Actually, RVing can be a bargain

I enjoyed Jane Engle’s point-counterpoint between me and Darcy Jacobs [“A Roof Over Everyone’s Head,” May 3]. I need to address one of Jacobs’ points: When I mentioned RVs, she said that “it’s expensive to rent an RV, and they go through a lot of gas.”

In fact, the cost of renting an RV varies greatly by state, by the size of the RV you’re renting and by the time of year you’ll be renting.

If you look at such large RV rental companies as El Monte RV and CruiseAmerica, you’ll find that specials can drop the cost to as little as $24 a night.

Rent from a private owner, as we did, and as many people do nowadays, and a price of $30 a day is pretty common. Add to that the cost of parking (usually less than $40, not less than $50 a night for most RVs), and that’s a real bargain compared with hotel rooms, especially if you consider the savings of fixing your own meals.

Pauline Frommer

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