Money and costs.
I guess, for a variety of reasons, finally, in our 70's and after 40+ years of RVing in various forms, we seem to have a little more spendable cash. For example, we decided we wanted a bedroom window ...
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By "debt free" I don't mean free of monthly expenses (utilities, insurance, etc.) but really mean free of loans with interest such as car loans, home mortgage, credit card, etc.
Some of you argue that RVing is "not expensive". I agree that the cost can sort of be what you make it but I do notice that most RVers tend to leave out the cost of their RV's and/ or tow vehicles. In other words; depreciation. If you do the math on how much your RV will depreciate over a 5 year period and divide by the number of nights you spend in it and add camping fees it can easily equal or exceed the cost of a hotel. Especially if you bought a $100,000 MH, less if you bought a $10,000 used trailer of course.
Some of you argue that RVing is "not expensive". I agree that the cost can sort of be what you make it but I do notice that most RVers tend to leave out the cost of their RV's and/ or tow vehicles. In other words; depreciation. If you do the math on how much your RV will depreciate over a 5 year period and divide by the number of nights you spend in it and add camping fees it can easily equal or exceed the cost of a hotel. Especially if you bought a $100,000 MH, less if you bought a $10,000 used trailer of course.
