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Note: sorry the table does not come out correctly in this Blog.... oh well.
TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR 2010
DAILY Monthly Monthly Other
Avg CAMPSITE FUEL EXPENSES,
REPAIRS/TIRES
April $15.24 $457.17 $263.56
May $20.99 $629.82 $231.32
June $16.40 $492.11 $389.46 $180.61
July $21.19 $635.65 $336.46
August $23.98 $719.34 $430.38 $1,574.14
Sept $12.48 $374.45 $724.58 $268.05
October $0.00 $0.00 TBD TBD
One of the things I usually try to do is use my half price camp club sites to lower the cost of my monthly overall camping fees. As you can see that only worked for about half of the months, as any that averaged over $20, I was either unable to use Passport America or just found myself in areas that I stayed for longer periods of time at a higher camping rate. The other camping discount club Recreation USA was a disappointment this year, as many of the campsites I tried to get into, no longer recognized Rec USA or had never heard of them. Forcing me to pay a higher price than planned. I will probably not renew my membership with them.
It should also be noted that many State parks have upped their camping fees to $25 a night. Dead Horse Ranch State Park, where I'm currently a camp host, just raised it's rates to $25 a night as of Oct 1st. This of course puts quite a damper on all of us full-timers and will in my case restrict some of the places I would like to camp.
Fortunately, as of this coming July 2011, I'll be able to purchase the National Park Pass which not only get me into National Parks, Forests, BLM land for free, any campgrounds in those parks will be half off. I'm really looking forward to that.
Looking at the fuel expenses, you'll notice that they stayed in the $250 to $400 range most of the season. That is because I traveled shorter distances and stayed longer at each site. My last month on the road, I traveled across the Northern tier states on my way to AZ to do some camp host work. By traveling such long distances in one month, the fuel bill jumped to $724. Showing ones fuel expenses can sky rocket when traveling long distances, that and the cost of diesel fuel also jumped in Sept. I was able to offset the cost of fuel in Sept by reducing the camp site fees to almost half what I would normally spend. Wal-mart parking and a few discount campsites really helped out there.
the only other expenses were those out of the ordinary expenses for things like Insurance, tires, repairs along the way. One has to budget for those expenses, so that when they come along, they aren't devastating. I always put money aside for those unexpected expenses so that when they occur, I know I can afford it without any worry.
I hope that helps all you campers and wanna be campers get an idea of travel expenses.
TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR 2010
DAILY Monthly Monthly Other
Avg CAMPSITE FUEL EXPENSES,
REPAIRS/TIRES
April $15.24 $457.17 $263.56
May $20.99 $629.82 $231.32
June $16.40 $492.11 $389.46 $180.61
July $21.19 $635.65 $336.46
August $23.98 $719.34 $430.38 $1,574.14
Sept $12.48 $374.45 $724.58 $268.05
October $0.00 $0.00 TBD TBD
One of the things I usually try to do is use my half price camp club sites to lower the cost of my monthly overall camping fees. As you can see that only worked for about half of the months, as any that averaged over $20, I was either unable to use Passport America or just found myself in areas that I stayed for longer periods of time at a higher camping rate. The other camping discount club Recreation USA was a disappointment this year, as many of the campsites I tried to get into, no longer recognized Rec USA or had never heard of them. Forcing me to pay a higher price than planned. I will probably not renew my membership with them.
It should also be noted that many State parks have upped their camping fees to $25 a night. Dead Horse Ranch State Park, where I'm currently a camp host, just raised it's rates to $25 a night as of Oct 1st. This of course puts quite a damper on all of us full-timers and will in my case restrict some of the places I would like to camp.
Fortunately, as of this coming July 2011, I'll be able to purchase the National Park Pass which not only get me into National Parks, Forests, BLM land for free, any campgrounds in those parks will be half off. I'm really looking forward to that.
Looking at the fuel expenses, you'll notice that they stayed in the $250 to $400 range most of the season. That is because I traveled shorter distances and stayed longer at each site. My last month on the road, I traveled across the Northern tier states on my way to AZ to do some camp host work. By traveling such long distances in one month, the fuel bill jumped to $724. Showing ones fuel expenses can sky rocket when traveling long distances, that and the cost of diesel fuel also jumped in Sept. I was able to offset the cost of fuel in Sept by reducing the camp site fees to almost half what I would normally spend. Wal-mart parking and a few discount campsites really helped out there.
the only other expenses were those out of the ordinary expenses for things like Insurance, tires, repairs along the way. One has to budget for those expenses, so that when they come along, they aren't devastating. I always put money aside for those unexpected expenses so that when they occur, I know I can afford it without any worry.
I hope that helps all you campers and wanna be campers get an idea of travel expenses.
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