NW-Bound
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I am impressed! Aren't you going to post pictures or blogs for others to learn from your experience?
Different strokes for different folks, but it does seem like RV'ing is a bit more popular with the married men here than it is with the single men, perhaps?
It is just another way to vacation . I camped when my children were small and it was fun.
Just a way to vacation, M'am? Have you traveled and camped the T-Al way?
Same as with camping, there are different levels of RV'ing, and I am still learning by reading. Cheap armchair adventures for an ER.
It is just another way to vacation . I camped when my children were small and it was fun . I've also rented condos ,I 've rented houses , I've rented houseboats , cruised ,went on a historical schooner ( that went aground and we were rescued by the coast guard ),stayed at B&B's , stayed at top notch hotels ,stayed at Club Med , stayed at all inclusive hotels , stayed at boutique hotels and occasionally stayed at Days INN . They are all part of the travel experience and except for Days Inn I enjoyed all of them .
I am fortunate in that I have family in good vacation destinations: London, New York City, Cape Cod, San Francisco, Hawaii.
Wow , can we trade ? I have family in Lakewood , NY , Wilkes -Barre , Pa and Weeki Wachee , Fl ..
It would be a shame to pay that much money and then decide you don't really like that mode of travel all that much.
... but overall you can not really make a case for RVing as a frugal strategy. Either you enjoy it for its many advantages and are willing to pay for them, or stick with traditional travel plans if long-term cost is your concern.
I guess this accounts for the large, liquid, robust, and fast-moving market in used RVs.... the RV's seem to break-down or need major repairs once a year. He gave me the impression it wasn't cheap to keep the RV up, plus all the other costs associated with RVing adds up.
If I wanted to get "back to nature" then I think I'd use a backpack and and a good pair of hiking boots. Getting "back to nature" with a 40-foot Class A RV seems like going "sailing" in a submarine...In reading blogs, I have found that some of them use RVs in order to stay in places where there are no restaurants. They are into nature big time. The question I am asking myself is how much "nature" I can enjoy. I do not have an answer yet, still living vicariously through their blogs and finding it very interesting.
I have to say NO but I think T AL is lucky to have such a great wife . Maybe when I was twenty that would appeal to me but not now.
If I wanted to get "back to nature" then I think I'd use a backpack and and a good pair of hiking boots. Getting "back to nature" with a 40-foot Class A RV seems like going "sailing" in a submarine...
I bet you've been studying that Dale Carnegie course again.I am a few years younger than T-Al, and look MUCH younger
I just checked RV rentals from Cruise America. It is about $131 a day for a 14 day rental. This included a $448 for 1,400 miles. I assume it does not include gas. When we travel we normally stay in Quality Inns, Hampton Inns, or Holiday Inns. We normally pay less than that.
Absolutely.I just checked RV rentals from Cruise America. It is about $131 a day for a 14 day rental. This included a $448 for 1,400 miles. I assume it does not include gas. When we travel we normally stay in Quality Inns, Hampton Inns, or Holiday Inns. We normally pay less than that.
We just returned from a trip to the PacNW and couldn't take the MH due to time constraints. DW remarked on more than one occasion, "If we were in the MH I could buy that!" No way to get all those 'road bargains' in your checked or carry-on bags.
I just checked RV rentals from Cruise America. It is about $131 a day for a 14 day rental. This included a $448 for 1,400 miles. I assume it does not include gas. When we travel we normally stay in Quality Inns, Hampton Inns, or Holiday Inns. We normally pay less than that.