cost of camping

When I first retired I kept accurate records of all RV related cost including travel, because my wife always says that we could buy a lot of hotel rooms for the costs of Rving. I found my trips ranged from $60 per day to $107 per day for a 3 mo trip to Alaska. I don't know any where you could go for $80 a day on average and pay for a hotel, car, fuel and restaurant. The 3 mo trip to Alaska costs $10,000. It likely would have been double that if we flew out there, rented a car, stayed in a hotel and ate at restaurants every day. As far as the other costs for maintenance, repairs and modifications cost 15 cents a mile and depreciation was 25 cents a mile. Now if you buy a brand new MH and don't use it much the depreciation and maintenance costs per mile will be much higher but if you are retired and able to travel a lot I think RVing is a cost effective way to travel.