John & Angela
Full Timers in Canada, USA and Mexico
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Number 1 reason to stay in my RV as opposed to a motel. The hair in the shower drain...is mine.
Come visit us at our website and share in our great fulltime RV Adventure.
2003 Fleetwood Revolution 40C
Retired Canadian Air Force Technicians
Vernon,B.C,Canada.
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FormerBiker
Wildomar, Riverside County, CA 25OR624
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Cool Mike wrote:Whats a Motel?
Isn't that one of those things they trap roaches in?
Lady Vixen and the Rat
2006 Arctic Fox 29-5T (Lady Vixen)
2002 K3500 w/8.1 "It's a gasser!"(The Rat)
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Vulcaneer
Northern New England
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We made a trip to Maine. DW decided she wanted to stay at a bed and breakfast that looked really nice on line. More convenient to where we would be for recreation. And the cost of gas to pull the 5'r would be about a wash.
Well, it seems the place was a lot nicer on-line than in reality. Tiny room. Old matress, A/C that didn't work well, No TV. Like staying at Grandma's house. Breakfast was OK, tho'. All for $165/night.
Gas would have been $200 more than taking the car. And campground $50/night. We probably still would have gone to restaurants for dinner, on this trip. So cost difference was pretty much equal. But the accommodations certainly were not.
Will never do that mistake again.
2006 F350 V10 4X4 SC SB SRW 4.30 22,500 GCWR
Keystone Sprinter 33'9" 12,500 GVWR
Pullrite Super Glide 18K
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happycampin4
Haymarket, VA
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Just did a comparison for an upcoming trip....
1000 mi round trip, with our van @ 23mpg, hotel for 5 nights @ $130/night
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900 mile towing @ 10mpg, 100 mile running around @ 18 mpg, 5 nights in campground @ 50/night.
Camping worked out to be about $300 cheaper! (We did not include meals as we would have to buy food to stock the trailer or eat out. But I know eating out all the time would have thrown the equation way off balance, (in favor of camping) let alone throwing off my cholesterol!!
So, HappyCampin!
HappyCampin4
Me and Her, da boy (15), da girl (10)
Maggie May the bassett/beagle mix. (Front half Bassett, back half beagle, Beagle brain.)
2000 Starcraft TravelStar 21CK
2006 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab V6 w/ Factory Tow Pkg
Reese W/D w/ Dual Cam, Prodigy
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roman traveler
Madera, CA.
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I have traveled for the past 34 years on business averaging over 100 nights a year in hotels/motels. When I get home from a trip I hug my wife and fiver, not necessarily in that order.
RT
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emtee
West Virginia
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Only time I use a hotel (not motel) is when I visit a big city (Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Philly, etc...) for an event and want to stay right downtown. We walk a lot when in downtowns. We stay at three and four star hotels only, and it's nice to be pampered once in a while. However, anything else we do... our rolling house goes with us!
Mark and Lucy T.
2004 Chevy 2500HD Gasser
2008 Jayco Eagle 27.5 Super Lite
Superglide on Homemade Removable Rails
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kokosfriend
Nashville, TN
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I want my own bed, my own bathroom and my own food. Eating out is OK, but I can't do it very often without getting problems with GERD.
Barb
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Kajtek1
CA
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Well... some comparisons are short-seeing.
Try our annual 550 miles trip, generating average 1600 miles in 7 days to Las Vegas with 115F.
Our 900 sq-ft timeshare right on the Strip combined with sedan cruising at 90 mph works perfectly .
Pessimist sees dark tunnel, optimist sees a light at the end, realist sees lights of coming train.Engineer sees 3 idiots on the tracks.
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John-in-SWO
Essex County
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When I look at what we spent on our modest popup camper and gas burned on the road, that would have bought alot of hotel rooms. And we don't have an expensive RV! But that's not why we bought a camper. And I think alot of us have this in common - camping for the freedom and independence of our own accomodation in the beautiful surroundings of a campsite. Camping is not something do to save money, we do it because we LIKE IT.
As to hotels, if I am going somewhere and the camper is not in the equation for whatever reason (such as January, hehe), I research and chose a good B&B. B&B's are good alternatives to hotel rooms. For those who have never stayed at one, it's usual because "the idea of sleeping at someone else's house creeps me out". But a hotel is "someone else's house too" except at a B&B you won't be sleeping on a bed that was used 29 times that month by a hooker, or in a room that was the site of a frat party the night before. The average B&B proprieter takes great pride in the care and cleanliness of their premises and that is reflected in the type of guests who stay at them as well. And to top it off, you get a great full breakfast in the morning - not a bagel and canned fruit. Just something to think about, if you've never tried it. Not to say there aren't bad B&B's out there - but the worst B&B we ever stayed at was 10x better than the best hotel (but not quite as much fun as the provincial park).
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The_Vintagers
Georgia USA
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we look at our TT as our:
Beachside Bungalow
Lakeside Lodge
Mountain Cabin
Guest Cottage
It all depends on where it is parked!
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