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I don't know if I am asking a question that can be answered but.... and I know different folks have different tastes and needs... BUT..
Any idea of what it will cost to stay and visit western New York, New Hampshire and Maine area for a month this next mid Sept to mid October. Diesel costs?
Do we need reservations for parking our 5th wheel ?
The good news is gas prices are down right now. Last time we filled (last week and I can only tell you the price of regular) gas was $2.20/gal. I don't know what prices will be when you visit. You definitely need reservations in any of these areas due to leaf peepers at that time. Good luck and I hope you have fun.
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Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
If I need to determine the cost for a trip I plot the approximate miles we plan to drive adding an extra 500. Then I take our local area fuel cost which is usually higher then anywhere else in the nation and add $.50 per gallon to determine fuel costs.
I use the cost for a high end RV resort in the area we plan to stay to calculate the daily campsite cost and multiply it by the number of days we plan to stay in a campsite.
I don't worry about food, entertainment or repair costs because I would have these even if I was staying at home.
Add up the fuel and site costs and i have the approximate cost for the trip with some extra cushion built in for the unexpected.
-- Edited by The Bear II on Thursday 2nd of April 2015 11:23:01 AM
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Couple of things since I lived in that area. Maine is by far the most expensive and of course the closer to the ocean you are the more it costs. There are some good campground deals but many of the parks were built in the 60's and have smallish sites, so if you have a bigger rig keep that in mind. Gas is ridiculous up there prices low or not and it's much tougher to find a place that you can pull your rig into to gas up than other parts of the country so plan accordingly. Also a GPS showing low clearance areas is a must as many times we could only reach a campground from one direction because of wooden covered bridges or low stone tunnels. It is beautiful though, but I would never recommend winging it up there
If I need to determine the cost for a trip I plot the approximate miles we plan to drive adding an extra 500. Then I take our local area fuel cost which is usually higher then anywhere else in the nation and add $.50 per gallon to determine fuel costs.
I use the cost for a high end RV resort in the area we plan to stay to calculate the daily campsite cost and multiply it by the number of days we plan to stay in a campsite.
I don't worry about food, entertainment or repair costs because I would have these even if I was staying at home.
Add up the fuel and site costs and i have the approximate cost for the trip with some extra cushion built in for the unexpected.
-- Edited by The Bear II on Thursday 2nd of April 2015 11:23:01 AM
This is pretty much what I do also with the addition of extra costs for eating out as we don't eat out as much when at home. I am generous with figuring entertainment also. This usually gets me really close to what we actually spend.
I agree that one will need reservations far in advance, at least for Vermont and Maine, cant speak to the other states.
Vermont has only a few Walmarts too, one in Williston (Chittenden county) and one in St Albans (north west vt--Lamoille county iirc) for parking lot camping if necessary.
There was talk of building one in sourthern vt too.
