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How Much Does an RV Rental Cost? We Answer 8 Questions Before You Rent an RV - YouTube
Channel: RVLove | Marc & Julie Bennett
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hey everyone it's julia mark here from
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rv
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love we've been getting a lot of
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questions about our recent rv rental
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experiences
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and so we decided to put a video
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together answering frequently asked
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questions about renting an rv
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so stay tuned
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welcome back everybody julia marquis
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from arby love
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and if you haven't already noticed rving
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is hot
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right now and rv rentals are really hot
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our rv rental video
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to florida that we put up just a few
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weeks ago has exploded in views so if
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you haven't seen that go ahead and
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check that out now we rented not one but
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two
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rvs over the course of a month in
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january february earlier this year
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and we had so many great experiences and
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learnt so much and
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there have been so many questions rv
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share has actually asked us
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to share some of the frequently asked
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questions that people have about renting
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an rvs so if you've never rented an rv
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before you've probably got at least
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one two five or maybe even all of these
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questions
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good chance and we've got a bunch of
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questions so we're gonna have a great
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details for you
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here in this video and then also in the
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blog post at rvlove.com
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so the first question is why rent an rv
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the number one thing on people's minds
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right now is safety we all want to
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travel
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but we want to be safe everyone's been
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cooped up we want to get out
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what do you want to do going to hit the
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road in an rv and this year of all years
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is probably the
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best year ever to go renting an rv
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because all the other types of travel
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are really not as appealing as normal a
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lot of people are not very interested
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in getting on an airplane or you're
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probably not interested in going to a
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hotel
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right now and so making a cruise yeah or
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definitely not taking a cruise
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and even normal travel even one of the
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big pieces of
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regular travel is going out to eat and
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so a lot of the things that
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are parts of regular travel are all
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restricted right now
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but an rv is a way to get out and
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explore
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and have a great travel experience
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without any of the restrictions that are
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imposed on people because
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you're going to bring your own food
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you're going to have your own bed your
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own kitchen your own bathroom so you
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have
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a fully contained environment to go do
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all of your traveling and exploring and
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it's
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it's really a great time to get out with
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your family and travel
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so many of you may have been thinking
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you know one day we're going to do an rv
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road trip
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and see america and this is the time to
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do it but safety
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and being able to contain your
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environment are very very important
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well an rv is the ultimate way to
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control your environment it's
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it's a really fantastic way to travel
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and if you don't have an rv
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then you can just rent an rv and of
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course with an rv
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you can have your meals in a city
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location anywhere you choose you can
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just pull over somewhere on the side of
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the road or
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go to a scenic destination you don't
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even have to go out to restaurants
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anymore you can just
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pick up takeout and cook your own meals
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and go and enjoy it somewhere scenic
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but even besides renting an rv to go on
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a vacation or to visit family
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a lot of people are renting rvs right
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now as a second
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office or for business trips instead of
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flying they're trying to take a rental
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rv to go on the business trips
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if you have someone in your home that
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works in essential services or
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on the front line and you're wanting to
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keep them quarantined from the rest of
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the family
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a lot of people have been renting an rv
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and putting that in the driveway to be
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able to accommodate them
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or if someone's become sick whether
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that's with covert or something else and
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you just want to keep them
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safer and more isolated from the rest of
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the family
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rvs are becoming very popular as your
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very own quarantine machine
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another reason you might want to rent an
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rv is to
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transport somebody if maybe they're not
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feeling well and they're needing to lay
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down
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during that relocation that's a great
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thing to do in an rv
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working on site sometimes if you're
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working on site somewhere whether that's
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a construction project or you're doing
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an assignment
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then having an lv there for that period
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of time instead of renting an apartment
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or a house
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right or maybe you're displaced from
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your regular home because it got damaged
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or there's other reason it's inhabitable
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you cannot use an rv for temporary
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storage and that could just be
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a travel trailer even if you don't have
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a vehicle a tow it some
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renters will actually drop off that
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travel trailer
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at the campground for you and maybe even
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hook it up for you
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so you just show up and you have that
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rental experience without having to
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learn how to tow
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and also people when all these things
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open back up
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people like to rent rvs to go to
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sporting events and do tailgating
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festivals and concerts as well
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they can leave the rv for you so you're
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just basically using it
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as accommodation there on site so for us
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when we rented two rvs earlier this year
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there were a couple of reasons for that
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one is we were going to the florida rv
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super show
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and rather than stay in a hotel and rent
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a car
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we thought why don't we just stay in an
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rv on site so we can go and travel
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around the rv show we prefer
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rvs anyway and the second reason was
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we've been shopping around for rv's
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through getting a second smaller rv and
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we wanted to try a few on for
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size and so it may seem expensive to
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rent an rv but when you think about the
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cost of rv ownership and
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the depreciation and the purchase price
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and the taxes and the maintenance and
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all of that
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and what if you don't pick the right rv
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you end up having to change or trade
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that in
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that can really hurt your wallet right
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there you can take a huge hit
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so and rv is a great way to be able to
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like try on different rvs for size and
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make sure it's going to be right for you
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right because there's nothing like
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spending a few days or maybe a week in
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an rv to really get a feel for things
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you do and don't like
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maybe it looks fine when you're doing a
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little quick tour at the rv dealership
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but
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after a weekend you realize oh well the
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water pump's super loud or the bed's
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really not that comfortable to sleep in
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after all or i'm too tall i hit my head
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on the air conditioning you didn't i
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didn't have that problem with it
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but there's it's a really important part
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of an rv shopping experience
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that we recommend people often yeah even
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as experienced rv is we're amazed at how
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much we still learn from our rental
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experiences
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you know rv rental may also make a lot
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more sense if you don't plan to use it a
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lot if you're just going to use it once
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or twice a year for a couple of
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uh vacations or trips then by the time
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you
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calculate all of the related costs of rv
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ownership that may not be worth it for
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you especially if you don't have
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anywhere to store it especially if you
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don't have somewhere to store it because
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storing it
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maintaining it the depreciation taxes on
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the purchase
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all those things can add up and you do
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the math if you're only going to go out
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a couple times a year renting's probably
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a more cost effective approach
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and i think what's really nice about
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renting too is you get to try all
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different kinds of rvs whereas when you
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buy
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an rv that's it that's the one that
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you're having all of your travel
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experiences
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in but if you want to try well this time
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we're going to try a travel trailer and
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next time we're going to try a class c
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and next time we're going to drive fifth
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wheel or
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this time we're going to try an
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airstream you can just have completely
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different kinds of vacation experiences
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which may be a better fit for depending
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on who's going on that vacation
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maybe it's just you and your spouse or
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maybe it's your entire family maybe
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you'll bring parents along sometime
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pets so you can really mix up where are
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you going you know what's the weather
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going to be like and change the rv up
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depending on what's going to suit
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particular type of rv vacation
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experience you're wanting to have so how
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much does it cost to rent an rv
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isn't it expensive well it depends on
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the
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type of rv you're renting and then also
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how long the shorter the term of the
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rental the higher the nightly rate but
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if you rent for a week or rent for two
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weeks like we did
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those rates can come down substantially
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and you can rent
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all any different type whether it's a
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small pop-up camper
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or maybe a class b van all the way up to
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really expensive luxury bus conversions
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the bus conversion we've seen them as
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high as
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thousand dollars a night but we've also
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seen rvs renting for under a hundred
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dollars a night so it really depends on
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what you're renting most rvs that people
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are gonna rent
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are gonna be ranging in that hundred
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dollar a night range but
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sometimes you might see two hundred
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dollars a ride
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it just depends on the rv you're gonna
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rent then there are other variables like
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renting during the peak season versus
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the low season
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what location or city you rent from and
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just
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supply and demand no matter what kind of
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other you're looking for or what age
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what type
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you're bound to find something to fit
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your budget and when you think about how
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you would normally vacation whether you
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fly in somewhere
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you might have hotel stays you might
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have to rent a car
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and then of course there's all of the
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eating out and that's where things
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really start to add up so
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when you think about all of those
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expenses and add them up compared to the
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cost of an
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rv where everything's included and then
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you can cook most of your uh
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you might eat out some but you can cook
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a lot more meals in your rv i think
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you'll find that
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the comparison is actually you know
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pretty reasonable and sometimes even
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less expensive
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so what kinds of rvs can you rent and
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that really can
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run the gamut you can rent something so
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simple as a pop-up camper or you can
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rent something
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like a multi-million dollar bus
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conversion that the rock stars travel in
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the good news is you can rent pretty
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much any type of rv there is
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someone's going to be renting that all
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right you can see this sun seeker over
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here that's a typical class c
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but it has a nice big slide out so
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that'd be roomy inside
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nice to rent an rv instead of going out
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in your tent
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we had a huge storm here last night i
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would be glad to be in an rv instead of
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in a tent
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oh and here's a rental rv right here
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this is one of those cruise america
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harvey rentals with the branding on the
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side
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so this winnebago view is a class c that
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would be a popular type of rv you could
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rent
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and here's a travel trailer you might be
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choosing to rent a travel trailer
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whether you have a vehicle that can tow
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it
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or if you can have the person you rent
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it from drop it off for you
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so this travel trailer here is actually
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a toy hauler you can see the
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door on the back of the trailer that
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would drop down and form as a ramp so
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you can load
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toys into the back and bring all your
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big
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motorized toys along with you can also
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rent
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like a class a luxury diesel motorhome
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like this one
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or a fifth wheel
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so you can see while i'm walking around
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here there's pretty much every type of
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rv in this campground and if you rent
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from
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an rv platform like rv share you can
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rent pretty much
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any one of these types of rvs
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maybe one with really bold paint like
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this one
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so if you've got deep pockets you might
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even choose to rent
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something like this prevost bus
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conversion
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but be ready to spend some money if
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you're going to rent something like that
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so what's included when you rent an rv
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that's really going to depend on
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the owner and the particular rv some
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come fully equipped and some come
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pretty basic but then you're paying to
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rent the other items
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as part of the rental so you might be
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driving to pick up the rental lobby and
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you might bring some of your own things
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you might bring your own sheets and
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pillows from home you might bring some
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of your own dishware
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especially if you're local right but a
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lot of rental rvs
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you can rent it very basic and then not
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have up charges for the linens in the
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kitchen sets and some would just include
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it in their rental price
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but when we were renting in florida we
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had the linens and the kitchen squares
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provided for us
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some may have an additional up charge
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for running the generator
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and we'll provide a generator if it
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doesn't come with the onboard
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generator there's also patio mats
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camping chairs
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bicycles basically anything you could
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want to need a barbecue
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an rv specific gps all of those things
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you can add on
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to your rental you get to choose so make
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sure that you ask
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who you're running the arby from what's
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included and if there's an upcharge but
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even things like an abbey specific gps i
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mean they can be a little expensive on a
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daily basis but you could download an
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app like rb trip wizard that would be
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less expensive option for that with an
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rvsafe gps but
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you know i think it really depends on
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the rental and the unit and finding out
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what's available and what do they charge
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for it
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so another common question is will your
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regular insurance cover your rv rental
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and in general no it's not like renting
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a car
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renting an rv is very different and so
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most more often than not
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you will not be covered with your
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existing insurance policy
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on our rv rental now depending on where
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you rent it from
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they may have rv rental insurance
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included in that rental price
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so the rv rental insurance is typically
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covered by the rv
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owners policy but you can get additional
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coverage for you
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just if you want that extra peace of
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mind and security if you're ready from a
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peer-to-peer
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rental program like rv share then
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it is going to be covered within the
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rental agreement
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this protects the owners and the renters
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and is automatically included in the
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reservation but do ask check
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and ask to see a copy of that insurance
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policy to make sure it's something that
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you're comfortable with
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that if there is an incident that you
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know how it's going to be covered and
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handled
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so what if something breaks or the rv
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breaks down while you're renting the rv
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we all know that rvs have a reputation
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for having things break down and even in
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our
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rental experience in florida we did have
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a couple things that broke
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most of them were pretty small that was
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something i could fix with a screwdriver
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and that was simple but we did have one
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other issue
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that but the the company that we rented
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from
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came out and fixed that for us because
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we were still in the local area
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and so if something does go wrong the
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first step would be to reach out to the
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rv owner where you rented from
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because they may be able to walk you
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through how to do the repair yourself
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or be able to repair themselves if
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they're in the local area
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but second step they may have a really
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good contacts with local area
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dealers or mobile mechanics that could
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help repair that for you faster because
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their existing relationships might get
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you in there
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faster for the repair very often
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roadside assistance is included in rv
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rental so that's another question to ask
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is roadside assistance included it's
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usually shown as an extra daily charge
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as a line item so you need to look at
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everything on the other rental contract
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to see what you're being charged for
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so next question is how many miles can
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you travel in a day
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and this totally depends on the rental
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but what we
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saw in our experiences with rv rentals
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is they were generally including about a
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hundred miles per day
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and if you're only on a short rental
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that doesn't sound like a lot but if you
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have a two-week rental like we did
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that's an
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average miles per day and we were able
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to drive a lot we were able to drive
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over a thousand miles and go on a big
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trip with the rv
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during the time we had it but be mindful
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of what their policies are because a lot
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of
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rv rental companies if you go over the
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miles
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limit it might be 10 cents a mile or
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even a dollar a mile
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on some rv so make sure you're reading
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the fine print on that because a dollar
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a mile would add up
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very quickly but we've seen 100 250
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miles a day
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is pretty average as a range but again
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totally depends on the rentals
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so now how do you rent an rv and of
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course the easiest way to do that right
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now
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is online rving is hot other rentals are
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through the roof right now
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fortunately there are a lot to choose
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from there are literally thousands
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around the country in
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every state so go online some rv dealers
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may even rent out rvs especially if they
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are looking to sell you an rv now the
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big rv rental companies like a cruise
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america or
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uh el monte the big chains those chains
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usually just a class c motor on that's
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the ones that are a van chassis with the
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cab
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over sleeping area and those are really
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popular for families and they're pretty
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easy to drive so those are very
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common but when you use a platform like
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rv share a peer-to-peer program
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then you can rent individuals rvs and
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i think one of the advantages of that is
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that you're not going to be driving
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someone's billboard you know i don't
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you're not tagged as a renter
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automatically
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yeah so when we rented ours we wanted to
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use a peer-to-peer platform so we would
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have a non-branded rv and we rented
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a class b plus which is a relatively
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small
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van and we also rented a smaller class c
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as well so
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we had that great experience with that
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but those rental lobbies that you mostly
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see
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around national parks and there's really
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popular tourist attractions
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they're the ones that people really
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think of when you think of rental rv but
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that doesn't have to be you
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and that was what was important to us
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when we rented rvs but the reason we
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like rv share is they've actually got
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the biggest range of rvs to rent from
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both in terms of the number and the
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types that you can read from all around
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north america when you're searching
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online because it's through a platform
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that is a reputable platform and has
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worry-free offerings like insurance and
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other things built in like roadside
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assistance and all of those things to
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give you peace of mind to reduce any
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worries that you may have while you're
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traveling
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there'll be rentals from individuals
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small fleet owners from dealers
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so it really is like airbnb in that
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they're all rounded up in one place
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because you can browse and see all of
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the different kinds of rvs available in
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your area
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the different types the different prices
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how many people they can accommodate the
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different amenities the different
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standards
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basically you can put in filters and
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narrow down to what kind of choice is
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going to be right for you
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and your travels and there are other
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online platforms besides rv share but
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this is the only one that we have
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personal experience with and that we'd
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be able to comfortable recommending
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so we're going to put all of the links
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down below to the others that we've
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rented
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to the related blog post and our ivy
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rental experiences
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hope you get a chance to get out there
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this summer and rent another yourself it
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