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AndyGB

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  1. Thanks both. We will probably come out two or three months before the trip starts, spend a week or two sorting out the purchases, insurance etc and then leave them in storage/at the dealers until we fly out again for the trip itself. If we do decide to sell at the end, looking at the PPL site I see they charge 10% to sell on consignment which isn't to bad (to me at least) or I may just take the additional hit of selling for cash depending on what finances are like for our return to the UK.
  2. Hello everyone. My other half and I are starting to plan a 6 month trip around the US (we are in the UK and wouldn't be travelling for a couple of years yet, so are very much in the 'what is possible' phase of planning). We were originally looking at just a 3 month trip and renting a class C from one of the main providers like El Monte etc, but having decided to extend it to 6 months and due to the fact I am self employed and work on 6 monthly rolling IT contracts which mean we can't plan/book anything more than a few months ahead the costs of renting are extortionate. So the plan is now to get an Escapees address in Texas and buy, insure and register a travel trailer/tow vehicle to that address for the trip and sell them again at the end (unless we decide to keep them and keep coming back of course). I appreciate we will loose money on the trailer and vehicle when we sell, but I can't see us loosing anywhere near as much as the $20,000 or there about the rental would cost, however I obviously don't know the US market. So for those in the know does that assumption stand up to scrutiny or am I in cloud cuckoo land and could a trailer ($15,000 ? ) and a 1/4 or 1/2 ton pickup ($15,000 ? ) loose that much value if we add a further 6 months and 15000 miles on them ? If that is the way to go I am making a further assumption that the more well known brands like Airstream etc would be easier to sell/hold their value better than some others, so it would make more sense to pay out more initially for something like that for $30,000 say rather than buying a different brand for $15,000 if budget allows. What would people recommend ? I should add that we have moved away from class C as we like the ability to unhook a trailer (caravan as we would call them here) and leave it in a location whilst we took the tow vehicle out to explore. Any advice would be gratefully accepted. Andy
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