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Old 04-20-2017, 02:01 PM   #11
Joe-FL
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 37GT
State: Florida
Posts: 809
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We had zero experience RVing. In our early 60's we bought our first 5th wheel, retired for the second time, sold the sticknbrick, and started 3 years of full time traveling.

We didn't rent RV's to see if we like it either. We had owned larger live-aboard boats over the years and knew we would enjoy living/traveling in small accommodations. The only significant transitions was figuring out permanent change of address (mail service vs. relative), and our health care.

We still had a mortgage and all the expenses of owning a home, but no other bills. On paper I thought we may save a little money, in reality we saved a ton of money.

Even if you don't sit in one place you can still control your expenses to fit almost any budget. For example, you want to spend the winter in Florida. Find a reasonable CG inland around the middle of the state and get a 3 month rate. Travel to the beaches and other sites in your toad.

When just traveling across country take your time. For example you have a destination 5 states away, maybe 5 days drive. Find a CG half way that has a good multi day rate, maybe 5 days for $100.00. Drive 2 days and use Walmart parking lots for your night stays. Rest up and have some down time at the cheap half way point, then continue on by staying at a couple more Walmarts. You have traveled maybe 2,000 miles and spent $100 on camping in 9 days, compared to paying higher rates for staying in CG's every night to cover that same 2,000 miles in 5 days and spending at least $200.00.

We had kids/grandkids/friends that we wanted to visit each year in Illinois. We found a park district CG close to where we wanted to be for a couple of months. It was a small but very nice CG on a river. Their monthly rate, which included unlimited electric and water, was $325.00. That is under $11.00 per day.

We stayed in some resort style CG's that charged over $100 a night while full time, but they were far and few between. The point is you can control how much you spend while full time.
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