nazpaz wrote:

I really appreciate the budget help in this thread. We're a couple of years out from moving to a full-timing lifestyle and, after working through the income side of things, the budgets here are very helpful for the expense side.

I'm a bit concerned with the campground costs. At this time, I think we'll start out moving maybe three times a month for 6 months a year and then land close to "home" for the rest of the year. During the longer side of things I can see us paying under $400 a month.

When I look at the areas we'd like to explore during the gypsy six months I see lots of campgrounds that would cost us $30-$35 a night, even with 10 day stays. I see people talking about corps of engineers campgrounds, etc. and they might be just right, but we do want to do some serious sightseeing during those earlier gypsy months of our full-timing. Do I need to budget up over $800 a month during those travels or will we be able to find nice (I'm not talking about high end resorts or anything like that) reasonably priced, 10 nights or so stay campgrounds in, say the New England portion of the country?

Thanks in advance for any helpful replies.

PJG061073 wrote:

Hi, we have been Fulltimers for the past 16 mos.. We have a Son and his family who live in Ladera Ranch, CA.. For Instance, we spent time in Oceanside, CA for approx 6 mos... CG was $775 + Approx $75 for elec... We consider that expensive..

Now we are on the East Coast visiting with our Son and his family till 6/1/2011 thru 1/1/2012..Our CG rent here is $420 a month, includes Elec.. Once we go to Tampa(1/5/2012) our CG rate will be approx $650 p/m (Elec is included).

Our Budget we try and track everything... Here are just a few.. Keep in Mind Medical and Loans you may have..
RV Lodging-CG Costs,RV Fuel,Jeep Gas,RV Propane,Camping, World, Groceries,Restaurant/Entertainment,Merchandise,RV SVC

I am working on my spreadsheet and will break it down by months..i.e Jan thru Dec... The one sheet will reflect yearly or current totals..

Will share once I have it perfected..

Take Care and enjoy your RVing..

Kirk wrote:

Since the topic is budgeting, we don't really do a formal budget but we do manage our funds very carefully. We also have the past four years of our expenses posted in detail. If you are interested in what we spend each year just visit our financial page.