Renting is a great idea, we have never been camping so I am not sure how we will do out there. I will have to see if there are any rentals out here.
Yeah, us too. I went to sleep with a boner viewing the Air Stream models. Those are top notch, but pricey.This is well timed, wife and I have been talking about this. Just local camp grounds to get away for the weekend. I’d need to keep it in my garage though. I ain’t paying storage fees.
Great idea.Absolute pain in the ass.
Rent one a few times a year and be done with it. You can get some pretty nice campers on craigslist for 500/week. No storage. No maintenance. No dealing with the crap system. There's a good chance you don't even have to haul it. Get there - bring in your cooler and some food - enjoy yourself. Pack your stuff up and leave.
You don't have to worry about something coming up or not being able to go in a couple of years. You won't have your 20k camper just "sitting there" eating away at you. Reserve some time slots early in the year and just cancel if you can't make it. Camping 2-3 times a year is plenty for most people.
There is no way you come out ahead buying a camper vs. renting one unless you go all the time.
There's a camper dealer near me that rents, and like velo said above, they will pull it to some nearby grounds. $400 or so for 2-3 nights. You can get a lot of weekends in renting and come out ahead on a $20,000 camper.Renting is a great idea, we have never been camping so I am not sure how we will do out there. I will have to see if there are any rentals out here.
Absolute pain in the ass.
Rent one a few times a year and be done with it. You can get some pretty nice campers on craigslist for 500/week. No storage. No maintenance. No dealing with the crap system. There's a good chance you don't even have to haul it. Get there - bring in your cooler and some food - enjoy yourself. Pack your stuff up and leave.
You don't have to worry about something coming up or not being able to go in a couple of years. You won't have your 20k camper just "sitting there" eating away at you. Reserve some time slots early in the year and just cancel if you can't make it. Camping 2-3 times a year is plenty for most people.
There is no way you come out ahead buying a camper vs. renting one unless you go all the time.
This guy speaks the truth. Unless you are just dead-set on owning one and plan to use it a lot, I'd rent. I (used to) take care of campers we have at work. It was and is a complete pain in the ass. Something is always broken...always. And if it's not broken when you leave, it's broken when you arrive.
That said, our campers are very old now--approaching 13-15 years old and they are neglected since they are only used one time a year...max. The whole experience has just led me to despise the idea of owning one.
I’d look into just renting one. How often are you really going to use it?
Depends on how often I piss her off....
Not sure how many times we would go out camping. We have plenty of places in NC to visit the outdoors and bring a camper which would be nice for the kids to experience. I think we will try renting first and then move on from there if we like it.
Just think how many car owners here would rent a car for a weekend at the track versus own if that was an option...I think this is the best approach. It sort of applies here, I know a lot of people who have bought a boat for it to only sit on the hard in a marina all summer. Unless it’s something you plan to use pretty often the total cost of ownership for a toy like this is far greater than the cost to rent a few weekends a year.
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