Am I Just Naive
I caught the traveling bug years ago while moving halfway across country by car. I have since traveled by bus, by car and by train half way across the country several times and really enjoyed it. I ...
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mr. ed wrote:
A couple of posters have mentioned $900/month RV park fees. That must be some really fancy resort located in a prime oceanfront or lakefront area! Most RV parks I visit charge anywhere from approx $200 to $400/month. The ones closer to $400 or so are usually quite acceptable according to most people's standards. At least that's what I've experienced during many years of fulltiming.
I would agree provided that one can always stay at least a month and get a monthly rate. The OP stated "His business is going to be internet based. He is currently working on getting it up and running. He will have to do a lot of traveling for it. $900 in RV park expenses a month is more than I counted on."
A budget of $900/month comes out to $30/night. In my experience, that is not out of line for nightly fees in many parts of the country. A budget of $450/month means a nightly average cost of $15 which while possible may be difficult to achieve if one has to be in certain locations at specific times for work. We just stayed at a Passport America Park for $140/week, which I do not think for this time of year in Florida is that bad. Even that would come out to $560 per month. In the past 71 days we stayed in 11 different locations and spent $1305.86 on campground fees. Lowest cost was $5/night and we had one monthly stay at $372.90 plus electric of $33 in addition to the weekly. That comes out to $18.82/night($564/month).
Budgeting more than enough to cover expenses is usually much less stressful than not budgeting enough.
