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It might by the time we actually FULL TIME.
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big ben
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I think that will get us to stop. This year to drive from Ft Myers Fl to Utah cost $1400. With the increase it will probable take $1700 to get back to Florida.
We have already cut our mileage from 8 or 9 thousand to about 6000. We have always made a practice of spending a month or more in a location.
Do to a personal situation we have to spend the winters in Ft. Myers area. If I can't travel I might as well give it up. So after 13 years I think I will give it up.
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Southwind85
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Let's see here:
Deal with gas that's $1-2 or even $5 a gallon more thus pay extra for traveling that is optional, not mandatory. (There's no rule anywhere that says to fulltime you must spend $1000 in gas every month) And I also have the option to move anywhere I want including into beautiful state/national parks on a moments notice.
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Give up the fully paid for RV with no debt at all and dive into high monthly payments for a BOX that doesn't move for the next 30+ years...while hoping that I don't lose my job that marginally pays those payments or get the neighbor from %(#$ AND hope that I like the same rabbit hutch view out my door forever.
I don't know about anyone else but I can buy a WHOLE LOT of gas even at $10/gallon for the price of a rabbit hutch house.
I'm a year round full timer and that's all there is to it...even if I can only afford to travel a few hundred miles a year.
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Burro
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Ten dollars probably wouldn't stop us. We just wander less in the motorhome and more in the car and stay a bit longer than we normally would.
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Fuel prices for fulltimers can easily be offset in many ways. Slowing down can save fuel. Staying put and using the car to venture out further can save fuel. Doing some Workamping or picking up short term part time jobs can offset fuel prices. Traveling in states with lower fuel prices can offset fuel costs. One of the best…Not driving to work and back everyday can save a bundle in fuel costs!
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realladyat57
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We've already quit. I didn't want to be stuck in one place in the fiver and unable to travel due to the cost of fuel. I'm beginning to realize that we were not really "full timers" although we lived full time in the rig for over 3 years. We did it in order to travel around the country--we didn't like it when we had to stay in one place for more than a month at a time--and two weeks was generally our limit before we got itchy feet.
Once we couldn't look forward to getting back on the road, we bought a home and will travel just a couple of months out of the year. This is what works for us. Different strokes, etc.
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wtravlr1 wrote:no house, no utility bills, no property taxes etc. cost of fuel looks cheap when i compare to what i used to put out.
Well in my case it is all relative. Fuel doesn't look cheap to me since I don't have the monthly income I had when I was on the job. That way of thinking doesn't necessarily work for me. I don't put out what I used to as I don't make nearly make as much as I used to. Not having the mortgage, property taxes and all are still great, but when you lose a chunk of your income it's a wash and fuel is too expensive no matter how I look at it. It has definitely had an impact on me. I don't have deep pockets.
Funny thing as I drove down the freeway here the other day. A major auto dealership is advertising a special right now for gas at $2.99 per gallon guaranteed for 3 years with a purchase! Maybe I need to go by a new tow vehicle lol! As the fuel prices rise steadily I figure that huge banner will be taken down real soon.
The cost won't stop me, but it put a huge crimp in my travel plans! Even if I had to go completely stationary I'd keep my RV and live in it, especially the direction the economy is headed. Most I've talked the majority say they just travel less, stay longer in locations and curt in other areas to offset the fuel costs. Now if it goes above $6 per gallon you'll find me parked, period.
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dutch1918
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Supercharged wrote:The closer it come the more some say they are about to stop.
Nope.. I'm just hoping there will be fuel available
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2Rovers
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I love these sort of questions. LOL. I wonder... if fuel gets to $6 per gallon, how many will sell their stick/bricks and quit living fulltime in them.
Taxes on those brutes will rise (always), fuel to heat/cool, homeowner fees and maintenance costs will continue to rise... so the price of fuel while fulltiming is somewhat moot compared to the costs of owning a stick/brick.
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trkrhelp
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Has anyone noticed that this type of question is usually asked by someone who is NOT a fulltimer 
Taxes $3000, utilities $2400, yard service $1200, pool service $1500 = $8100
$8100/$6 = 1350, 1350 gallons * 8mpg = 10,800 miles a year I can travel for what I used to spend on the SB for those items. Guess I don't need to stop fulltiming or traveling yet
I guess I fail to see how it makes sense to go spend $200,000 or even $100,000 for a house because the cost of gas/diesel went up. Even at $10/gal you can by a lot of gallons for $100,000. This is a really silly question - the one person who said they had quit also said they weren't "really fulltimers", real fulltimers don't quit because fuel went up, they adapt. Adapting is something that fulltimers are experts at
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