RV Trip Cost Calculator
Every line of a real RV trip, priced before you book — and the same trip priced as a hotel and a rental car, so you can see which one your plan actually favours.
Your trip
The middle of the road — real living space you can still park. Sleeps 6 · about 12 MPG.
The numbers behind these lines
- Gas
- $3.62 a gallon, US average
- Campground
- $45 a night, full hookup
- Food
- $26 per person per day
- Protection
- $25 a day, only when switched on
- Service fee
- 10% of the rental
- Hotel
- $150 a night
- Eating out
- $60 per person per day
- Rental car
- $65 a day
Nightly rates are typical asking prices by rig type, not a quote. What you pay depends on the dates, the region and the rig you pick. A trip counts one campground night fewer than its days — the last night you're on the road home.
The campground line assumes a paid site with hookups. Public land — BLM and National Forest — has free sites without them, and every night you spend on one takes that line down.
What this trip costs
Los Angeles, CA → Grand Canyon, AZ · 7 days · 2 guests · Class C Motorhome
What you pay
$210 a night × 7 days
10% of the rental, paid at checkout
470 mi ÷ 12 MPG × $3.62/gal
6 nights × $45
$26/person/day × 2 × 7
$1,199 per person · $343 per day · about 39 gallons of fuel.
The same days, by hotel and rental car
$150/night × 7
$60/person/day × 2 × 7
$65/day × 7
470 mi × $0.25/mi
That is 3% off the hotel route, on the same days, the same miles and the same 2 guests.
Start from a route people actually drive
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Your RV packing checklist
For 7 days with 2 people in a Class C Motorhome. Ticks are saved on this device.
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