thinking about buying r-pod

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   A camper has to be purchased because you want to camp.  Not as a money saving venture, especially for one trip a year.  Once you own the camper, the nights out will be cheaper than hotels, but unless you both enjoy camping, you will quickly be dumping the camper, or going out alone.  Figure in purchase price and that can get you some nice hotels.

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JStrube Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 11 Aug 2014 Location: Atwater, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 90	Topic: thinking about buying r-pod Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 11:38pm
	A camper has to be purchased because you want to camp. Not as a money saving venture, especially for one trip a year. Once you own the camper, the nights out will be cheaper than hotels, but unless you both enjoy camping, you will quickly be dumping the camper, or going out alone. Figure in purchase price and that can get you some nice hotels.
	2012 181G

furpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128	Posted: 04 Feb 2015 at 10:34am
	If you don't want to camp, don't enjoy, or want to do the stuff it takes to keep the camper in shape and ready, then there is no way you will ever make the decision based on cost. If you take one vacation a year, using the camper, and it's not a "camping" vacation.. it's at best a wash vs hotels etc. But for most it's not about the money... it's about a lot of other things including a different from hotel/motel experience, having your own stuff, your own bed, your own bath, etc.

techntrek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062	Posted: 04 Feb 2015 at 8:31pm
	True on the purchase price, but you also need to factor in residual value down the road.
	Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

codycountry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Jan 2014 Location: Wyo Online Status: Offline Posts: 168	Posted: 04 Feb 2015 at 9:03pm
	Absolutely correct reply about the cost. Don't try to extrapolate the price to use. If you can figure out the view out the windows, then maybe you can make that work. It's a lot like a boat, you get one because you can, and because you want to. Rpod's hold their value very well, so if you don't like it, you will only be out a few nights at a four star hotel. Have fun with it and park it in places that you could never afford to buy, even if they were somehow for sale.