Getting expensive
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 opin...
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loulou57 wrote:
I don't think that the cost of camping has gone up anymore than anything else.
In Ontario an average night in a provincial park with hydro, no water or sewer hook up, will cost around $40. Gas has dropped this last month to $4.35 a gallon or $1.15 a litre. Groceries cost us exactly the same camping as they would be at home. It would be hard to determine the cost of TT per night.
When we hotel we pay on average $ 140 a night for a hotel room, some have been $200-300 however. Meals out, 70 to 100 per day.
When we holiday we really don't question the cost once the decision has been made. We know roughly what a holiday will cost and then tuck away an extra weeks expense. We seem to manage to spend it unless we are camping.
After the initial output of money for equipment the actual costs of camping are quite low.
We are new RVers having bought our Greyhawk in August. We recently made our first lengthy outing, nine days and 1400 miles. I totaled the actual gas, grocery and campground costs. Then I estimated the cost had we made the same trip on our Toyota Tacoma and stayed in low cost motels (~$80/night) and eaten cheaply. It worked out that the estimated Tacoma trip cost was double what we actually spent using the motorhome. Note that I did not factor in the truck or RV payments or insurance, just travel, food and lodging expenses.
