Ok, so I've gotten out the quick story in e-mail to most of you affected by this, but as promised, here is the full details. I got a call from the guy today about his RV. This was a side business he ran to offset the costs of owning the RV, so it wasn't something he relied on to make a living. He was talking to his insurance company today asking about towing a car behind the RV and the subject of liabilities and maintenance logs came up.
Although he has been taking care of the RV and performing routine maintenance on it, he didn't keep records of it. So for the time being, his rrental business is on hiatus. That means no RV rental for us.
However, with our dwindling driving numbers (now down to 4 from our original 7 or
, the RV was becoming an expensive proposition. So we now no longer need all that room and it the cost has increased dramatically.
I looked into renting a mini-van today. Since we will only need room for 4 people, this is now an option. Comcast has an agreement with Avis that
lets employees get a discount on car rentals. The discount in this case is about $113 off plus UNLIMITED mileage. So rental for 8 days (I put in 1 day extra just in case) plus taxes and state surcharges, etc. comes to $432.54.
I declined the insurance stuff because my credit card will cover that at no charge. I haven't figured out the estimated gas costs yet, but it should definitely be cheaper than the RV as well. RV's only avg. 10 mpg, the van should get about 23 mpg.
As for the room:
Arrival Date 8/9/05
Departure Date: 8/14/05
Room Rate, plus taxes, etc.: $722.40
Resort fee: $10/Day x 5 days = $50
Parking: 50% discount = $4.50/day x 5 days = $22.50
grand total: $794.90 / 6 people = $132.48 per person
Is that count of 6 correct? We've had a couple people drop out and I know there have been mentions of maybe this person or that, but by my counts I'm seeing me, FireFly, agent, billabond, tekieb, and fabio. If this needs adjusted in any way please let me know ASAP.
It's late, I'm going to bed. I'll figure out the estimated fuel costs tomorrow or the next day, but this covers most of it. E-mail me or post here if you have any specific questions.
