10 Reasons RV Vacations are Better
My wife and I put together a fun list for the Jayco Journal about "10 Reasons Why RV Vacations are Better." I thought some of you might enjoy it. What other reasons can you think of? I'd like to pu...
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"Otherwise when you include unit payments (if you have them), gas, insurance, site fees, maintenance, etc., it might not be as inexpensive as you think."
Simple answer to your words is that if you have large payments for the RV, you may have bought too much RV which takes too high a % of your income and usaully have a long in years loan. Buy sensible and pay over a short period and when paid off, it's your lock stock and barrel!
Gas engines get less mpg than a diesel and a larger/heavier RV uses more fuel. Buying what is really needed not what tickles your fancy or keeps up with the Jone's keeps fuel costs sensible. So that's now 2 issues solved.
Insurance? Yes if it's a MH which is a one purpose motorized expensive to operate and sits about 90+% of it's owed years vehicle with the added very high insurance cost/registration/maitenance/high dollar depreciation/etc. Insurance costs vary greatly in different states and regions of the country. It's you who chooses to live where and in which state and must then be saddled with the costs incurred by your choice. Using a double purpose tow vehicle is much wiser and cheaper to buy/insure/maintain/etc and is usable when RV'ing or not. The tow behind will be so much cheaper to buy, insure, and maintain also. Number 3 solved!
Site fees are totally your choice as they can be from zero to as much as you want to pay and it's you whoo makes that choice. Regardless, site fees are a mere fraction of motels or hotels and owning any land with a cabin or cottage is so far from cheap in yearly costs and the constant issues with B&E and being away mechanical and weather issues. Number 4 is blasted and is totally under your control!
RV'ing can be as cheap as you want or as expensive as you want or are willing to pay for and you control who occupies it, sleeps in the bed, uses the toilet and bath, and where it even goes which can be about anywhere you desire.
"Otherwise when you include unit payments (if you have them), gas, insurance, site fees, maintenance, etc., it might not be as inexpensive as you think."
Simple answer to your words is that if you have large payments for the RV, you may have bought too much RV which takes too high a % of your income and usaully have a long in years loan. Buy sensible and pay over a short period and when paid off, it's your lock stock and barrel!
Gas engines get less mpg than a diesel and a larger/heavier RV uses more fuel. Buying what is really needed not what tickles your fancy or keeps up with the Jone's keeps fuel costs sensible. So that's now 2 issues solved.
Insurance? Yes if it's a MH which is a one purpose motorized expensive to operate and sits about 90+% of it's owed years vehicle with the added very high insurance cost/registration/maitenance/high dollar depreciation/etc. Insurance costs vary greatly in different states and regions of the country. It's you who chooses to live where and in which state and must then be saddled with the costs incurred by your choice. Using a double purpose tow vehicle is much wiser and cheaper to buy/insure/maintain/etc and is usable when RV'ing or not. The tow behind will be so much cheaper to buy, insure, and maintain also. Number 3 solved!
Site fees are totally your choice as they can be from zero to as much as you want to pay and it's you whoo makes that choice. Regardless, site fees are a mere fraction of motels or hotels and owning any land with a cabin or cottage is so far from cheap in yearly costs and the constant issues with B&E and being away mechanical and weather issues. Number 4 is blasted and is totally under your control!
RV'ing can be as cheap as you want or as expensive as you want or are willing to pay for and you control who occupies it, sleeps in the bed, uses the toilet and bath, and where it even goes which can be about anywhere you desire.
