Really newbie question about a small TT
Hi all. Thanks for Any replies. Long story short. I have two kids who do the travel baseball thing and I am looking for ways to cut expenses. One is to buy a small TT 16-18’ that can sleep no more tha...
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I suspect this is a penny wise/pound foolish endeavor if it's primarily to save on hotels.
Let's say there are 5 trips at an average of 100miles away.
- $75/night for 2 nights at a hotel, $750/yr
- Assuming a 30 mpg car, $100 in gas
- Eating out at $50/day, $500
- Annual total $1350
Buy an inexpensive camper...lets say $5,000 (used)
Do you have a truck that can pull it? Upgrade could be another $5,000 (used)
- Walmart camping: Free but really...
- Assume 9mpg, $300
- Meals: He's still going to want to go out with the team, figure maybe $400 as you can eat breakfast in.
If we assume you have a tow vehicle already, that's $700 per year plus $5000 to buy...that's going to take about 7-8yrs to break even. Do you realistically expect him to still be doing travel sports for that long?
Now if you want to just go camping and already have the unit, it starts to make sense but a whole lot easier to stay at a park with power and facilities for $20-40 per night. Depending...you might even take it to the sports field and do lunch for the team as you have a fridge and kitchen facilities.
Let's say there are 5 trips at an average of 100miles away.
- $75/night for 2 nights at a hotel, $750/yr
- Assuming a 30 mpg car, $100 in gas
- Eating out at $50/day, $500
- Annual total $1350
Buy an inexpensive camper...lets say $5,000 (used)
Do you have a truck that can pull it? Upgrade could be another $5,000 (used)
- Walmart camping: Free but really...
- Assume 9mpg, $300
- Meals: He's still going to want to go out with the team, figure maybe $400 as you can eat breakfast in.
If we assume you have a tow vehicle already, that's $700 per year plus $5000 to buy...that's going to take about 7-8yrs to break even. Do you realistically expect him to still be doing travel sports for that long?
Now if you want to just go camping and already have the unit, it starts to make sense but a whole lot easier to stay at a park with power and facilities for $20-40 per night. Depending...you might even take it to the sports field and do lunch for the team as you have a fridge and kitchen facilities.
