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So, what is the purpose of having an old U.S. Motorhome here in Austria, where owning such a huge vehicle and keeping it on the road is so expensive?
In short, we don´t have the plan to use it a lot in my country. My life companion is from Germany and the border is just 40 minutes away. Operating a car or RV in Germany is much cheaper than here in Austria because there is no toll for Motorhomes. The same in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. I have been a couple of times to Sweden during the last twenty years, the country always reminded me on the US and the Swedish American car culture is an attitude towards life, especially in the summer months where meetings take place all across the country. We filmed some clips there just for fun:
Power Big Meet 2012 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgRmZwNO-rk 2013 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZORfx_9p8w 2014 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc950uL1ZeIHot Rod Reunion Malmby 2019 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVqyEtI-J98So our plan is to visit all the mentioned northern European countries with our Revcon in the next 10 years. The former owner was also in Finland and Sweden several times, in Spain, in Russia and in Cornwall - GB. The Revcon never let him down. Sweden will always stay our primary target for multiple visits because I have a lot of friends there. In 1996, when I was working in the US, I met a lot of great Swedish people around Boston and our friendship stayed alive over the years...Another advantage of the North is called "freedom to roam". You can park your RV without any problems, near a great lake for example and nobody will bother you. In Austria it´s only allowed on (expensive) campgrounds. Camping somewhere in e.g. Lower Austria can be fined with up to 2.500 Euros (corresponds roughly to 2.990,-- USD).
Why is that so?
A hotel room in Austria near a lake for a family with 2 children starts from 1.800,-- Euros (2.150,-- USD) a week - half board. Any questions?
The added value has to stay in the hands of the (Austrian) hotel owners, nobody should be able to go on vacation in his own RV for free...
In 2019 we drove up with our GMC Safari, we rented a big farmhouse for 2 weeks (700,-- Euros per week - 837,-- USD), we visited Stockholm etc.
(footage boat tour and farmhouse appears at the end of the clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6KzxUpE-Xs)
We paid 2.800,-- Euros (3.350,-- USD) for 2 weeks in Sweden.
Now, the Revcon allows us to extend our stay with the same budget like in 2019, we don´t have to spend money on a rent or a campground.
I calculate a trip with the Revcon to Sweden with all the costs (gas, ferry, food, beer etc.) also with 2.800,-- Euros (3.350,-- USD) for 4 weeks.
Yes, gas is expensive (1.90 USD per liter), but we still save a lot of money.
So, these were our preliminary considerations before buying an U.S. Motorhome.