Considering Purchasing a Used Travel Trailer
Hello, Our family recently decided to take up a new hobby. Weve run the financials on both other hobbies, talked to owners themselves. Now i turn to you for your knowledge. Our list of hobbies is bas...
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I think you are asking a question that is impossible to answer.
The cost of owning a TT can be extremely variable. You can stay close to home and limit fuel costs. You can stay at state parks and hike and swim, that's about $30/night here in Michigan. If you bring all of your food with you, your food costs wont really change either.
You've asked if they are money pits.....well aren't houses and cars money pits? They need constant care and upkeep and the list never ends.
The part that is hard to explain is how much you can "get" out of camping that isn't measurable with money. That's how you determine if it's worth it to you or not and that's the part that's hard to explain to someone else, especially someone that isn't sure if they like to camp. It's like those credit card commercials that say things are priceless.
How much is it worth to you to have your kids make friends with other kids on a beach on Lake Michigan? Play from sunset to 11pm while running up and down the beach. How much is it worth to you to teach the kids how to make smores over the campfire? How much is it worth to you to see your kids running through the woods with walkie talkies while you sit at the site? How much is it worth to you to walk down the beach and find a random stream full of tadpoles? There is so much variety out there to explore. It's never doing the same thing over and over again, that would get so dull.
You can't really measure these things with money.
For us, it would be worth it for just about any cost. But not everybody enjoys camping. I think it's something you should try out before you make the investment.
The cost of owning a TT can be extremely variable. You can stay close to home and limit fuel costs. You can stay at state parks and hike and swim, that's about $30/night here in Michigan. If you bring all of your food with you, your food costs wont really change either.
You've asked if they are money pits.....well aren't houses and cars money pits? They need constant care and upkeep and the list never ends.
The part that is hard to explain is how much you can "get" out of camping that isn't measurable with money. That's how you determine if it's worth it to you or not and that's the part that's hard to explain to someone else, especially someone that isn't sure if they like to camp. It's like those credit card commercials that say things are priceless.
How much is it worth to you to have your kids make friends with other kids on a beach on Lake Michigan? Play from sunset to 11pm while running up and down the beach. How much is it worth to you to teach the kids how to make smores over the campfire? How much is it worth to you to see your kids running through the woods with walkie talkies while you sit at the site? How much is it worth to you to walk down the beach and find a random stream full of tadpoles? There is so much variety out there to explore. It's never doing the same thing over and over again, that would get so dull.
You can't really measure these things with money.
For us, it would be worth it for just about any cost. But not everybody enjoys camping. I think it's something you should try out before you make the investment.
