal that you can't afford to move. And then you won't have that family fun. Those on a budget, have to consider many different variables to make it work. When gas was $4/gallon and higher, how many people on here say they weren't camping or camping like they used to because of the gas prices? A lot did. That tells me that they are budget driven and concious. On a similar note, it surprises me today of how many people don't even keep or balance a checkbook (bank account) these days. I know many don't write checks anymore, but people still use their debit cards and it's the same as writing a check. Many just look at their account and figure it's right and always up to date. Never to take into consideration of what may be outstanding or even an error, which does happen.