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312. How Much Did it Cost to RV 5, 10 and 20 Years Ago?

RV Miles Podcast

RV Miles Network

Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Society & Culture:places & Travel

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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This week we are going way back, to a simpler time, to a time of campsites with full hookups under $50 and gasoline under $2. We'll take a look at what RVing cost in 2019, 2014, and 2004. Come be surprised along with us. It's the first annual RV Miles' "5, 10, and 20's of RVing." Plus, we've got ticket release dates for HOMECOMING and you're going to want to mark your calendars!  IMPORTANT LINKS: For all the links to today's episode visit https://RVMiles.com/312Become an RV Miles Mile Marker member at https://rvmiles.com/milemarkersSign up for our weekly Road Signs newsletter: https://rvmiles.com/mailinglist Support our Sponsors:*Visit L.L. Bean to find your next great piece of gear: https://llbean.com*Check out all Blue Ox has to offer at https://BlueOx.com*Download the Parkwolf app for Apple devices here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/parkwolf-u-s-national-parks/id1596595516*Get free shipping from eTrailer on orders of $99 or more at https://www.etrailer.com/?etam=p0001*Liquified RV Toilet Treatment: https://liquifiedrv.com* RVshare: RVMILES30 for $30 off a rental of $500 or more at https://RVshare.com* Harvest Hosts: Save 15% on a Harvest Hosts membership with MILES at https://harvesthosts.com

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0:00.0

From Jello's first relationship with Ben Affleck to her second, to how has camping become more expensive?

0:08.0

This episode we're going to talk about the price of camping and some other fun facts between five years ago, ten years ago,

0:15.6

and twenty years ago. This is RV Miles. Welcome to episode number 312 of RV miles.

0:32.8

And I'm Abby and we are two RVers who along with our three boys

0:37.3

Jack Ethan and Henry have been Chris Kras in North America on one epic road trip.

0:42.1

Here at RV Wales we talk all things RV and

0:44.3

outdoors from industry news to national parks and a whole lot more like

0:48.5

Benifer. This is gonna be a really fun episode we episode. We've got a lot of fun facts about camping

0:56.6

and we're going to sort of relate it to pop culture and other things that were happening

1:01.6

in the world at the time, but really we're going to look at how

1:04.4

camping affordability has changed dramatically in the last 25 years.

1:11.3

It's going to be a lot of fun and we're hoping that this is going to become

1:14.2

something we do. Every single year around this time you know we're all getting ready for

1:18.0

the start of the camping season so maybe every year we can look back at what happened five years ago, ten years ago, and

1:25.0

20 years ago, because five years ago, and we'll get into this in a little bit.

1:31.3

We were all so naive. We were five years ago. It was 2019. It was just

1:36.9

before a pandemic would shake up not only shake up the world and cause a whole lot of terrible things but it would totally

1:46.1

revolutionize not just camping but all sort of outdoor stuff it's it's not

1:50.4

just the camping world that has had an explosion. It's also like boating, mountain

1:56.4

biking, skiing. Just the outdoor industry in general. And what's amazing about this is we

2:01.6

will be able to kind of put our own lives into the five

2:05.8

years, but we weren't on our VR's 10 years ago or 20 years ago.

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