Canadian Campers
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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Sue.T - your campground costs average out to $14.50 per night... did you boondock a lot?
Also, you didn't include any sightseeing costs.
We kept a very close track of the expenses of our 11,000 km trip last year with ALL expenses on the road for the 5 weeks (34 nights) we were gone, and we spent approx. $6,000 cdn, which averages out to be $176.40 per day.
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canadafan
Norfolk UK
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Just for comparison I kept some figures for our trip this year
26 foot C class total mileage (Vancouver/Calgary) 4393Km 28 nights
Gas 1120L $1500 Ave $1.34/litre
Groceries/ Liquor $900
Campgrounds $500
No ferry charges (they are all free on this route of course)
I used the Safeway store card for gas wherever possible this gives 3.5 or 7 cents discount per litre.
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sue.t
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
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charlan wrote:You did not mention propane or did you not use a significant amount.
We departed home with 2 full 30-pounders and had just started into the second one upon our return home.
- The furnace was used briefly most mornings to bring the temp up in the fifth wheel.
- The hot water tank was heated once in the morning and then again once at night. If we were showering, it was heated for that too.
- The fridge was operated when we were stopped and mostly on propane as we drycamped 24 nights.
- We ate out only three times so most cooking was inside the fifth wheel or BBQing. We likely used most of the propane with the RVQ cooking veggies and those $15 steaks!
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sue.t
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
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Canadian Campers wrote:Sue.T - your campground costs average out to $14.50 per night... did you boondock a lot?
Also, you didn't include any sightseeing costs.
We boondocked four nights and were parked at a friends two nights. We stayed five nights at commercial campgrounds (usually when there wasn't an option, or we wanted to wash humans & truck). Otherwise, we were camped in BC parks or Yukon gov't campgrounds, which we prefer.
In BC, the campground fee varies from $15 to $19.
In Yukon, the overnight fee is $12 (which includes free firewood).
Sightseeing? We did pay a few dollars to enter the Keno City Museum, but otherwise we didn't expend any $$ on tours/attractions. Having grown up in the Yukon, I knew most of the "attractions" before they became attractions. DH toured the good ones during our first two trips. Now our "sightseeing" is unhooking the fiver and exploring backroads, canoeing/fishing, or hiking, which are all free except for the fishing licence. I included that cost in the "groceries, pharmacy, liquor". Should have added an "etc." to that line.
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ebygin
Vancouver Island, BC
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Good info sue.t. My husband and I have just returned (Lastnight) from our trip to Alaska. We have also kept track of the expenses; and one difference between your trip and ours - is the BC Ferry costs. Lastnight, we pulled a travel trailer (44 feet from bumper to bumper; 25 of that being the trailer)and the cost for us to cross from Tsawwassen to Duke POint was $191.00. We Paid $186.00 to leave the Island in July..... I think I see a big monetary benefit to pulling a 5th wheel off and on the Island! At least 6 feet of our traielr is included within the lenght of your truck? Hmmm, may need to look at a 5th wheel.
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sue.t
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
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We are 43' bumper to bumper, and that is a supercab shortbox with a 25' fifth wheel. Our secret was the Duke Point ferry had a half-price sale in June, so we paid $85 to get off the Island and $175 to get back on it in July!
There's been a fare increase since August 1 too, adding to the cost of getting on & off this rock!
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ebygin
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OKAY!!! It all makes sense to me now.... of course, the Fare Saver. I had forgotten about that. Too bad they don't put Fare Savers on for July or August. And, we had to pay the extra $5.00 fuel charge when we arrived home on August 5th.
That is quite a saving with a truck and travel trailer; I think I will try and plan next years trip around the fare saver!
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lanerd
Ridgecrest, CA
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We are about half way through our trip to Alaska and so far our figures are:
Total miles: 4768.9
Total fuel (diesel):603.68 gals @ $3,152.16
**(mpg = 7.90), (daily ave=$38.92)
Total RV parks: $2,937.18 (daily aver =$36.26)
Total Food: $3,134.27 (daily ave = $38.69)
Total Entertainment (tours, trips) = $687.00
Total Marine Highway (start in 8 days) = $2564.00
Total Misc (t-shirts, hats, sweat shirts, pins, ect) = $367.44
We still have over 4000 miles to go and at least two more months of traveling. So far, we have always tried to stay at a nice park with at least 30 amps and have on boondocked one night. I realize we could save a lot of dough by doing more dry camping, but this is what we prefer.
I think it is strange how the daily costs for fuel, parks, and food are almost the same.
We knew from the start that it was going to be expensive, but we also knew that this will probably be a once in a lifetime excursion and we are enjoying the hell out of it.
See ya
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Mootpoint
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We did 60 days, Brentwood Bay to Alaska/Yukon and back, May 1 to July 1. We took our 5th wheel, 46ft total length and two other couples with simliar rigs. We did 12,864 km. We spared no expence within reason for we considered it a trip of a lifetime. Came in at almost 1 dollar per km. Stayed in a lot of private sites on the way up because the gov`t ones did not open until end of May. Used the gov`t sites on the way back, much nicer. Took all the tours and side trips we wanted and will do it again if possible. Forget the exspence, the sights, sounds, scenary and in particular the people are worth every penny.
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SIX PENCE
Sioux Falls, SD, USA
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Check out www.seeyadowntheroad they are in the Yukon now. Click on 2008 travels. They show their costs and much higher than in this thread, especially diesel fuel. Report from CG's , restaurants are off 60% from last year. Glad we went in 2002. The prices they are paying for groceries is more than double U.S.
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