Campground Rent: This cost can vary widely, as campgrounds have different costs based on location, time of year, and length of your stay. RV Payment: We took out a loan to pay for our RV for $325 per month. Here’s a list of all the expenses we had while living in our RV: There are a lot of costs involved with living in an RV that most people wouldn’t think of or expect, such as RV repairs or maintenance. Total Monthly Expenses of Living in an RV Otherwise, go as small as you can! Having a big rig makes traveling a headache and limits where you can stay, as many RV parks have a 32’ limit on the size of their camping spaces. How much room do you need? If you, like us, feel cramped even in a 32’ RV, a fifth wheel or class A is probably for you. Do you want a vehicle to get around with that isn’t your RV? While you can tow a car behind a motorhome, it’s often easier to get a tow vehicle that can detach from your rig. There are other kinds of vehicles for living on the road like toterhomes (motorhomes pulled by tractor-trailers) and truck campers but you don’t see those as often and they’re pretty impractical.Īnyway, we could talk all day about choosing an RV, but I’ll boil my advice down to the following questions: Fifth Wheel (trailers that are attached to a truck bed rather than a ball hitch). Travel Trailer (teardrop campers, micro campers, and normal-sized towable RVs). Class B or Campervan (the smallest motorhome size). Class C (tradition mid-sized motorhome with a bunk over the driver’s cabin). That said, there are all kinds of types of RVs, including: In fact, after a few weeks of browsing around, we ended up buying our 32’ Four Winds Chateau from my aunt because they gave us a good deal on it. With our very limited income, we couldn’t be very picky with the RV we bought. Especially if you want a smaller rig than ours, as we had a fairly large Class C. 
Moral of the story: You’re going to need to become more minimalistic in order to live in an RV. (Funny thing is that after we finished RVing, we ended up getting rid of/donating most of that “must-keep” stuff anyway. We needed to store a few totes and bags of clothes at my grandparent’s house that we just couldn’t part with. The best part? We STILL had too much stuff for our 32’ class C RV. We needed to comb through every possession we owned particularly because we were virtually broke and couldn’t afford a storage unit.Īnd once we went through every item we owned, we went through it again… and a third time. It took us a few weeks to go through every room and closet in our two-bedroom apartment. Eight pairs of shoes? Yeah, more like two.Those seven extra coffee mugs? Not happening.But on the road, you will be living in a small space.
If you’re like me, you’re probably used to having way more of everything than you actually need. The first big issue with living in an RV is that you have very limited space. Let the Adventure Begin – Life on the Road
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