Justifying the cost of a Travel Trailer
I have been thinking about getting a small travel trailer, less than 20 foot. It is just myself, don't need anything big and I can tow up to 3,500 lbs. I don't know if buying one would justify the...
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Mike Up wrote:
I couldn't justify the cost of my 29' Jayco Jay Flight travel trailer so I traded in for a top of the line 14' box premier pop up with a large slide that has the same interior space as my previous 29' Jay Flight 26BH.
If I camped all the time at cheaper campgrounds, I'd likely kept it but it was a money pit and neither the wife or I could see paying out all that money for it to sit in the yard.
With the Pop Up, I actually can't believe how much cheaper it is just for insurance and plates. I already saved about $350 a year just there with the new 2019 compared to the 2012 Jay Flight.
Agree completely. A popup is still a quantum leap up from camping in a tent but without the considerable expense of owning a travel trailer, especially if one buys used. For insurance and winter storage alone I'm out a minimum of $1000 yr even if I never used the travel trailer at all during the season and it just sat there on my driveway. Over the long term the costs are exponentially higher once you start replacing tires, servicing bearings & brakes, regularly caulking the seams, etc - this maintenance list goes on but God forbid you should have an actual failure such as a DSI fridge that's died, only adding substantially to your costs. :E For what? - a dozen nights of camping each season? :? Believe it, it ain't cheap - whether it's worth it to you only you can answer. ;)
