cost of camping
Yes it has been debated over, and over. However. I have new info for me. After the trip from hell last summer with 3, yes 3 blow outs. We decided to stay in a condo at the OBX, and share the cost 3...
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I guess anyone would be hard pressed to justify the cost of their RV but some things we spend money on without much question. At least RVs are not boats or planes. That is where the really crazy money is.
Our day to day costs run around the $125 mark covering fuel, camping, activities, food & that mystery one, miscellaneous. Then there are the annual expenses incurred whether the RV is used or not. They include storage, insurance, maintenance & another miscellaneous. Give or take this figure is around $6000.
Factor in depreciation each year ontop of that.
For the weekend warrior who does maybe one extended trip in addition to 2 night weekends the per day overall use cost can get pretty ugly quick. Obviously the more nights used per year the better the numbers look.
For 10 years now we have averaged in excess of 150 nights on the road per year averaging over 12,000 miles each year. Overall we think we are doing much better than tha average owner who is not fulltiming.
Of course there are hundreds of memories in so many special places that are priceless. As much as we loved our boat & the times spent with friends on boats it is no comparisson to the RV even though we were doing 40 nights a year on the boat.
Our day to day costs run around the $125 mark covering fuel, camping, activities, food & that mystery one, miscellaneous. Then there are the annual expenses incurred whether the RV is used or not. They include storage, insurance, maintenance & another miscellaneous. Give or take this figure is around $6000.
Factor in depreciation each year ontop of that.
For the weekend warrior who does maybe one extended trip in addition to 2 night weekends the per day overall use cost can get pretty ugly quick. Obviously the more nights used per year the better the numbers look.
For 10 years now we have averaged in excess of 150 nights on the road per year averaging over 12,000 miles each year. Overall we think we are doing much better than tha average owner who is not fulltiming.
Of course there are hundreds of memories in so many special places that are priceless. As much as we loved our boat & the times spent with friends on boats it is no comparisson to the RV even though we were doing 40 nights a year on the boat.
