Annual cost to fulltime

westernrvparkowner wrote:

4X4Dodger wrote:

nazpaz wrote:

jorbill2or wrote:

This is exactly why it's so hard to budget a prospective ft life . Ea person lives differently certainly , but most people won't share "real "" numbers because they are afraid to be judged and hung online! I suspect other than those living in a RV to "save" money those really living a retired full time travel , golf, eat out frequently , " good life" on the road spend much more than they let on

Just remember, he didn't ask people to tell him what he would spend. He asked them what they spent. No one can tell him what he will spend, but those who keep records can tell him what they spent.

That's not to say whether or not that information will be especially helpful but it is an answerable question.

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Data is only valuable when the basis for that data is known. Some posts here are giving only the costs directly related to the RV. Others are including normal living expenses. Still others are including expenditures that clearly are not tied to full time RVing, yet are in fact expenses that individual incurred. Using the "data" collected here to make any decisions or reach any conclusions would be a classic example of "Garbage in, garbage out".

I agree with some of what you say however I think the vast majority of the Intelligence Community would disagree with your statement about Data needing a "Basis" known to be valuable. Small bits of seemingly unrelated data can be collated to create a larger and accurate picture. This is how most codes are broken. I think your notions work for some things but for what the OP wanted to know most of what he will get will be valuable in one way or another I am betting. But isnt that really up to him to decide?