View Poll Results: On average, how many nights are you camping per year
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New RV - still in driveway or thinking about owning
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1.71% |
3 days or less
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0.85% |
7 days or less
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0% |
14 days or less
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5.13% |
21 days or less
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11.11% |
30 days or less
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30 |
25.64% |
45 days or less
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26 |
22.22% |
60 days or less
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19 |
16.24% |
90 days Plus or Minus
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15.38% |
More than 180 or Full Time
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1.71% |
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11-04-2012, 07:32 AM
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Site Team - Lou
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: South Eastern PA
Posts: 23,268
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Nights Camping Poll
Everyone has high hopes for spending weeks at a time camping.
The reality many times is far less than we would like.
It would be most informative to plot the years you have owned the camper vs the number of nights camped to get some idea of actual cost per night camped.
Can't do that within the confines of the poll software here on the forum, but how about an average per year based on your total ownership of your camper.
That should even out the first year "near every weekend it did not rain" to the most recent "it has been a tough summer" one. Try not to guess so folks can actually see "real results."
Let's see where this goes.
Herk
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11-04-2012, 07:50 AM
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Mod free 5er
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Concord, NC
Posts: 24,702
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Quote:
Originally Posted by herk7769
Everyone has high hopes for spending weeks at a time camping.
The reality many times is far less than we would like.
It would be most informative to plot the years you have owned the camper vs the number of nights camped to get some idea of actual cost per night camped.
Can't do that within the confines of the poll software here on the forum, but how about an average per year based on your total ownership of your camper.
That should even out the first year "near every weekend it did not rain" to the most recent "it has been a tough summer" one. Try not to guess so folks can actually see "real results."
Let's see where this goes.
Herk
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We fall between the 90 days and less and 180 or full time.
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11-04-2012, 07:52 AM
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Site Team - Lou
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: South Eastern PA
Posts: 23,268
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dunnnc
We fall between the 90 days and less and 180 or full time.
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<sigh> I missed that! I think I captured the intent of your response with my edit.
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11-04-2012, 08:10 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,367
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Less than 21 days a year. It would be a lot more, but work seems to get in the way.
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11-04-2012, 08:17 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Ohio
Posts: 600
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I'm on day 30 today. Done after today unfortunately. Mostly weekend 3 day trips.
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11-04-2012, 08:52 AM
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Site Team - Lou
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: South Eastern PA
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Remember it is an average of all years camping; not last year.
See my tag line and the average is 56.5 days
Herk
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11-04-2012, 08:54 AM
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Oklahoma Proud
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: central OK
Posts: 2,784
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We got in 16 nights since the 5er came in july 24th. May get a couple more in yet. Would have more but wife and kids schedules make it hard. Next year there should be more than double that!
Can't wait till next summer!!!!!
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11-04-2012, 08:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Stromsburg, Nebraska
Posts: 1,682
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40 for us
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11-04-2012, 09:17 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Waynesville
Posts: 14,428
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Holy Crap,this site has turned into a (Polling Place) how do we find time to (Camp)? Cost justification per days used would be a (Bad) investment! Oh yea we used the trailer 100 days of travel down the road this year,CRS on past years! Youroo!!
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11-04-2012, 09:29 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 755
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Thirty five days so far this year. Mostly 3 day weekends as I work for Uncle Sam. We hope to squeeze in three more this month and maybe 7 more in December. It's hard to assign a dollar amount to all that time spent with my wife and kids. It truly is priceless.
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11-04-2012, 09:42 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
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We hit 45 this year and had 29 last year. I hope next year I can hit these numbers.
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11-04-2012, 09:49 AM
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Site Team - Lou
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: South Eastern PA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GASPEDDLER
Thirty five days so far this year. Mostly 3 day weekends as I work for Uncle Sam. We hope to squeeze in three more this month and maybe 7 more in December. It's hard to assign a dollar amount to all that time spent with my wife and kids. It truly is priceless.
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I totally agree. I am a "trend" guy and like graphs. I have also found that many people have a "wishful thinking" view of costs involved, though.
Talk to any boater...
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11-04-2012, 10:42 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by herk7769
I totally agree. I am a "trend" guy and like graphs. I have also found that many people have a "wishful thinking" view of costs involved, though.
Talk to any boater...
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BOAT= A hole in the water you throw money in to.
Been there....done that!
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11-04-2012, 12:06 PM
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H2oski
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Hartford, AL
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Been keeping record over the last 5 years. Here are my yearly average.
Nights Camped Yearly: 21
Miles Traveled Yearly: 3812
ostly weekend trips to the beach and our 10 day vacation.
To us it's not anout the money per say, It's about the good times and GREAT friends we camp with or meet.
We may get 1 more weekend trip before all the holidays start.
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11-04-2012, 01:25 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
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34 nights camped this year
I still think we need a section for just poll's
wink wink hello is anyone listening ! ? ! ? !
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11-04-2012, 03:11 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by f1100turbo
34 nights camped this year
I still think we need a section for just poll's
wink wink hello is anyone listening ! ? ! ? !
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This topic has been tossed around a bit and after weighing the pros & cons it was decided to keep it as is. Not saying this can't or won't change down the road.
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11-04-2012, 03:46 PM
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phat phrog stunt crew
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: bethalto il
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14 this year, but thats been since august. was too busy with rental property early on to worry about campinng.
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11-04-2012, 03:58 PM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Green Lane PA
Posts: 44
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We picked up our Popup from the dealer the first week of August, and managed to squeeze in 18 nights since then till this weekend, when I winterized it since most campgrounds around here have closed up for winter and the kids were getting a bit chilled. Hope to make some more memories and longer trips next year!
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2008 Toyota Sienna LE w/ Airlift Airbags
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11-04-2012, 04:57 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 98
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We are new so far only 17 days but hope to spend at least 30 to 60 days a yr. for the next 3yrs then 200 to 20 a yr for the
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11-04-2012, 05:14 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Lanesboro, Ma
Posts: 74
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I average 14 days a year. That's one 5 day trip sprinkled in with several 2 and three day weekends throughout the summer.
If we didn't have the camper we would only be able to afford one trip a year. That's figuring in hotel (2 rooms) and restaurant cost.
I know I have a camper payment every month but I think of it like a camping time share payment.
I've been camping for 6 years now and would never go back to the hotel way of vacationing. Although the average doesn't seem like a lot it's many more nights I get to spend with the family on vacation vs going the hotel route.
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