Gas prices

I'm new here, 65 and on a low fixed income. I agree with Cummins12V98. What I have seen on this thread is lots of people that are out of touch,and also lots of people that have great retirement and investments.Those,as in the last, will not be affected much. Upgrading Motor homes and big rv's is probably logical,with the low interest rates,but others,buying and upgrading, buying a second or vacation home,new vehicles,boats and such,I feel are in for a rude awakening. Heck I never see people here talking about heating, or grocery prices? ALL heating,oil,ng,lp are up 30 to 38%, electricity soon to follow. NG and LP may double this winter,according to the industry people. I see people trading in their 2 year old vehicles,claiming they got 2k more than they paid for it,with no consideration to how much the new one they got was marked up. My bet,from life experience, is by end of next year,possibly sooner, we will see "fire sales" of rv's vehicles,toys like boats and utvs,etc, and vacation homes. And many will lose these things,yet still have payments,on the loss. Possibly a flip in the House may save them. That is my observations.

2oldman wrote:
I don't think it will affect travel much at all. Prices rise and fall with supply and demand, not politics.

unless of course the supply is affected by other-than-market forces.

this year is unusual for us. no snowbirding this year (wife's surgery) and we never travel when school is not in session. we'll see what next fall brings but has prices have never stopped us from RVing.

For the most part veteran/experienced campers don't let gas prices impact their camping.
If you are a dedicated camper like myself you cut back in other areas if necessary, but the camping show goes on.
The only way to get value out of any RV regardless of its cost is to USE it.!
Owning an RV and not using it is a bigger loss of $$$ than paying higher gas prices.

2oldman wrote:
I don't think it will affect travel much at all. Prices rise and fall with supply and demand, not politics.

Really

Average gas price in Alberta is $6.20/gal, hadn't seen it slow camping down this summer.

Lots of California gas stations are currently charging $4.599 per gallon for regular. No slow down here.

Didn’t affect me or a lot of people back in 08/09!
Won’t affect me next year either.

If an average trip required 100 gallons, we are currently around $100 more for that trip. In the grand scheme of things, not a high percentage really and if anything, it might just persuade folks to stay a little longer.

I don't think it will affect travel much at all. Prices rise and fall with supply and demand, not politics.

Don't think this thread will last long as anyone who has an open mind knows why we are in this BAD situation of run away inflation at every level.