Car breaks down on a trip. What to do with your camper?

Not a camper, but years ago my old ClassA blow the engine on suburbans of Toronto.
Local truck repair shop (huge one) took like 5 days to charge me $1500 and tell me old diesel is not repairable, while finding replacement engine is impossible.
So I rented minivan, took family to friends and family for 2 weeks and then bought another motorhome in Baltimore.
When that made nice dent in my savings, we still remember it as adventure.