DOES THIS BUDGET SOUND REASONABLE?
Planning my first MH trip, 4-5 months. I'll be alone. I'll have at least $5000 emergency cash and will be recieving about $2300 per month while I'm on the road. Guessing 1000 gallons of gas at $5 /g...
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For what it's worth.....
For meals, the cheapest is eating in. For eating out, we budget $10 per person when traveling. We do stay under that including the tip. We eat at Cracker Barrel (breakfast and/or supper) and end up eating "leftovers" for lunch... it we even feel hungry, or all you can eat Chinese buffets.
We keep costs down by staying in a parking lot. We are set up to where we do not need to run a generator for more than a couple hours in the AM and a couple hours in the PM. This allows us to recharge house bank (we run a 12vDC water pump and inverter powers lights, electronics on LP range, 110VAC stove vent and TV/DVD) plus heat the water (AC only water heater) and cool the freezer and refrigerator back down after all the opening/closing to cook supper. Parking in parking lots isn't free if you have to run a generator. But if done right, you can save quite a bit over a campground. We feel parking in parking lots is a matter of convenience rather than a method of saving money.
Monthly stays in private commercial parks drops our lodging costs down to $13.33 for a $400/30 day month park. $400 is our current max that we are willing to pay. So far we have not paid that. Our lowest was $350 and we currently pay $375. Being 30 amp also keeps costs down.
If you keep moving, your using more fuel and paying short term camping fees. Pick a central location and daytrip or really work a town to see everything there (in a cheaper fuel use vehicle or using public transportation which is in many towns even small ones).
Many public parks (city/county) are free for the first night. Others are pretty cheap. We don't qualify for a senior discount. I use Don Wrights campground books and then look up more info on the parks... usually on http://www.ultimatecampgrounds.com/uc/index.php
For meals, the cheapest is eating in. For eating out, we budget $10 per person when traveling. We do stay under that including the tip. We eat at Cracker Barrel (breakfast and/or supper) and end up eating "leftovers" for lunch... it we even feel hungry, or all you can eat Chinese buffets.
We keep costs down by staying in a parking lot. We are set up to where we do not need to run a generator for more than a couple hours in the AM and a couple hours in the PM. This allows us to recharge house bank (we run a 12vDC water pump and inverter powers lights, electronics on LP range, 110VAC stove vent and TV/DVD) plus heat the water (AC only water heater) and cool the freezer and refrigerator back down after all the opening/closing to cook supper. Parking in parking lots isn't free if you have to run a generator. But if done right, you can save quite a bit over a campground. We feel parking in parking lots is a matter of convenience rather than a method of saving money.
Monthly stays in private commercial parks drops our lodging costs down to $13.33 for a $400/30 day month park. $400 is our current max that we are willing to pay. So far we have not paid that. Our lowest was $350 and we currently pay $375. Being 30 amp also keeps costs down.
If you keep moving, your using more fuel and paying short term camping fees. Pick a central location and daytrip or really work a town to see everything there (in a cheaper fuel use vehicle or using public transportation which is in many towns even small ones).
Many public parks (city/county) are free for the first night. Others are pretty cheap. We don't qualify for a senior discount. I use Don Wrights campground books and then look up more info on the parks... usually on http://www.ultimatecampgrounds.com/uc/index.php
