Anyone rent out their camper?
To me the idea seems crazy, but there is a lady that my wife works with that rents out her camper through one of those rental places. Apparently, she told my wife that with their 24ft bumper pull cam...
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JaxDad wrote:dedmiston wrote:
I can't recall ever knowing anyone who said, "We did it, and it was fantastic.".
A younger couple (mid-30’s?) from our church wanted a motorhome but with a couple of little ones and a mortgage that just wasn’t in the cards. They spoke to several other families in the church and decided to go for it, spreading the use between families.
After several years it’s still working really well for them all.
There’s several threads about owning a former rental unit and from what I’ve seen the vast majority agree it’s a great deal.
I suspect it’s kinda like the Ford V10 spitting out spark plugs or Pinto’s exploding deal, yes it happened to a FEW vehicles, percentage-wise, but the loudness / popularity of the horror stories outweigh the happy folks who have no issues and stayed quiet.
I’ve overnighted in rest areas a dozen plus times a year for 30+ years with not a single issue, if you believe some people you’d die the first night........
Even worse than renting out your personal stuff is attempting to "share" a item with friends and family.
Mixing money with friends and family is a great way to end up with no friends or family when feelings get hurt.
After many yrs of attempting to "help" my own brothers and sisters I woke up one day and realized in each case of "helping" I was losing money and they were getting a totally free ride on my back. Got burnt more than once mixing family and money. The one time darn near killed a friend of the family when my brother asked that person to "help" fill in dirt around a concrete wall on my property and the wall my brother built failed leaving the friends tractor almost falling into the void.. Yes, I was paying my brother's contractor business to build things for me but my brothers haste to finish the job faster almost killed someone.. It was the LAST time I ever used my brother's contractor business.
I have learned over the yrs that I cannot mix money or business with my relatives, causes to many fights and issues.
My best friends stay best friends because I do not mix money and friendship.
Yes, I do know of some folks that can go somewhere with their entire family and have fun... That is not my family, that would just turn into a train wreck of endless fighting and bickering.. Been there, done that.. Won't ever do that again.
