Complaints about Cost of Mhs vs Motels
We hear it all the time from Folks with MHs and without, that it is cheaper to stay n Motels! Taint true McGheee! Friend from Church just back from Colorado hunting Elk. Nearly $3,000.00 for a week...
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I'll chime in here. For us, our fifth wheel does save us money. We have triplet boys and a dog. Many hotels only allow 4 to a room. That would mean we'd have to rent two rooms. Then they charge $75 non-refundable deposit for the dog, if they even allow dogs. If not, then there's the hassle of finding a kennel and paying those charges. Then we have to find 3 square means for the family.
My wife will NOT stay in a cheap hotel. It'd better be a Hampton Inn quality or above, preferably the Four Seasons. Before we had kids, we only stayed in Four Season, Fairmont, Ritz type hotels. Talk about throwing your money away!!! We eat healthy. No fast food. That means quality restaurants. We figure we spend an average of around $200 minimum a day for meals. Hotel would be $300-600 depending on if it's one or two rooms. That comes out to $500-800/day. I have the receipts to prove it.
Yes, that's a CHOICE to live at that level, but that's our level. The fifth wheel has a memory foam mattress. We have all our own linens and towels. I love to cook and grill anyway. We buy mostly organic food and prime meat when we can. It's still not cheap. But we don't have the HASSLE of looking for restaurants and hotels. And our dog gets to stay with us all the time, which the kids love. We don't have to pack and unpack our bags every few nights. I don't have to worry about bedbugs, who slept in my bed the night before, and whether they laundered the duvet.
If we fly domestically, airline tickets for a family of 5 are not cheap. We're not taking the red eye. I'm not waiting around in some stupid airport 3 hours for my plane, only to have to endure trying to sleep on an airplane with all that noise and rude people, and be served crappy food if they even serve food.
So yeah it's a lifestyle choice, but IMO for us, there's also an economic benefit to traveling this way. At the end of the day, I get to sleep in MY OWN BED, and that counts for a whole LOT IMO.
My wife will NOT stay in a cheap hotel. It'd better be a Hampton Inn quality or above, preferably the Four Seasons. Before we had kids, we only stayed in Four Season, Fairmont, Ritz type hotels. Talk about throwing your money away!!! We eat healthy. No fast food. That means quality restaurants. We figure we spend an average of around $200 minimum a day for meals. Hotel would be $300-600 depending on if it's one or two rooms. That comes out to $500-800/day. I have the receipts to prove it.
Yes, that's a CHOICE to live at that level, but that's our level. The fifth wheel has a memory foam mattress. We have all our own linens and towels. I love to cook and grill anyway. We buy mostly organic food and prime meat when we can. It's still not cheap. But we don't have the HASSLE of looking for restaurants and hotels. And our dog gets to stay with us all the time, which the kids love. We don't have to pack and unpack our bags every few nights. I don't have to worry about bedbugs, who slept in my bed the night before, and whether they laundered the duvet.
If we fly domestically, airline tickets for a family of 5 are not cheap. We're not taking the red eye. I'm not waiting around in some stupid airport 3 hours for my plane, only to have to endure trying to sleep on an airplane with all that noise and rude people, and be served crappy food if they even serve food.
So yeah it's a lifestyle choice, but IMO for us, there's also an economic benefit to traveling this way. At the end of the day, I get to sleep in MY OWN BED, and that counts for a whole LOT IMO.
