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RV (LD) or Motel
Yahoo Message Number: 55990
I'm trying to buid a case to my wife (and myself) why we should get an RV vs. staying in Motels.  Are main destination is usually the beach from the Las Vegas area and the average motel room is 128 per night.  I tried building an Excel spreadsheet and calculating the difference of RV vs. motel but got disgusted and gave up.  A used Lazy Daze is my RV of choice, based on all the information on the web, especially this web site.  Any supporting information would be great.  Thanks for all the information on this Web site.

Paul Carey
Wannabe

Henderson, NV
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] RV (LD) or Motel
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Yahoo Message Number: 55993
If you are just going to the same place all the time, then I would suggest that an RV is not for you.  If, however, you love to travel and see the country, sit by a campfire at night and listen to the coyotes,  hate living out of a suitcase, etc. then you are probably a good candidate.  Don't try to justify it with cost comparisons.  Costs can go all over the place with either style of "camping."  You have to decide what kind of recreation appeals to you, then select the type of living accommodations that match those desires.
 Living in Henderson I can see why you might want to go to the ocean now and then.  :-)

Dick
Re: RV (LD) or Motel
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Yahoo Message Number: 55995
Hi Paul,
 It's very hard to build a case for RVs that's built entirely on economics, because there are so many variables -- will you be traveling
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] RV (LD) or Motel
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Yahoo Message Number: 55996
At 11:55 PM 7/22/2005 +0000, you wrote:

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I'm trying to buid a case to my wife (and myself) why we should get an RV vs. staying in Motels.
We travel both ways, because each has its advantages. Some things I like about having the RV have already been mentioned: immediate availability of all your "stuff," from clean clothes to your favorite books and CDs, to a midnight snack and the ever-handy bathroom whenever you need it.
 In terms of cost, as others have pointed out, it's hard to justify buying an RV just on that basis. However, we find that we do save money on meals, in particular, when we are on the road. We frequently will eat dinner out, but almost never breakfast or lunch. And you eat in the most beautiful and scenic spots!  (If your wife is not thrilled with the idea of cooking her way across country, you might volunteer to prepare breakfasts or do sandwiches for lunch.)
 Standard (non-boondocking) campgrounds now charge what you used to pay for a motel room years ago, and of course gas has gotten sky high. But since motel rooms nowadays are frequently over $100 a night (as you found out), even these prices can be somewhat of a bargain.
 If it were me, I'd rent an RV for a week and take a trip to your favorite beach...and see how it goes.  Then you'll both have a better idea if this investment is better than the motel-and-meals-out routine.

Sonsie
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] RV (LD) or Motel
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Yahoo Message Number: 56000
(If your wife is not thrilled with the idea of cooking her way across country, you might volunteer to prepare breakfasts or do sandwiches for lunch.)


 Sonsie, I think you've hit the nail on the head as to why some women aren't too thrilled to do the RV thing on vacation instead of staying in motels.
For many women (but not by any means, all), going on a vacation in an RV isn't a vacation for them since they still have to cook and clean!

Linda Hylton

2004 Red 23.5' TK

From Pit River Campground (BLM)
See where we are: http://map.datastormusers.com/user2.cfm?user=1167
Linda Hylton
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] RV (LD) or Motel
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Yahoo Message Number: 56017
You can have your cake and eat it, too!  The RV Park we go to Oct thru Feb is in San Felipe, Mexico, only 3 hours south of El Centro California.  See http://www.kiki.com.mx/  Very clean and right on the Sea of Cortez. Plus very nice motel rooms at $45/night off-season (off-season is Winter - not a typo)  Feel free to join the RVers campfire.  See you there.

best,  paul
Re: RV (LD) or Motel
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Yahoo Message Number: 56024
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You can have your cake and eat it, too! best,  paul
Since we RV fulltime, motels are obviously not an option for us. But, even if we did have a home base, we'd still RV. We've stayed in every type of motel and hotel as well as beautiful B&B's on the coast. But, you're still living out of a suitcase either way. And each new place requires re-orientation to new surroundings. We have a few friends who don't understand why we travel this way and the best way I can explain it is, we travel all the time, but every night we're back home. My bed,  my books, my stuff... my home. We even have our little morning "routines". That familiarity is what makes the constant change of scenery outside our LD fun - but not disorienting.
 See if your wife would be interested in just renting an RV for a week first before committing to buying one. Understand, though, that any RV you rent will probably be far inferior to a Lazy Daze, so keep that in mind.

With that being said, I could still be talked into spending another weekend at Jamison House on a cliff just outside Mendocino - with its hot tub overlooking the ocean. I'd live out of a suitcase again for that. ;^)

Ilene & John In a 2004 26.5MB 'Red Zoe'
Re: RV (LD) or Motel
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Yahoo Message Number: 56060
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I'm trying to buid a case to my wife (and myself) why we should get an RV vs. staying in Motels.
Paul Carey Wannabe Henderson, NV
Paul:
 You'll never convince her with a spreadsheet.  Rent an RV in Vegas and spend a weekend in the valley of fire.  It is the ability to go so many places, many of which are inconvenient from motels, that make this life exciting.  Better yet, travel for a day to Sequoia National Park and camp there.  See if that doesn't convince her!

Good luck

Gus Weber
 
Re: RV (LD) or Motel
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Yahoo Message Number: 56144
Mary Sue,
 Thanks for the link.  It is interesting.  I'm not sure I really believe it is cheaper to travel by RV, but the article makes me feel good about how much money I'm saving.

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