How to calculate the cost of RVing
I'll use a 2003 Class C motor home purchased 7 years ago as an example because that's what we have. I paid $23000 for it. Let's assume I sell today for $15000. OK much of this has to be estimated. S...
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Walaby wrote:That caught my eye. What do you have? I've got a couple that I've been restoring/modifying the past several winters. One I've had for 30 years and the other 10+ years before finally having time for them (finally about to paint one). Yes, definitely expensive! And like RVs, you'll almost never recoup all the time and $$ you put into them.
restore classic cars as well. Two other expensive hobbies.
Mike
In the beginning we went through 3 TTs before one stuck. Thousands of $$ down the drain (sigh). Then, there's all the $$ spent on mods & ugrades on our TT. On the positive side, we are Thousand Trails members and in addition to the $800 we spent on a used membership, the annual dues are only around $500 so our annual per night cost is fairly low. We went on a car road trip once from BC to San Diego. Stayed in motels and tented in few CGs. DW (an accountant) tallied up every single receipt (including things like tourist attractions) and came to almost $5K! It's really hard to compare RV-ing to road trips in a car, there's too many variables.
I love everything about RV-ing - towing a "rig" down the road, doing mods, travelling to new places, figuring out how to get from point A to B, meeting folks in CGs, etc. Just can't put a price on that.
If you call it a hobby, then it's all good... :)
