I LOVE my travel trailer. However, it's a terrible financial decision.

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May 9, 2022
3:33:54pm

flyzag All-American

I LOVE my travel trailer. However, it's a terrible financial decision.

As stated above, you can easily stay in hotels for cheaper than pulling a TT.

Gas/diesel is ridiculously expensive and pulling anything will get you under 10mpg.
Insurance, storage, repairs, maintenance etc. = $$$$

The ONLY benefit is the experience of sleeping in campgrounds/national forest land, campfires, etc.

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flyzag

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Tell me all of the reasons having a Travel Trailer is a terrible idea.

Tokolosh All-American

5/9/22 3:22pm

It’d cost you way less to stay in nice hotels.

Joe Banks

5/9/22 3:24pm

That said, if my wife liked camping I might get a trailer pop up tent.

Joe Banks

5/9/22 3:53pm

You could rent one each time you want to use it much cheaper than you could buy.

CrackerJack

5/9/22 3:24pm

^^THIS x 1,000^^

BlooCoog

5/9/22 3:26pm

So, could one buy a TT and rent it out to cover the costs of ownership?

Tokolosh

5/9/22 3:27pm

You can but you have headaches of a landlord and car rental place rolled into 1

Ycrazy

5/9/22 3:28pm

Sure. Just a pain in the butt and it’s likely your RV gets damaged by the renter

BlooCoog

5/9/22 3:29pm

I suppose but there’s another set of headaches when you do that.

CrackerJack

5/9/22 3:31pm

We did this for. Few summers but then finally bought one last summer. If you plan on using it a lot I think it’s worth

Nuke

5/9/22 4:13pm

You could get a pass to the public pool for way less than building your own pool...

Beest

5/9/22 5:01pm

Depreciates in value, takes up a lot of space, expensive, sometimes more work

TO11

5/9/22 3:24pm

It's not a cabin and sometimes you just don't want to make the effort to tow the thing around.

Bonoman

5/9/22 3:24pm

Crappy quality control

WhirleyPop

5/9/22 3:25pm

Too many people have them now

WhirleyPop

5/9/22 3:26pm

Gas is friggin expensive

WhirleyPop

5/9/22 3:27pm

Your wife will expect you to actually go places and do things.

5/9/22 3:28pm

You have to store them somewhere and they are an eyesore

COUGND

5/9/22 3:29pm

I LOVE my travel trailer. However, it's a terrible financial decision.

flyzag

5/9/22 3:33pm

You have to have a beefy truck to tow one, which adds expense.

BrewCoug

5/9/22 3:35pm

My son and I were checking out RVs last Saturday, mostly the ones that can be pulled comfortably by a 1/2 ton, but...

Tokolosh

5/9/22 3:40pm

I fell for that too. I bought a 1/2 ton towable trailer. Everyone told me I'd

flyzag

5/9/22 4:00pm

They’re white trash

RdF3

5/9/22 3:39pm

Maybe for the poors.

SierraCoug

5/9/22 4:11pm

That’s a motor home, not a travel trailer.

RdF3

5/9/22 4:15pm

Okay. Have it your way.

SierraCoug

5/9/22 4:25pm

RE: Okay. Have it your way.

RdF3

5/9/22 4:28pm

If you buy new, be ready for a stream of expenses getting it outfitted ready to

rmsenior

5/9/22 4:08pm

By far, the biggest issue for me is that there is no room service. If you're going to pay that kind of money why not

HarlemCoug

5/9/22 4:26pm

I buy nearly new hail damaged trailers and keep them for a year or two and then

Jersey hunter

5/9/22 4:47pm

Anything that increases the liklihood of me sleeping at a KOA is bad.

Emmett Fitz-Hume

5/9/22 4:50pm

It’s not. It’s a poor financial decision but an amazing family building tool

NotRelated

5/9/22 5:10pm

Build quality literally sucks. Anything Berkshire Hathaway stay clear of. If I had to do it again, I'd get the newest

Bert609

5/9/22 7:34pm

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