How much do you spend per day in the RV?

[HDGoose]

Budget? I fill up with fuelin the TV. refuel when needed (currently 200 miles*sigh*).

Some weekends we stock/prepare food and beverages before the trip. We ensure full propane and generator fuel.

After that, some trips we spend nothing. Others we will spend $1000.

[saddlesore]

South Dakota Full Timers..We figure no more than $2,600 per month "All In"
This includes Everything from food,fuel,camp costs, insurance (both vehicle & health)out of state fishing license(s),prescriptions, and any repairs or updates to rigs..
Rarely do We dine out, & do our shopping every 2 weeks to once a month..And supplement our freezer with game as often as I get a chance..

[BillJinOR]

Budget ? yes we have one and since I'm retired I have time to track spending. It's a Hobby my DW hates Ea day I put those broken out expenses in the spreadsheet that compares it monthly to the planned budget
The truth is everybody is Vastly different. Posting my budget will get nothing but people who swear they do it on WAY less and I'm crazy. I may be but I didn't retire to full time to save$ I'm out to see it all and more.... Those who do post budgets ,and there are several on you tube etc , Get lots of not so nice comments along with the mostly good ones.
If we are in full travel mode moving almost every day we burn 300 a day easy in food Fuel and space rent. Of course a week of that and we are across the country! Other than Fuel We "budget 1200 a month for food .. eating out a lot. I retired and so did the cook or so I was informed.
Expenses don't change much , what do you spend now? Figure your fuel per mile avg (how far are you going?) and your food budget now. add in you style of Camp from "0" to 80 bucks and attractions if any and you've got it.

[TonyDi]

We don't keep track of what we spend for our RVing. As others have said we do it for the fun of it. Keeping track would take the fun out of it. However, a ballpark number is $100-$150 a day.

[twogypsies]

Full-timers can live comfortably on $30,000 - $40,000/year including absolutely everything. . vehicle insurance, medical insurance, camping, fuel, groceries, activities, dining out, etc. Some do if for less and some a lot more.

Google RV budgets and you can get an idea what others spend.

[MWeiner]

Originally Posted by TonyDi

We don't keep track of what we spend for our RVing. As others have said we do it for the fun of it. Keeping track would take the fun out of it. However, a ballpark number is $100-$150 a day.

Even though it's not much fun, it's good to have an idea on what it all costs.

A budget, even a rough order of magnitude, is a great planning tool. If you don't know what your daily cost is, it's harder to plan a really long excursion.

Fortunately, we're getting between 18-19 MPG and we didn't stay in RV parks the whole time. I estimated the fuel to be just under $2,000 covering 11,000 miles, in 90 days.

A lot of this trip was either staying in one location or boon docking.

The remainder of the expenses was food, accomodations, and other expenses. I didn't include expenses for admission to special attractions or souvenirs we picked up along the way.

[grindstone01]

We full time and do alot of volunteer work in exchange for a camp site. We put almost everything on a credit card for a total of about $20k/year, which works out to be $55/day average expense.

[bucks2]

Yep, everybody spends a different amount because each of us has a different amount we can spend. When I was getting ready to retire, or I should say deciding whether I should retire or should keep working, (I retired at age 53 and 13 days. I regret wasting the 2 weeks) I spent 3 years tracking all our expenses. Everything was tracked, house, boat, cars, everything. I averaged all that out and it looked like we'd have about $100 per day to spend during the 6 months we'd be in the MH each year.

For the first 2 years I tracked the expenses in the MH. Some days we burn $150 in fuel and $50 for a spot to park. Other days we parked for $15 and didn't move for a week. But in the end, we wound up spending under our available amount during that time.

Now that we're 10 years into retirement, I'm much more comfortable with the amount of money available and what unexpected expenses we might face and don't track things nearly as closely. If we had an additional $50 per day to spend, I'm sure we'd find something to do with it. If we had $30 a day less to spend, we'd find a way to live with that too. As it is we live comfortably and don't sweat the small stuff.

[George Schweikle]

We are not full timers. I start the year with the anticipated travel and cost, compare this to our discretionary funds, and adjust as necessary. Here's a neat quote from another thread:

"Buying a motorhome to save money on travel is like buying a boat to save money on fish"

[rarebear.nm]

Originally Posted by George Schweikle

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"Buying a motorhome to save money on travel is like buying a boat to save money on fish"

I guess those that have both an MH and nice boat end up saving a ton of money.

[IC2]

I can't 'justify' food costs while traveling with our RV since we eat the same at home or traveling so it only include a CG, fuel for the tow vehicle as well as any admission cost for non-National Parks since my Golden Age pass is still good. We seldom buy knick knacks so there is no cost there. Sooo, per day, 30-35 gallons of diesel fuel is about 75 +/- bucks in the Northeast and CGs are 40-50 dollars per night (boondocking in the NE is Walmart, Pilot/FJ or a rest stop and we wont do that). That puts a big hole in a Ben and a Grant.

With that said - I don't keep track, only pay the credit cards when we get home. This yeaar, it's just the cost of a 5 month seasonal site and 225 miles of fuel/week @18 mpg no trailer

[MWeiner]

Originally Posted by twogypsies

Full-timers can live comfortably on $30,000 - $40,000/year including absolutely everything. . vehicle insurance, medical insurance, camping, fuel, groceries, activities, dining out, etc. Some do if for less and some a lot more.

Google RV budgets and you can get an idea what others spend.

What about repairs??? Hey, I don't know what your rig is, but, NO, I don't agree with you that $30,000 is enough.

[twogypsies]

Originally Posted by MWeiner

What about repairs??? Hey, I don't know what your rig is, but, NO, I don't agree with you that $30,000 is enough.

Well.... It's prudent to have a repair slush fund just in case. However, we never had a repair in 8 yr. with our 40' Newmar... just maintenance.

Just Google 'Budgets for Full-Timers' and there are many variations:

https://www.rv-dreams.com/fulltimingbudgets.html

2017 - End of Year Expense Report - Here and There

Ourselves, we live very simply and always have during our lifetime. Paid cash for everything except home in younger years. When that was paid off not a debt moving forward.

When we sold the 2500 sq ft. lake house to go full-timing the money was put away for our 'exit' plan, as all full-timers should have some kind of safety net.

We volunteered for national and state parks but only half a year average. The majority of time we boondocked on public land or used public campgrounds.... rarely a RV park. We had the Senior Pass which gave us 1/2 off on the site.

[Jkjavelin]

Originally Posted by MWeiner

On average, what's your daily budget for food, fuel, RV park or something while you are traveling on the road???

Maybe your fuel is less expensive and your accomodations are more expensive and vice versa.

Do you even have a budget for this????

Is it even important?

We don't really budget, but I do track expenses, sort of as a game.
Our trips are sometimes a month, sometimes 8-10 weeks. We are on the move a lot, averaging 3 nights per stop. So we burn a lot of diesel. That's our biggest expense.
If we stay at mainly rv parks we're around $150/ day.
When we mix in some boondocking, that knocks it down to about $115/day.
Our lowest was $85/ day when staying mainly at Corp of Engineer parks.
JK