Anyone Cancelling Truck Camper Trips Due to Fuel Prices?

[BradW]

Please, no political comments.

We have a 5,000 mile trip planned with reservations made, but we are reconsidering due to fuel prices. 60 cents per mile for diesel is pretty bad.

[BFL13]

Is it beer or gas for the truck or both? Too complicated!

Another 80 here--only advice is to decide when saving up for later ? how long is that ? is kind of stupid, unless you have a crystal ball that works.

Remember the song, "It's later than you think--enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink!" 🙂

[_1Flyboy]

….. Been thinking about canceling our trip to Alaska but haven’t decided yet. We’re above Dawson Creek, BC & I figure I’ll make my mind up in another month or two……….But I should be on my way back by then… My calendar gets thinner every year…

[ReneeG]

RetiredRealtorRick wrote:

ReneeG wrote:
One way to save is to use your gas CC. Sinclair gives you .10 off per gallon using the card and Chevron gives you .05 off per gallon and .02 credit on your overall bill. You can see that we always use Sinclair right now.

Get the Upside app. Locally I have never gotten less than 14 cents per gallon back. Has been as high as 32 cents. Check it out. Our adult son got us hooked up with it just a few months ago, and the cash adds up quickly.

Thank you!

[Grit_dog]

RetiredRealtorRick wrote:

Get the Upside app. Locally I have never gotten less than 14 cents per gallon back. Has been as high as 32 cents. Check it out. Our adult son got us hooked up with it just a few months ago, and the cash adds up quickly.

So what's the downside to the Upside App? Or the catch? I've looked at the website, and don't understand how it's possible.

[JKJavelin]

Not a T/C,but towing a 5th wheel. Left Wisconsin 3 days ago, doing Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and Hell's Canyon for 4-5000 miles. Boondocking at Badlands BLM (The Wall) this very minute! Fantastic place on the edge of the Badlands. Paid over $5/gallon for diesel yesterday for the first time ever. Hurts a little, but glad we're going. Do it!
JK

[Elkhunter2372]

Paying $5.29/gallon in Western Colorado. Did a trip for Memorial Day that cost me $250 in diesel fuel for a 3 day weekend but the smiles and laughs from sitting in the camper playing cards, watching movies, and listening to the rain and watching it snow? Priceless! Prices wont stop us from going, but I will mumble about it some.

[RetiredRealtorR]

ReneeG wrote:
One way to save is to use your gas CC. Sinclair gives you .10 off per gallon using the card and Chevron gives you .05 off per gallon and .02 credit on your overall bill. You can see that we always use Sinclair right now.

Get the Upside app. Locally I have never gotten less than 14 cents per gallon back. Has been as high as 32 cents. Check it out. Our adult son got us hooked up with it just a few months ago, and the cash adds up quickly.

[ReneeG]

One way to save is to use your gas CC. Sinclair gives you .10 off per gallon using the card and Chevron gives you .05 off per gallon and .02 credit on your overall bill. You can see that we always use Sinclair right now.

[ReneeG]

jaycocreek wrote:

Ramblin' Ralph wrote:
I'm 80. I don't have time to wait for lower prices. I'm starting Ramblin' 2022 next week for 5 months! 🙂

Give 'em heck Ralph..74 here with the same attitude...lol

Looking forward to your reports again Ralph.

[jaycocreek]

Ramblin' Ralph wrote:
I'm 80. I don't have time to wait for lower prices. I'm starting Ramblin' 2022 next week for 5 months! 🙂

Give 'em heck Ralph..74 here with the same attitude...lol

[monkey44]

We always consider the difference between normal fuel price and the scalper fuel price. It's not $5.67 a gallon is too high, it's only $1.57 higher than last trip. So, at per thousand miles an 10 mpg, we only spend an extra $157 dollars for the trip - well, for each thousand miles.

If we can't afford that, we should get out of camping ... sell our $45,000 rig and all our gear. And stay home ... think about the difference between spending $5.67 a gallon as $567 opposed to the $410 already planned in the budget, and instead of $5.67 a gallon, when you budget just think only $157 more. So, if $157 more keeps you home, don't know how to change that. In fact, if you cut your trip one travel day short, you'd recapture that $157 in fuel and also camp fees.

Trip based on 1000 miles and ten MPG ... equates to $.567 per mile in fuel cost per 1000 miles. When fuel hits a dollar a mile, that might keep me home, or closer ...

[ReneeG]

mike/kellie wrote:
We're still doing the western states swing. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Home. Home prices set the bar high. Looking forward to sub $6.00 diesel

$5.69 to $5.79 here in Idaho.

[ReneeG]

No truck camper here, but towing a 13k FW is pretty heavy and we don't plan on discontinuing our trips. We just returned from a trip to the mountains. We planned as we always have, to take one day to check out the local campgrounds, fill up our tank and back to our site where we stayed put for the rest of the trip.

[Camper_Jeff___K]

I'm going to be doing the sights and fishing I never did here in Flushington State. Lots of BLM to explore and Forest Service Land. Sweetie is still handcuffed to the worktable but I'm free as a bird.
I was toying with Alaska but not sure about this season. I still have time to decide yeah or nay. Current conditions could make it easy to get into places normally booked full.

[mike_kellie]

We're still doing the western states swing. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Home. Home prices set the bar high. Looking forward to sub $6.00 diesel