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RV-Pro.com – RV Travel Still Offers Inexpensive Vacations

// May 12th, 2011 // By Phil // Features

Given that gasoline pump prices have climbed over a buck higher per gallon since this time last year, when I left Houston for a trip last month with a travel trailer I had expectations of a much more expensive vacation.

My wife, Janis, and I planned to spend about $1,000 – or about twice as much for a trip which would take us some 1,500 miles on a huge loop from Houston into the canyon’s region of Texas’ high plains where we hoped to witness a full moon’s rise and a meteor shower in pristine, wilderness settings.
After spending an average of $3.75 a gallon for gasoline, we were surprised upon returning home to learn we beat our budget by about 50 percent. We tallied up expenses several times for confirmation, and without deducting for our normal weekly fuel consumption at home it was true — we spent slightly more than $500 for five nights and six days of travel from one end of Texas to the other and back.
The experience has convinced me that RV travel remains the most economical and exciting way to vacation – especially during uncertain and stressful economic times. In addition to saving money, my experience confirms that RVs provide vacationers with freedom to stay in the best places, flexibility to do more, and the comfort of their own, familiar living space.
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