TyroneandGladys wrote: 1986 RV can afford to go go and go Neighbor 2008 RV cant afford to go. But neighbor wins the fanciest RV contest and we always wave as we leave
Me too.","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":false,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":false,\"removeTocMarkup\":false,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"185","kudosSumWeight":0,"repliesCount":0,"postTime":"2014-11-02T16:03:11.000-08:00","lastPublishTime":"2014-11-02T16:03:11.000-08:00","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":397},"visibilityScope":"PUBLIC","placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"isEscalated":null,"solution":false,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:RVTalk/community:feyqc97479board:RVTipsTricks/message:1524166/message:1524280","replies":{"__typename":"MessageConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[]},"customFields":[],"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","edges":[],"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"readOnly":false,"editFrozen":false,"body@stringLength":"228","rawBody":"
TyroneandGladys wrote: 1986 RV can afford to go go and go Neighbor 2008 RV cant afford to go. But neighbor wins the fanciest RV contest and we always wave as we leave
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ccbb088 wrote: Do you think the overall price of camping is starting to get to high? The price of campgrounds, diesel to get it there, camper payment if you have one. Etc. Just wanted to get some thoughts and opinions.
Camping prices too high? Depends on where & how you \"camp\".
Diesel to get there. Diesel prices are the lowest they have been in several years!
Camper payment. Your personal choice to have one or not. Kinda like renting or owning a sticks & bricks home - you still will have expenses no matter which it is. Likewise your RV type - care and feeding of some is less than others.
ccbb088 wrote: Do you think the overall price of camping is starting to get to high? The price of campgrounds, diesel to get it there, camper payment if you have one. Etc. Just wanted to get some thoughts and opinions.
Camping prices too high? Depends on where & how you \"camp\".
Diesel to get there. Diesel prices are the lowest they have been in several years!
Camper payment. Your personal choice to have one or not. Kinda like renting or owning a sticks & bricks home - you still will have expenses no matter which it is. Likewise your RV type - care and feeding of some is less than others.
Henry wrote: If price is concerning, you probably need a motel. A RV will only depreciate. It pays out in enjoying the outdoors, meeting new people,seeing new places doing new things. You can do some of these from a motel, but lose the interaction with people. I bought a new 2004 Cardinal 35ft 5th wheel for $38,000 and today it's worth about $15,000 and had to have tires twice, batterys, insurance, license plates, new slide motor, and wheel bearings. What did we get for our money? FRIENDS! We now have friends that are as close as family from New Hampshire, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona,Georgia,Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Michigan, Wisconsin,,,, What wonderful people that I would have never met had I not bought that RV. It was worth every penny.
Henry wrote: If price is concerning, you probably need a motel. A RV will only depreciate. It pays out in enjoying the outdoors, meeting new people,seeing new places doing new things. You can do some of these from a motel, but lose the interaction with people. I bought a new 2004 Cardinal 35ft 5th wheel for $38,000 and today it's worth about $15,000 and had to have tires twice, batterys, insurance, license plates, new slide motor, and wheel bearings. What did we get for our money? FRIENDS! We now have friends that are as close as family from New Hampshire, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona,Georgia,Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Michigan, Wisconsin,,,, What wonderful people that I would have never met had I not bought that RV. It was worth every penny.
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We've concluded that, living in a very desirable seaside town with lots of things going on, we don't have to travel any more, particularly as we get older.
Sure, there are places we'd have liked to go visit and never got there, but the costs have just spiralled to a point we can't go any more. We'll just hunker down and limit ourselves to days out in the car within 150 miles of home or one overnight in a hotel a bit further out. With our two \"furry kids\", the options are limited anyway.
We had one really BIG trip in 1968, when we emigrated from the UK to the US, but Boeing paid for that!","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":false,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":false,\"removeTocMarkup\":false,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"203","kudosSumWeight":0,"repliesCount":0,"postTime":"2014-10-30T19:09:43.000-07:00","lastPublishTime":"2014-10-30T19:09:43.000-07:00","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":397},"visibilityScope":"PUBLIC","placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"isEscalated":null,"solution":false,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:RVTalk/community:feyqc97479board:RVTipsTricks/message:1524166/message:1524275","replies":{"__typename":"MessageConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[]},"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","edges":[],"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"customFields":[],"readOnly":false,"editFrozen":false,"body@stringLength":"719","rawBody":"If you HAVE to travel, an RV is probably as good a deal as any, as long as you don't get carried away. We've concluded that, living in a very desirable seaside town with lots of things going on, we don't have to travel any more, particularly as we get older.
Sure, there are places we'd have liked to go visit and never got there, but the costs have just spiralled to a point we can't go any more. We'll just hunker down and limit ourselves to days out in the car within 150 miles of home or one overnight in a hotel a bit further out. With our two \"furry kids\", the options are limited anyway.
We had one really BIG trip in 1968, when we emigrated from the UK to the US, but Boeing paid for that!","images":{"__typename":"AssociatedImageConnection","edges":[],"totalCount":0,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"timeToRead":1,"currentRevision":{"__ref":"Revision:revision:1524275_1"},"latestVersion":null,"messagePolicies":{"__typename":"MessagePolicies","canModerateSpamMessage":{"__typename":"PolicyResult","failureReason":{"__typename":"FailureReason","message":"error.lithium.policies.feature.moderation_spam.action.moderate_entity.allowed.accessDenied","key":"error.lithium.policies.feature.moderation_spam.action.moderate_entity.allowed.accessDenied","args":[]}}}},"User:user:194508":{"__typename":"User","id":"user:194508","uid":194508,"login":"TyroneandGladys","biography":null,"registrationData":{"__typename":"RegistrationData","status":null,"registrationTime":"2008-06-03T16:33:22.000-07:00"},"deleted":false,"email":"","avatar":{"__typename":"UserAvatar","url":"https://community.goodsam.com/t5/s/feyqc97479/m_assets/avatars/default/avatar-5.svg?time=1737155183000"},"rank":{"__ref":"Rank:rank:42"},"entityType":"USER","eventPath":"community:feyqc97479/user:194508"},"ModerationData:moderation_data:1524274":{"__typename":"ModerationData","id":"moderation_data:1524274","status":"APPROVED","rejectReason":null,"isReportedAbuse":false,"rejectUser":null,"rejectTime":null,"rejectActorType":null},"ForumReplyMessage:message:1524274":{"__typename":"ForumReplyMessage","author":{"__ref":"User:user:194508"},"id":"message:1524274","revisionNum":1,"uid":1524274,"depth":1,"hasGivenKudo":false,"subscribed":false,"board":{"__ref":"Forum:board:RVTipsTricks"},"parent":{"__ref":"ForumTopicMessage:message:1524166"},"conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:1524166"},"subject":"Re: Getting expensive","moderationData":{"__ref":"ModerationData:moderation_data:1524274"},"body":"1986 RV can afford to go go and go Neighbor 2008 RV cant afford to go. 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Factor in the payments/onetime cost, the depreciation, the insurance, the registration, the maintenance into those few weeks of travel & it gets scary real fast. The flying to a destination, the car rental, the hotel, the restaurant costs over those fest weeks begin to look cheap.
Different situation if you are a longtimer or fulltime. Those fixed costs are spread out over many more days.
Stay out of restaurants. Tread lightly on the gas pedal, Use SPs, NPs & COEs. Choose power only backin sites not FHU pull thrus & lots of money can be saved.","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":false,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":false,\"removeTocMarkup\":false,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"207","kudosSumWeight":0,"repliesCount":0,"postTime":"2014-10-30T12:26:08.000-07:00","lastPublishTime":"2014-10-30T12:26:08.000-07:00","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":397},"visibilityScope":"PUBLIC","placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"isEscalated":null,"solution":false,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:RVTalk/community:feyqc97479board:RVTipsTricks/message:1524166/message:1524272","replies":{"__typename":"MessageConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[]},"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","edges":[],"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"customFields":[],"readOnly":false,"editFrozen":false,"body@stringLength":"756","rawBody":"Start adding up the annual expenses along with the daily costs & it can be very pricey, particularly for those who only get to travel for a few weeks a year.
Factor in the payments/onetime cost, the depreciation, the insurance, the registration, the maintenance into those few weeks of travel & it gets scary real fast. The flying to a destination, the car rental, the hotel, the restaurant costs over those fest weeks begin to look cheap.
Different situation if you are a longtimer or fulltime. Those fixed costs are spread out over many more days.
Stay out of restaurants. Tread lightly on the gas pedal, Use SPs, NPs & COEs. Choose power only backin sites not FHU pull thrus & lots of money can be saved.","images":{"__typename":"AssociatedImageConnection","edges":[],"totalCount":0,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"timeToRead":1,"currentRevision":{"__ref":"Revision:revision:1524272_1"},"latestVersion":null,"messagePolicies":{"__typename":"MessagePolicies","canModerateSpamMessage":{"__typename":"PolicyResult","failureReason":{"__typename":"FailureReason","message":"error.lithium.policies.feature.moderation_spam.action.moderate_entity.allowed.accessDenied","key":"error.lithium.policies.feature.moderation_spam.action.moderate_entity.allowed.accessDenied","args":[]}}}},"User:user:730":{"__typename":"User","id":"user:730","uid":730,"login":"pnichols","biography":null,"registrationData":{"__typename":"RegistrationData","status":null,"registrationTime":"2005-04-26T06:29:00.000-07:00"},"deleted":false,"email":"","avatar":{"__typename":"UserAvatar","url":"https://community.goodsam.com/t5/s/feyqc97479/m_assets/avatars/default/avatar-6.svg?time=1737155183000"},"rank":{"__ref":"Rank:rank:41"},"entityType":"USER","eventPath":"community:feyqc97479/user:730"},"ModerationData:moderation_data:1524271":{"__typename":"ModerationData","id":"moderation_data:1524271","status":"APPROVED","rejectReason":null,"isReportedAbuse":false,"rejectUser":null,"rejectTime":null,"rejectActorType":null},"ForumReplyMessage:message:1524271":{"__typename":"ForumReplyMessage","author":{"__ref":"User:user:730"},"id":"message:1524271","revisionNum":1,"uid":1524271,"depth":1,"hasGivenKudo":false,"subscribed":false,"board":{"__ref":"Forum:board:RVTipsTricks"},"parent":{"__ref":"ForumTopicMessage:message:1524166"},"conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:1524166"},"subject":"Re: Getting expensive","moderationData":{"__ref":"ModerationData:moderation_data:1524271"},"body":"
hawkeye-08 wrote: We enjoy it and budget for our leisure time so it is fine. Sometimes we like to go with full hookups so we can run air conditioner as much as we want, other times we go without full hookups.. we have a generator along for charging batteries and running AC when away from power.. We just enjoy getting out away from daily grind. We have it figured out where I can work also if needed (need cell coverage for that), gives us more flexibility.
Good comments ... simple and to the point.
What you say is our philosophy about getting out in the RV. We can camp in good comfort in a wide variety of weather situations with hookups or without.","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":false,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":false,\"removeTocMarkup\":false,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"203","kudosSumWeight":0,"repliesCount":0,"postTime":"2014-10-30T10:22:55.000-07:00","lastPublishTime":"2014-10-30T10:22:55.000-07:00","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":397},"visibilityScope":"PUBLIC","placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"isEscalated":null,"solution":false,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:RVTalk/community:feyqc97479board:RVTipsTricks/message:1524166/message:1524271","replies":{"__typename":"MessageConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[]},"customFields":[],"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","edges":[],"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"readOnly":false,"editFrozen":false,"body@stringLength":"714","rawBody":"
hawkeye-08 wrote: We enjoy it and budget for our leisure time so it is fine. Sometimes we like to go with full hookups so we can run air conditioner as much as we want, other times we go without full hookups.. we have a generator along for charging batteries and running AC when away from power.. We just enjoy getting out away from daily grind. We have it figured out where I can work also if needed (need cell coverage for that), gives us more flexibility.
Good comments ... simple and to the point.
What you say is our philosophy about getting out in the RV. 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