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| Jerry S. |
 Jan 11 2008, 09:40 PM
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Hi everybody,
To celebrate my one year anniversary on this forum, I thought I'd try a poll. I just hope I did the "poll" part right. The "Special Price Break" thread from a few weeks ago got me thinking about the effect sky-rocketing fuel prices is having on RV travel. Simplistically, how much these rising fuel costs are increasing the cost of your RVing is primarily a function of your mileage. For example, if you drive the RV 10,000 miles a year and get 10 mpg., fuel at $3 a gallon costs you an extra $1,000 a year over $2 a gallon fuel. While that is a lot of money to some of us, I don't see that as a "deal breaker" for many retired, full-timers on this forum. Another factor is the amount of time you spend RVing. If that 10,000 miles is spread over 5, 6, 7 months or more of travelling, you're getting a pretty good return on the extra $1,000. On the lower end, an extra $500-$1,000 for a 3 week vacation may put a long summer RV trip out of reach for families. I think it will be interesting to see the poll results (assuming I did that part of this post right) and comments by others on this financial problem facing RVers. |
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| DXSMac |
May 11 2008, 08:16 AM
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I'm paying $40 a night (well, $36 with Good Sam discount) at a small RV park in back of a motel in Spokane right now. This park is on a good bus line, I ride the bus to visit my Mom. Is it worth $40? You be the judge.....
JJ -------------------- JJ from Pacific Northwest
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Jerry S. What's Your Annual Rv Usage/mileage? Jan 11 2008, 09:40 PM
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Hi everybody,
To celebrate my one year anniversa... Jan 12 2008, 12:08 AM Joe-n-Doe Rising fuel costs make us wince, but have not yet ... Jan 12 2008, 07:20 AM DXSMac Good poll! So far, I'm the only vote in m... Jan 12 2008, 09:53 AM John S. Well, I am the only one in the 20k plus miles. I j... Jan 12 2008, 10:17 AM
DXSMac
Now I just go to SPokane washington once a year a... Jan 12 2008, 11:07 PM
Terry10
Well, I am the only one in the 20k plus miles. I ... Apr 27 2008, 11:54 PM pianotuna Hi Terry,
Where do you find these 10 to 15 dollar... Apr 28 2008, 12:26 AM rodman
I am a full-time RV'er. We are retired and li... Apr 28 2008, 03:06 PM FosterImposters
I would certainly like to know where these ... Apr 29 2008, 10:08 AM John S.
I am a full-time RV'er. We are retired and li... May 10 2008, 11:03 PM bj41
Terry, I spent 150 a night at one resort type pla... Jun 30 2008, 05:02 AM Texasrvers I'm really glad you did this poll. We are pla... Jan 12 2008, 02:23 PM mastercraft This year was an exception for us because we did a... Jan 12 2008, 10:16 PM pianotuna Hi all,
My wife retires in September--I hope that... Jan 12 2008, 10:31 PM John Blue John S. is correct on thinking about fuel cost. W... Jan 13 2008, 09:46 AM RLM I'm in the over 200 category. With respect to ... Jan 13 2008, 11:15 AM Butch We have, for the last three years, cut back on ou... Jan 14 2008, 08:43 AM BJMA yes, gas is a factor, but you know what, it is sti... Jan 14 2008, 12:02 PM FosterImposters We're one who's reduced mileage is NOT rel... Jan 15 2008, 02:57 PM RLM BJMA>I differ with your statement that "it... Mar 9 2008, 08:02 PM DXSMac
As other's have stated in the thread, it... Mar 9 2008, 10:29 PM Testudo We operate a small truck camper but obviously fuel... Mar 9 2008, 08:18 PM Butch Here in New York in the past, when the infrastruct... Mar 10 2008, 08:45 AM HappiestCamper Or to cover the fees for Client #9....
Here in N... Mar 12 2008, 07:45 AM Butch
Or to cover the fees for Client #9....
Just go... Mar 12 2008, 08:53 AM rodman I sure hated to do it but we have had to park the ... Mar 17 2008, 09:06 AM DXSMac In WA we have high gas taxes, because we don't... Mar 17 2008, 11:20 AM Beastdriver jj: I don't know about other taxes, but the ta... Mar 17 2008, 12:45 PM DXSMac
jj: I don't know about other taxes, but the t... Mar 17 2008, 04:02 PM Jerry S. Hi again everybody,
It has been 3 months since I ... Apr 11 2008, 09:13 PM FosterImposters
...For those of you considering cancelling that t... Apr 12 2008, 11:18 AM Texasrvers We have been talking about a really long (miles an... Apr 11 2008, 09:45 PM DXSMac I still want to do my Pennsylvania trip, despite g... Apr 12 2008, 09:35 AM Parkview :)
" I can't wait to get on the road ag... Apr 12 2008, 11:09 AM jperera We have just started a cross country trip - from W... Apr 12 2008, 09:21 PM Lee and Fran When I joined this forum I was a summer rv user. ... Apr 19 2008, 11:30 AM DXSMac
When I joined this forum I was a summer rv user. ... Apr 19 2008, 12:20 PM Testudo As a follow up to my March 10th comments....
I do... May 4 2008, 08:06 PM Butch With the higher pricing of fuel as of late, we hav... May 9 2008, 08:27 AM Lee and Fran We have found that when traveling if we find the p... May 9 2008, 12:30 PM moqui51 Luckily for us we have been RV'ing for about 2... May 22 2008, 07:43 AM Jerry S. Hi, it's me again.
Recently returned from our... May 30 2008, 09:08 PM rangiebob
Hi everybody,
To celebrate my one year anniversa... Jun 1 2008, 02:16 PM Lindsay Richards We just postponed a great planned trip to follow t... Jul 16 2008, 06:57 PM Glenn Norton Gas in Canada has hit the 5 to 6 buck a gallon thr... Jul 16 2008, 11:02 PM Jerry S. Just an update to my 6/08 post about what you can ... Sep 26 2008, 10:52 AM Jerry S. Now that I am done traveling for the year (just in... Nov 29 2008, 02:12 AM wolverine767 between 10,000 and 20,000 miles here. Gas prices h... Jun 4 2009, 04:00 PM RockHound We have a pop up so compared to most of y’all, we ... Jul 9 2009, 05:50 AM rgatijnet My own opinion is that we are all on borrowed time... Jul 22 2009, 04:26 PM Kirk rgatijnet
Just be careful as you dance around th... Jul 22 2009, 04:32 PM rgatijnet
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Just be careful as you dance around t... Jul 22 2009, 05:34 PM Trailer Park Casanova http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f18/tpc123/P1000... Sep 1 2010, 05:57 PM kaydbug :P I retired this year and we have tried to go som... Dec 20 2010, 07:04 PM Jerry S. It has been a little over 3 years since I started ... Jan 18 2011, 10:36 PM FosterImposters We too are looking forward to hitting the road aga... Jan 20 2011, 09:47 PM John Blue Not me. We plan to keep moving around the USA. D... Jan 19 2011, 08:17 PM Texasrvers We always manage to plan trips when gas is the hig... Jan 19 2011, 08:47 PM DXSMac I signed up to go to Kentucky again this year. I w... Jan 20 2011, 09:18 PM pianotuna Hi Foster,
I get the same break as soon as I hit ... Feb 12 2011, 06:57 PM rollinghills We're planning on going to Glacier and Yellows... Mar 4 2011, 10:59 AM Wink We are camping longer at a time.We just make the t... Apr 10 2011, 07:07 PM Glenn Norton It has been almost three years since I first answe... Apr 10 2011, 10:09 PM pianotuna Hi Glen,
Since I purchased my "new to me... Aug 25 2011, 10:53 AM Glenn Norton Hi Don:
I guess your mileage also depends on how w... Aug 26 2011, 11:14 AM Jerry S. Hi again folks,
As the originator of this poll/th... Sep 30 2011, 08:44 PM RFCN2 Jerry,
Be careful of the Grand Canyon as it can b... Oct 3 2011, 07:31 PM Jerry S. Bob,
Thanks for the warning. For what it's w... Oct 3 2011, 09:25 PM Jerry S. Well my traveling is over for the year. The trip ... Nov 10 2011, 11:15 PM chowhound
Well my traveling is over for the year. The trip... Nov 11 2011, 04:16 PM Jerry S. Has it already been almost 4 months since my last ... Mar 7 2012, 11:53 PM Jerry S. Since everytime somebody new takes the poll in thi... May 29 2012, 09:11 PM John Blue Jerry S,
I hope you are OK and can travel soon. ... Jun 2 2012, 08:06 AM Jerry S. John,
Thanks. Unfortunately, I am still in ... Jun 4 2012, 08:39 PM Jerry S. Just an update if anyone cares. Physically, we ... Jul 7 2012, 10:49 PM Jerry S. We managed to be on the road for the full 4 weeks.... Aug 17 2012, 08:31 PM GandJ
Some kids are already back in school and most sta... Sep 16 2012, 04:57 PM TXBobcat Just an insite.. The date of GandJ & Jerry S. ... Sep 16 2012, 05:59 PM Texasrvers I was mistaken in what I said so I have removed my... Sep 16 2012, 06:25 PM GandJ My bad. Actually my post is a month after Jerry... Sep 16 2012, 08:03 PM Jerry S. OK, let's get this straight before everybody g... Sep 16 2012, 08:47 PM Texasrvers I am so glad Jerry has the eyesight to see what th... Sep 16 2012, 10:05 PM Jerry S. Hi TX,
Thanks for the compliments but I'm not... Sep 16 2012, 10:42 PM jamarynn1 The trouble is that the gas companies use this bot... Sep 17 2012, 12:27 PM mpfireman Our travel depend upon what we want to do and see.... Nov 5 2012, 11:54 AM Jerry S. Well, we managed to get on the road for a full 5 w... Nov 7 2012, 09:38 PM Jerry S. To answer the final question of my previous post -... Apr 9 2013, 10:24 PM Texasrvers So sorry to hear about your recent health problems... Apr 9 2013, 10:42 PM Fitzjohnfan Jerry, to comment on you last message about gas pr... Apr 9 2013, 11:48 PM Texasrvers I'm going to make you guys cry. We just saw ... Apr 10 2013, 04:15 PM Jerry S. We are finally on the brink of our travel season. ... May 4 2013, 08:47 PM Glenn Norton Gas prices just went up over 10% this past week in... May 17 2013, 07:00 PM jamarynn1 We have WAWA gas stations opening all over Central... May 17 2013, 09:54 PM |
