Yep, that was the point I was trying to make. For the typical American vacationer, an RV doesn't make sense. Even a small teardrop wouldn't have make sense for us, and we could have found one for $6k.
Disagree. One of our retirement goals is to buy a teardrop. I'm thinking good-condition used, and I don't expect it'd be more than 10K, and I think it'll work out well financially:
- We expect to use it at least 20 years.
- We will lend it to our adult daughters, and while that doesn't help
US financially, it makes us happy to help them.
- Hotel rooms sometimes sell out. Our own teardrop will always be available to us and -- in a pinch -- could be parked essentially anywhere, if we're
just looking to sleep and don't need electricity.
- Hotel prices fluctuate significantly from season to season (our daughter attends college in a ski town; our favorite hotel fluctuates from $60 to $200+ depending upon the date), whereas our teardrop will always cost
something to tow, but it won't go up/down like that.
- We will choose a lightweight teardrop that can be towed behind the car we'd own anyway.
- Since it won't be a high-dollar item, we'll only insure it minimally.
- We won't need to pay for storage.
- We'll use it as a fourth bedroom for guests at our house.
- If we're visiting family who doesn't have a room for us, it's more private than a pull-out in their living room.