Cost per night

I would be too afraid to work it out. I get great fun and pleasure in my motorhome and will treat overall cost the same as the MPG figure. I enjoy so pay it.

We do a mixture of Pub Stops , CL's and Wild Camping so we can keep the costs down. Spent two weeks on the South Coast earlier in the year £0.00 on campsites.

I caravan but if I worked out the nightly cost taking everything into account (depreciation, storage, maintenance, ferry, extra fuel etc etc) we would probably sell the caravan, get a sports car and stay in 5 * hotels!  BUT, that is not what it is all about.  We partake in a hobby, enjoying the freedom that it gives us.

No, I haven't worked it out and don't intend to. The MH is a means to an end and the only costs that matter to me are the overall purchase price and annual running costs.

haven't worked it out ,as if i didn't spend the money on the M/H i would only spend it on something else..............

The biggest cost particulalrly if you have a newish van is likely to be depreciation especially a big/expensive one. Conversely an older/cheaper one will depreciate less but this may be partially offset by other costs such as repairs. The parameters are consequently wide but somewhere in the range £1500 to £6000 p.a. So if you use your big expensive van for 100 days it can represent goood value compared with other holiday formats but if you use it for only 30 days a year (e.g. if you are working fill time) each day is pretty expensive with site fees in addition. My own cost is about £50 per day but I am willing to pay that for the lifestyle and ability to explore out of the way and remote places. Probably best not to over-analayse just relax and enjoy for hoever long life, health fianaces and inclination allow.   

Don't get me wrong I love my van and don't begrudge the cost at all. Whilst I'm lucky enough to be able to enjoy a motorhome I'll have one. We've tried the trailer tent and caravan options and they weren't for us. I'm not a fan of hotels at all. I just was just wondering what my costs were over the year. Hopefully we'll get away much more in future years.....and won't change vans as much

Has anyone worked out the cost per night stay they get out of their motorhome over a year?

I've thought about it this morning and taking into account running costs, storage, site fees and diesel I reckon our van has cost us about £64 per night which I see as good value for money for three adults and a dog! 

We don't always pay for overnight stops as some are staying on my daughters drive in Leeds or my Mum's driveway in Redcar but they are half the reasons of us running the van. Figures change slightly to a whopping £344 per night when depreciation is taken into account but l've put that down to us buying brand new this year so you have to write off VAT to start with. Next year should be much better

 

Therein lies madness.  Believe me, as an ex boat owner I know!  I once worked the "per night" cost of keeping our yacht out!

The wife was thankfully more pragmatic, her philosophy was, if we enjoy it and can afford it, does it matter!

me too mate, had boats on Windermere for nine years last one a 28' sports cruiser V8 petrol. Marina berthed. The costs per annum with everything factored I was eye watering BUT at the time we lived it and stayed inboard every weekend all year so on that basis cost per night was not to bad. We sold it within a week and only lost equivalent of about 2k per year. We bought brand new motorhome the week after

My base running costs with the last yacht I had worked out about £1000/1200 pa but that was maintaining my own mooring( what price mud, blood and backache?). Yachts hardly ever make economic sense. Probably like MHs, we do it 'cos we love it.