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04-06-2015, 09:01 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Sherman Oaks, CA
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Renting out your RV concerns
Has anyone ever rented out their RV to make extra money? If they have...was it a good or bad experience. If you encountered any problems...what were they? Thanks for your help!
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04-06-2015, 10:00 PM
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Registered User
Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: May 2008
Location: N. Palm Springs CA (in winter)
Posts: 2,420
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Would you consider renting out your car to a stranger? I'd rent out an exwife before I would my RV. My RV is more trustworthy and reliable.
Seriously, there are headaches with insurance. Your current insurance would be useless as your RV would become a commercial vehicle.
I would only consider it if I bought a new RV and was not trading in or selling my old RV. There are companies that will do it for you.
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04-06-2015, 10:02 PM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club Solo Rvers Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Vancouver, WA
Posts: 37,725
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Even your loan (if you have one) could be in danger of being called in since your insurance would need to be changed and they should be notified. Some lenders won't loan on unit used as a rental.
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2009 45' Magna 630 w/Cummins ISX 650 HP/1950 Lbs Ft, HWH Active Air
Charter Good Sam Lifetime Member, FMCA,
RV'ing since 1957, NRA Benefactor Life, towing '21 Jeep JLU Rubicon Ecodiesel
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04-06-2015, 10:04 PM
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Senior Member
Thor Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 2,893
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Wouldn't do it......period.
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04-06-2015, 10:07 PM
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Community Moderator
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Posts: 31,559
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I don't even loan my coach to my children!
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Tony & Ruth........... FMCA#F416727
2016 London Aire 4519, Freightliner chassis, Cummins ISX, 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, Blue Ox Avail with AF1. TST 507 TPMS
No amount of money can buy you an extra second of time.
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04-06-2015, 10:13 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 6,401
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyDi
I don't even loan my coach to my children!
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Mine asked once, wife was first to say no followed quickly by me. 
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Wayne & Roberta
08 Winnebago Destination 39W Gas UFO Workhorse Chassis......It's really weird being the same age as old people. I thought getting old would take much longer.
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04-06-2015, 10:19 PM
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Senior Member
Entegra Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 8,149
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Over my dead body.
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Marc and Jill, Wellington FL
2013 Entegra Anthem 44SL
2018 Lincoln MKX
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04-07-2015, 07:57 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: DFW
Posts: 1,473
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No No No No.
We got our start by using the MH of one of my employees. It was a brand new Revolution LE and we were very, very careful of taking really good care of it. The more we used it, and the more we use the one we bought later, the more I realize how little I knew about the proper care of a MH and could have really screwed things up.
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04-07-2015, 08:19 AM
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Senior Member
National RV Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Salida, Colorado
Posts: 656
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NO to renting, NO to friends that want to borrow her, NO to family that just want to see what RV'ing is like.
Matter of fact, when relatives visit our small home, we stay outside in the moho and give the relatives free reign on the house!
We have considered co-owning a larger RV with good friends, but after seeing what that did to 3 brothers that shared a boat, we decided against it.
We had friends going thru a divorce, they found a place that consigned RV's for sale, and in the interim also rented them out. Their moho was damaged, then the business went bankrupt. They went thru heck just to get the moho back, then had to deal with the repairs. Yuck.
Hard to explain, but I am very selfish when it comes to anybody wanting to do anything with the moho. Not sure why. It is what it is, though.
Bruce
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2005 Nat'l Dolphin W22 Chassis, 2004 Jeep Liberty
"Let's Roll 'em, Let's Roll 'em!"
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04-07-2015, 08:32 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 4,669
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I had a boat a few years ago and my friend suggested to my boss I would rent it to him for a weekend. Didn't ask me ahead of time and I have no idea what motivated him to do something like that. Like the MH, the boat is something I took great pains to keep in shape and the last thing I'd ever do is loan or rent it out. Very uncomfortable moment examining to my boss why I would not rent it to him.
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2023 Winnebago Travato
2023 Airstream Flying Cloud BH 30'
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04-07-2015, 08:34 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: High up in Arizona
Posts: 2,050
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All I can say is that I agree with everyone above. I have never understood why people would want to rent their coach out for a few extra dollars. Probably have to spend that money to fix the things that get damaged.
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2019 Allegro Bus 37AP towing a Jeep JK Rubicon Wrangler
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04-07-2015, 08:39 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Cypress, TX
Posts: 495
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I'm sure you see the already unanimous opinions above, but I would definitely agree with everyone else. I would NEVER trust anyone else to operate my RV. There are too many things that could go wrong, and I would never trust someone else to take care of it with the same TLC that I do.
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Jeff & Kris
2023 Entegra Cornerstone & 2018 Jeep Wrangler
Cypress, TX
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04-07-2015, 08:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 8,777
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tincanrv
Has anyone ever rented out their RV to make extra money? If they have...was it a good or bad experience. If you encountered any problems...what were they? Thanks for your help!
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tincanrv
My dog?... YES
My wife?... occasionally
My coach?...NEVER
Mel
'96 Safari
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04-07-2015, 08:46 AM
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Senior Member
National RV Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 510
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Nope, I don't loan many things out anymore people don't take care of stuff at all. Heck I had a hard time letting people walk through and test drive my last MH when we sold it.
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2008 National SurfSide 34E (Bunk Model) Ford V10
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