Full-Time RVing Question

$400/week is about $57/night. That's pretty much on the high side of campground rates in all but the most popular destination locations. Using our Passport America, Escapees, Good Sam, and KOA VKR memberships, we average around $20-25/night overall, not including free nights. For example, our full hookup site in central Florida for the month of February this winter, will be about $12/night plus electric, and our full hookup sites further south for March will be about $26/night, for an average of about $18/night for the two months.

Where in the heck are you camping at $400/week. Even most private campgrounds run around $30-$40/day with full hook-ups. We will be spending the month of Feb. at Gulf St Pk in Gulf Shores, Al. for around $500 for the whole month and it has full hook-ups, a big laundry, activities and more. For a whole trip of 1 or 2 months we average around $20/day or less. But of course that's a lot of state and national parks, US army Corps of Engineers, etc which include some wonderful campgrounds. Many private campgrounds offer monthly or seasonal rates which would be $1000/month and much less. You have a lot of research to do on the internet and in campground directories.

They were probably talking about Thousand Trails or one of the other clubs. You can try Thousand Trails by buying a pass - http://www.thousandtrails.com/membership-info If you decide on a full membership buy a "used" membership and save a lot of money.

But first you have to decide what you want out of fulltiming. There are so many ways to do this. Some people spend months at one place then move to another, going back to the same spots year after year. Some stay for just a week before moving. Some only stay at resorts, some boondock in the desert and mountains.

Your style of fulltiming will figure into your budget and the type and size of RV that you'll need.

WE go to Casa grande, Az in the winter the rent is about $500.00 per month plus electric in a very nice park with lots of amenities and activities.

In the summer we are in the Thousand Islands at a site that charges $1600 for the season. May 1, - Oct 1.
As we travel we boon dock, use National park campgrounds and stay on the Texas and Louisiana beaches free of charge.

Other options would be to workkamp or volunteer in a state or national park. IN return for your time they will usually give you a site with full hook up no charge. The TONTO national forest in Arizona has had an ongoing need for volunteers in the winter. Nice campground with other workkampers so you sort of have a little community.
We avoid RV club type things because that locks you in.

If you want PM me I would be glad to answer in detail or give you our Syracuse phone number and you can talk to us.

Rule 1 = never pay $400 for a week that is crazy. We have fulltimed for the last 5 years and average $11k per year for rv fees. We only stay for a month in one spot for 3 months out of the year. If you stay put for longer it can be cheaper. Fuel is usually your biggest expense.

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While only half timers, we usually spend 5 days/week in a USFS CG for $6/day (helps to have a self contained unit). There are plenty of posts on here by those that know how to keep the price down while having a good time.

you pay by the month its cheaper