ONE YEAR FULL TIME RV LIVING COST! (2020 RV EXPENSES)
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
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Are you wondering what it costs to live in an RV full time for a year? With so many new RVers and people considering the RV lifestyle, we wanted to share our full-time RV living costs for 2020, to help people budget for when they hit the road. The RV lifestyle is extremely variable so you will find numbers much higher and much lower than ours. We think our numbers land at a good average for someone who wants to spend money on experiences but have a good amount of boondocking mixed in.
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Great video!! Love the per-week/month breakdown amounts!
Totally blew over the Truck Maintenance category costs....
Check with Progressive - I pay $162.00 for the same rig and do get full price if it is totaled for some reason; I am domicile in Florida.
GO HAWKS!
Sounds like you are living very well on a relatively modest amount of money. Congratulations.
That raft ride, where was that at?
Seriously, great video Rae and Jason. It's nice to see others taking their finances seriously, you both are doing it right 👍🏼Agree with you both about holding off on a washer/dryer as well. I'm sure that extra weight would be adding more expenses to the fuel budget. Nicely done!
Thanks so much!!
I talked to a body shop who fixed my Toyota Prius which got rear-ended by a Ford Expedition SUV, and asked the manager which insurance company is best to deal with. He said State Farm, USAA, AAA, Allstate. And the worse? Farmer Insurance and other cheap companies. They nickel and dime you to death.
One advice I would give you is you don't need collision coverage. Drive defensively and save for emergency fix if it's your fault in an accident.
I have not bought collision coverage for over 20 years on all my new vehicles. I just let people tailgate me and rear-end me.
Great input, thanks. We shop around every year and change when needed.
You guys always hit the mark with the subjects.
Thanks so much! It's what we aim for!
Don’t let the haters bother you... you guys do you ... whatever you share is awesome and remember it’s your journey that you allow us to tag along as well... thanks
Thank you so much!! We love the positivity!!
If you have a military family member or have been in the military you could have USAA Insurance which can’t be beat by any other insurance companies. Good video - thx!
Yes that is a great one if you are a USAA member. Thanks for sharing!
Don’t sweat the food bill. Quality groceries always cost more than Cup-O-Noodles and hot dogs..👨🏼🍳
That is SO the truth!! Thanks for watching!
Also, keep in mind where you shop too. Costco is great for those one or two items that you do use in bulk, but if you do regular grocery shopping at Costco, it is going to be very expensive compared to other chains that may be cheaper like Trader Joes, Aldi and Walmart. Also HOW you eat as well. Convenience foods will be more expensive than making from scratch and having a "quickie meal" less expensive than a full sit down dinner every night. So again, it is like RVing - it is variable based on how you do the "lifestyle". But it is the one expense you have absolute control over. You can save or splurge how you wish!
Hey! Did you hear a federal judge just determined that the national parks requiring permits to film is unconstitutional? Film on!
Hadn't heard it yet, but good to know! Thanks!
When is a permit needed?
Price v. Barr had no impact on how the National Park Service regulates still photography, so there are no changes in how the National Park Service regulates that activity. Still photographers require a permit only when:
the activity takes place at location(s) where or when members of the public are generally not allowed; or
the activity uses model(s), sets(s), or prop(s) that are not a part of the location's natural or cultural resources or administrative facilities; or
a park would incur additional administrative costs to monitor the activity.
Love Visible.. Great service.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing. I like the information to really put into perspective
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Huge Help! Thanks for brutal honesty!
Glad it was helpful! Honest is the only way to be! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video! My husband and I are currently budgeting for RV Living in February of next year and this was really helpful!
So glad to hear it! Good luck on your adventures!
And Carmen is worth every single penny!!
Thank you very much for sharing these personal details!! We finally decided on our rig setup. We ordered an Outdoors RV travel trailer; a modest sized 22FQS. We also ordered a 1 ton gasser truck to handle it. This will be for 1-2 week trips, monthly; probably almost exclusively boondocking.
Safe travels!!
PS Parking your rig would be free in Ouray!
Congrats on your purchases! Enjoy your travels! Thanks so much for watching! 😊
Love watching "Real" people, you guys are great. This is by far my best channel that I watch. Love the way you take care of your dog. Love you guys, Take care and God Bless .
Awesome! Thank you Andy! We appreciate your thoughtful comments and feel the love 😊 Thanks for being a part of the Getaway Gang!
Very informative. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
So cool! We live on our boat but if we ever decide to move back to land this looks right up our ally!
That's an awesome lifestyle too! Probably wouldn't be a hard transition! Safe travels! 😊
We hope to full time RV the end of this year, thank you sharing this it really helped.
Glad it was helpful! Enjoy the adventures!
Another great video helps give a person a general idea of what it would cost living the RV lifestyle full time. We plan on going full time few years from now. Gives you an idea of what to expect and how to budget and what not. I really enjoy your channel I follow changing lanes and enjoy the journey life and few others and you learn a lot which is greatly appreciated thank you!!!!
That's awesome that you are following us and others to get prepared! Best of luck on your prep and eventual new journey! Thanks for watching!
I switched from Farmers to American National 3 years ago. 27% cheaper, same coverage.
We’ll have to get a quote then! Do you have the full timers coverage?
@@GetawayCouple the short answer is yes. They really don't care how much you use the rv. Plus another sweet bonus is you get 25% cash back every year if you remain claim free.
Good job guys!
Thank you!! 😊
Thanks for this video, it's so helpful - I've started working on estimated budgets. Health insurance and memberships/campground fees are my biggest concerns so far. I appreciate your breakdowns!
Glad it was helpful! Everyone's budget and costs will be different based on your situation. Happy planning!
This was so helpful! Thank you! I have been trying really hard to find this info and this was perfect!
You're so welcome!
Thank you so much for sharing really appreciated! It was amazing, awesome, and spectacular!
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Great video. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Great, informative video!! Well done😀
Thank you! 😀
Thanks for sharing your info.
You bet! 😊
thank you for making this! im looking to take on this adventure and this is really amazing and informative.
i think that the people talking about what their financial preferences are should really keep their opinion at bay because everyone lives life as they wish.
thank you!
Thanks guys!
Very informative.
Appreciate your transparency.
My wife likes your hoodie, she wondered where you got it from :]
Honesty is the best outcome.greetings from NZ . 🇳🇿🍻🍷🤳🏻
Always! Thanks for tuning in from NZ Steve!
great video guys... Thanks for all of the tips on budgeting. Keep up the great work....
Thank you! Will do!
Nice couple, really down-to-earth! Although I have not RV'd yet, I have been watching multiple RVers on RUclips including you guys, and accounted for as many monthly expenses in MS Excel, so far I coming up to over $2,800 per month and nearly $34,000 per year. Of course, this is an estimate and subject to change. This is still probably much cheaper than living in Los Angeles and commuting to an office, I presume.
I hope to acquire a truck and RV all cash to avoid finance charges.
Great job and keep up the RV life!
Thank you and best of luck with your new adventure when you reach your goals!
@@GetawayCouple Thank you, working on it!
Thanks for giving us all that information you guys still seem to have fun at a low cost awesome thank you
Our pleasure!
Great job. Thanks for the information
Our pleasure! 😊
Thanks for the great info - we really appreciate your willingness to share this. Ignore the haters! You guys are great!
Thanks so much! 😊 No matter what you do, there are always negative people. We get through it 😂 The positive people like you make up for it times ten!
Nice video guys. Have you checked with Progressive about your RV and truck insurance? They offer the replacement coverage for the RV.
Yes, we shop around and have checked with them in the past, and will shop around again when the time comes. Thanks so much for watching!
If you had tolls in california and didn’t pay them, you might want to make sure. The penalty and fees are like the IRS and you could owe thousands really quick.
We will check into it - thanks!
Thanks for sharing! That was really interesting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am sorry that you have to be concerned with people criticizing your choices or anything like that. I do bring good news, this year I will be turning 50, and I can assure you, the older you get, the less you care what other people think, say or do. Lol. You two probably have thousands or tens of thousands people that love you. Love them back and F everyone else lol
It's all good. We knew when we started trying to share information and goodness that there would be people like that. We have learned to preface with the "it's not like this for everyone" so hopefully it keeps some of the negative at bay. We do what we do to share with others and help people learn who are rving or wanting to and that's all that matters. We truly appreciate all the positive comments and all those who are a part of our great Getaway Gang!
@@GetawayCouple you know you can ignore, some don't deserve a answer. Too many trolls and people with hate their life syndrome. Life is too short, why give them time of day**
Always great info around the RV lifestyle. Appreciate all that you do. Not sure if you noticed the typo in the captions.
Thanks for watching! Will have to go back and check that - thanks!
Some suggestions: You could round up the numbers to the next $10 amount. I realize by getting down to the “cents”, you are illustrating attention to detail. You could also show your spreadsheet budget that you prepared at the start of the year and alongside the actual expense you incurred. Show any graphs as well. Certainly not a criticism, you did a great job.
Great information, thanks for sharing.
Our pleasure! 😊
TSD fuel card is great.. it works better on east side of US vs west side. I also find Costco and sam's clubs offer good prices on fuel as well plus we shop at costco to get stuff like milk (3- 1/2 gallon in box) OJ 3-1/2 containers tied together, etc.
how has the visible plan been for hotspot usage. I have ATT hotspot and use our phones at time for hotspot (8g) and thus far it works great..
Being a CPA in my day job, this was interesting. Great idea to provide metrics per day when boondocking & other campsites. Being Canadian, with a different healthcare system will force us to investigate deeper into health insurance for an extended trip in the USA we have on the bucket list. Kudos for using a product like YNAB.
Thanks Peter! We hope you get to make that trip some day!
Food bill sounds about right. Your cell phone bill wasn't that bad. We pay close to that without as much connected to it. That laundry one was an eye opener.
Thanks! Laundry really isn't that bad and we love getting it all done at once!
What about this Star Link service I keep hearing of?
It's coming eventually! Here's an article we did on it in October: www.getawaycouple.com/spacex-starlink-beta-competitive-pricing/
Have you tried GEICO (and underwriters)? We were State Farm for both vehicles and house for YEARS. They didn't seem to want to fool with adding our trailer, so we shopped.
ALL IN, we have both vehicles and the trailer insured for LESS than HALF what State Farm was charging us for just the two vehicles. And our Homeowners went way down too!
And this was for an apples to apples comparison.... same coverages and same deductibles.
We aren't fulltimers, but GEICO DID tell me they could write us for fulltime if we ever decided to go that route. We ARE Louisiana residents, but GEICO writes in Texas, too.
We got an additional discount for me being a Phi Delta Theta alumni (lots of Fraternity/sorority discounts), plus other stuff...
Holler if you want to chat....
Thanks Clay! We always shop around when the time comes since prices are constantly changing. Thanks for the info and thanks for watching!
@@GetawayCouple You're welcome. We have a "geek streak" in common... lol. I watch and read pretty much everything y'all publish.
"We live this lifestyle to have experiences on the road...." Very well said! We are not full-timers but are out 1x a month for 4-7 days; + a 6-8 week snowbird trip and several 7-10 day in the Summer. We do not RV to "save $$" though. We like to boondock ~70% of the time. We like sightseeing & "experiences". Agree about your Insurance & laundry statements. I do wonder how you averaged $17+ per night in private & state campgrounds? Ours is about double that. But we usually only stay a few nights per site. I think you're doing a very real budget.
Thanks for the comments Herb. Like we said, and like you have pointed out, it's different for everyone and it's all about what you like and what you want to do. Thanks so much for watching!
Good info. Tips and insights were helpful. Everyone is unique.
Off Topi: Do you guys know when the adds play in your videos? I mean, is it a fixed time, like every 2:30 or random?
I think RUclips sets when they play and what ads you see
Good question Stan and yes Eric is correct. Thanks for watching!
We're Texas residents, and our full time insurance through progressive (including paying the cost of the trailer in a total loss, not the depreciated value, as well as lots of other added coverages) is just over $1500/yr.
I'm sure you've checked out Progressive though. Hope you find something better! That's really high
Thanks for the suggestion. We definitely shop around!
Thanks for sharing. You have a couple of batteries in the budget this year?
This is an absolutely excellent video. We hope to launch this August. I know our campground expenses will be higher because we have grandchildren in Virginia Beach and east coast camping is expensive. We plan on buying into my husband's work health insurance at retirement. It is a bit more expensive, but I am afraid to go out and buy health insurance privately. I was going to ask what finance program you used and you even covered that🙂. Great, Great Job.
Thanks Nancy - most appreciated! Best of luck on your launch and your journies! Safe travels!
That's funny, we were only $100 difference on our grocery expense. And like you a few areas were a lot lower this year for us due to COVID and probably will be again this year I'm afraid. It's always fun to compare for giggles and share with those researching the life style. Oh, for giggles our total yearly was just $7,000 different than yours.
Nice! Everyone's is going to vary, obviously, but how cool we were so close! 😊
Def get the iPass for the midwest.. the tolls are half the price!
Thanks!!
Amazing guys thank you so much!!!! Can't wait for that starlink 5G plan lol
Us too! Thanks for watching!
We were going to cancel our RPI as well, but for $100 we decided to take advantage of their condo and cruise deals, and do a couple vacations this year. We are lucky my company pays for gas and rv resorts when I’m at a job. But of course, that money is spent elsewhere 🍺 🥃 😂
What is RPI?
Oh that is awesome!
Spykers, RPI offers a wide array of camping options across the United States and Canada whether you're traveling in your own RV or staying in a cabin or cottage. It's a membership type club as well. You can check it out here: www.resortparks.com/index.php
Just wondering if you decided to look at treasure hunting or looked at the secret treasure hunt book?
Nice, some good information
Glad it was helpful!
great information! there were several things i hadn't even thought about like the pet insurance. you guys need to make a full on bloopers video! also was wanting to find out if Jason was ok after seeing that look he got from Rae when saying "your mom is rusty...."
🤣 He survived! Glad the video was helpful and we will see what we can do about the bloopers video!
Thanks again for your video. We are trying to figure out the budget things right now.
Question about your insurance - do you carry additional insurance for a business and is that included with the listed truck / RV insurance costs?
Also, I have another comment for the 3540GK walkthrough video from a couple weeks ago. We saw what we think would be a "lower cost" solution for the front closet and easy access to the washer / dryer. A review of the Heritage Glen 286RL was posted on RUclips recently. That rig has large barn door type sliding doors that span the full width of the front of the rig. That retains most of the overall design of the front closet and allows for easy access to the washer and dryer. We would appreciate it if you would pass this along to your contacts at Grand Design.
Just wondering what the fuel cost per mile was?
Probably gets about 10mpg. So probably 25 - 30 cents a mile.
When towing the RV it’s around 10 MPG and not towing it’s around 12-15 MPG
@@GetawayCouple that is what we are seeing when towing our Imagine 2500RL.
Good job with the video.....................
THANKS!! 😊
Why would/should anybody care what you spend money on or don't spend money on. It is your money. I would blame lockdown for peoples mood. But these people have probably always been critical of those doing what they want of do regardless of cost.
We put the info out to help others who might be considering the lifestyle so they realize all the costs that could be involved. We take the critics with the supporters and just do what we can to help. Thanks for watching!
Did you check Auto-Owners Insurance - cheapest for me in Michigan, not sure if they offer the same coverage you have now.
Yes, we shop around and have checked with them in the past, and will shop around again when the time comes. We will see if they are available for Texas. Thanks so much for watching!
Wow! Verrrry Gooood!
Thank you!
Hey guys, believe you're doing better on groceries than reflected. Consider 13 months a year based on 4 weeks a month gets you down to 505. So, add more beer I guess. Take care
😂 Will do!
Very helpful! Your bookkeeping is impressive. I would have expected much higher gas cost for fulltimers. What's the total mileage you drove last year?
just out oof curiousty what would your cost saving be if you installed solar
We do have solar and love it!
@@GetawayCouple are you totally go green no need to ever plug in??
Can I ask where you purchased the small smoker grill?
It's on Amazon, here's the link: www.amazon.com/dp/B078RXH95C?ref=exp_getawaycouple_dp_vv_d
Jason! Loving that Seahawks logo on the Mac.. I’ve photo’d the hawks three separate times; great organization.
Thanks 👍 GO HAWKS!!!
that about avg. cause most around $4,000 Stay Safe God bless
Thank you and thanks for watching!
How many miles did you put on in 2020?
Its probbly around the same as if you had a sticks an bricks. But your having much more adventure !
Alot of the expenses are the same. But yes, the adventures are so much more!
I watch a lot of these videos of full timers. The question that always comes to mind is what do people do for a living to afford this lifestyle. I notice this information is never given. I understand the retired couples out on the road but young couples like this I always wonder how they do it.
It varies amongst everyone. Some people blog fulltime, some work remotely for companies, some do customer service type jobs remotely, we've met people who are in sales and work remotely. There are alot of companies that allow remote work, and even moreso now.
Not sure what channels you watch, everyone I know clearly explains about working remote, etc.
@@jacklong7048 I clearly know that they work remotely, I was wondering what type of work they do to live full time on the road.
Here's a tip- round to the nearest dollar.
Thanks for the tip!
A special request, please
Thanks for the idea! We have actually added that to our list of things to do. Thanks for watching (and yes we do still love it!)
@@GetawayCouple Yayy!! Thank you!!! Love!!!!!!!
$550 per month for groceries? What are you eating? Lobsters? We spend $300 per month and eat very well.
That's great you can do it for that much! Everyone is different and has to budget to what they like or need. 😊
Funny, I thought $550 a month was incredibly cheap. We spend $250-$300 per week for 2 people.
@@NoStoneLife We spend 180 every two weeks