Campground pricing.
We just took a road trip. Just driving our truck, not with the TT. Got good MPG of about 18. Motels were expensive. Got a couple of good deals but some were outragous in price. Went this option becaus...
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JohnnyG73 wrote:
The cost of our vacations often depend on our plans. If we plan to travel for many days it's much cheaper for us to stay in a motel/hotel than to pull our trailer. I have to factor in gas along with accommodations. The extra cost of a full day of towing a trailer and the CG can far exceed the cost of a motel room.
On the other hand, sometimes we only travel a short distance and spend a week or two in one place. With this route the trailer is less expensive.
The trailer is always more comfortable than most any other lodgings though.
Very good point....I was just thinking about this earlier this morning. We are about 2400 miles from Los Angeles. For us to drive our motorhome (or even pull our old TT with the F250 we had) to Los Angeles and back, it would cost us $2100 just in gas. That's at 8mpg and an average of $3.50/gallon. That's just for gas there and back. Plus not including at least a week of travel time. A couple years ago we flew out there. I was able to get 3 round trip tickets for less than $700 (haven't anything like that again). Our hotel at a Homewood Suites in Agora Hills was $900 for 7 nights. Rental car was $200 for the week. All together that is only $1800. Saving $300 immediately. Plus we traveled for about a day (both ways), rather than a week. We didn't have to pay campground costs along the way (we could of stayed in a parking lot for free I guess). But there would be about another $400 + of camping expenses during the week there in Los Angeles area. Plus no wear and tear on my rig. And then if you want to take in the costs of the rig, insurance, blah blah blah
