We're headed to a business conference for my wife in a few days. I really didn't want to go, but I didn't put up much of a fight.
We got a spot at an RV park for three nights, which cost about as much as a local hotel (maybe more, maybe less).
The cost/benefit analysis is pretty easy though:
1. Hotel vs RV Park: Call it a wash.
2. Meals: Cheaper in the RV (even more so for the drinks)
3. Fuel: Way more expensive to tow the fiver.
4. Pets: Way cheaper and more convenient to bring the dogs with us than to put them in a kennel or have someone dog-sit.
So cost-wise, we're probably just a little on the happy side of breaking even.
But then factoring in the conveniences: We'll be in our own beds with all of our comforts and living out of our closets instead of out of bags.
And on top of that, I've got my fast internet connection and a convenient office in the garage of our toy hauler, so I can work and bill my time while my wife is at her conferences, which tips the scales way in our favor for taking the RV and ends up paying for the trip.
