Hokiemom wrote:
Thanks for all the great replies and congratulations, too! It is an exciting time of our lives :) I have been doing a lot of reading in the last day or so (one benefit of all of the snow days we are having here in Virgnia!) about the RV world, wow, so much to digest.
I hope we can get out to a RV lot in the coming months to kind of narrow down what type will be best to rent and then to ultimately purchase. There is so much to consider. I would imagine that owning a Class A would be much more expensive than a TT, insurance wise, etc. Where do most people store theirs? We could possibly park a covered TT beside our home, but not a class A obviously. How much does it on average cost to keep one at a gated lot?
1. I would say in general owning a Class A would be more expensive, but keep in mind that a travel trailer also takes a tow vehicle to pull, so that is an added expense. And of course it depends on if you're talking about new instead of used, etc. Consider as well that if you do go with a Class A you're really going to want a "toad" (i.e. a car to drive when you are at the campgrounds so you don't have to drive the motorhome around.)
2. As far as storage, we keep our TT in our backyard from April-October. It is stored at a local fairgrounds in an enclosed pole building (concrete floor) from November-March for approximately $230 which IMHO has gone a long way towards keeping it in such good condition. Here in NW Ohio, winter can get a bit more harsh than what you'll probably experience...so maybe someone near you can comment about the need to store it in the offseason.
I couldn't tell you what storage would be during the camping season.
