Miles traveled - 8,610 States visited - 8 .. New States - 0 Number of times camped - 62 Average days camped per stop - 5.89
Campground fees for the year - $1,258.38 - that averages just $4.18 per night
Highest average camping fees Month - $476.28 --- $15.36 per night for August Lowest average camping fees Month - $0.00 --- $0.0 per night for September, February, & June
Complete write up on our blog - www.thefergs.com.
Life is Good!
RonC said
04:22 PM Sep 5, 2017
Thanks for sharing ... you guys have figured out how to do this for less. Good for you.
Someday said
04:52 PM Sep 5, 2017
Wonderful of you to share such detailed info and comparing year one versus two, versus three versus four etc. Great valuable information.
Gpndavid said
09:39 PM Sep 5, 2017
You're my new hero on low cost camping fees. Congrats.
Hdrider said
05:14 AM Sep 6, 2017
Congrats you guys!!! Are there any fee's involved with the campground group you belong to? How many new campgrounds and areas does using the campground group allow you to see while out and about? Do you eel restricted by it? Just curious.
Russ Ranger said
08:37 AM Sep 6, 2017
I just visited your website for the first time. Great website!!! I love the amount of info/data you have included. Your "Bucket List" will be added to our travels in the future.
Your site will benefit any newbies that are planning a budget, and your info on Thousand Trails has given me new insight on this form of camping. We have never given any thought to using membership clubs, now I need to explore these options.
A big "Thank You" for your efforts to help RV'ers.
LarryW21 said
09:20 AM Sep 6, 2017
I'm happy that you are enjoying your journey!
Fergizmo said
12:23 PM Sep 6, 2017
The biggest money saver we have is our Thousand Trails membership (which we bought used). We have 60 campgrounds across the US, 33 of them are in WA, OR, and CA. Our yearly maint dues were $620.69 last year and since we have stayed 125 nights, this averages to $4.97 a night, so far. This works well for us. Some parks are great, others not so much. Any membership camping club is only worth it if you use it.
jrzygrl64 said
12:32 PM Sep 6, 2017
Congrats! We just celebrated our 3 year anniversary- it's been an awesome ride!
BiggarView said
02:17 PM Sep 6, 2017
You've obviously found a sweet spot that works for you. Proof that you don't have to spend a comparative high amount for places to park the rig. We will be taking over Cindi's dad's TT VIP premium membership when we go FT, we didn't really have a good feel for it's benefit for us until reading your accounting and a couple of others on the forum over the past few years... now we feel that it offers some some really good options for planning purposes and we expect we'll get good value for our intended use.
Congrats on year 4.
hostage said
08:52 PM Sep 10, 2017
sounds good to me except 5 months away from my house per year is more than we want/need
our nightly fees run in the 60$ per day though where we go
I like the rv deal for the winter months but as the old saying goes there no place like your home
to each their own
Starting year five!
Some stats:
And some year 4 stats:
Miles traveled - 8,610
States visited - 8 .. New States - 0
Number of times camped - 62
Average days camped per stop - 5.89
Campground fees for the year - $1,258.38 - that averages just $4.18 per night
Highest average camping fees Month - $476.28 --- $15.36 per night for August
Lowest average camping fees Month - $0.00 --- $0.0 per night for September, February, & June
Complete write up on our blog - www.thefergs.com.
Life is Good!
Your site will benefit any newbies that are planning a budget, and your info on Thousand Trails has given me new insight on this form of camping. We have never given any thought to using membership clubs, now I need to explore these options.
A big "Thank You" for your efforts to help RV'ers.
The biggest money saver we have is our Thousand Trails membership (which we bought used). We have 60 campgrounds across the US, 33 of them are in WA, OR, and CA. Our yearly maint dues were $620.69 last year and since we have stayed 125 nights, this averages to $4.97 a night, so far. This works well for us. Some parks are great, others not so much. Any membership camping club is only worth it if you use it.
You've obviously found a sweet spot that works for you. Proof that you don't have to spend a comparative high amount for places to park the rig. We will be taking over Cindi's dad's TT VIP premium membership when we go FT, we didn't really have a good feel for it's benefit for us until reading your accounting and a couple of others on the forum over the past few years... now we feel that it offers some some really good options for planning purposes and we expect we'll get good value for our intended use.
Congrats on year 4.
our nightly fees run in the 60$ per day though where we go
I like the rv deal for the winter months but as the old saying goes there no place like your home
to each their own