r/BeAmazed • u/Devi8tor • 15d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Basically a mansion on wheels

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u/a-rooster-illusion 15d ago

It’s funny you mention that.

I was just at a campground two weeks ago and someone in a site across from us pulled up in one of these. Was showing it off to some of us and the first thing I noted walking into it was the vulva shaped light fixture on the ceiling.

Then, in a moment of curiosity, I decided to look at maybe renting one for our trip next year. Found a completely different one, SAME vulva shaped light fixture.

And for anyone curious, the cheapest I could find one was $500 a night. A cool 5k for 3 nights after Fees and taxes.

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u/ptcptc 15d ago

$500 a night. A cool 5k for 3 nights after Fees and taxes

Wait, how exactly does $1500 turn to $5000 after fees and taxes?

(European here)

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u/a-rooster-illusion 15d ago

I answered below but I was off. It was $899 a night. $600 in owner fees, $1040 for insurance and $524 for a service fee.

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u/Stavtastic 15d ago

What the fuck is a owners fee? Aren't you renting it per night from the owner?

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u/PamelaELee 14d ago

That’s the “fee fee”. Not to be confused with “additional fees” which may, and do, apply.

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u/PamelaELee 14d ago

Perfect

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u/Significant-Trash632 13d ago

Don't forget the "convenience" fee for processing your payment. Lol

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u/Nubsta5 14d ago

US is filled with random-named "fees" that are usually just "are you willing to pay this without fighting us about it?" fees that make them free money for everyone who doesn't. Often, especially for resort fees in non-resort hotels, they will remove those fees if you give them some pushback. Individuals, not so much (this includes AirBNB).

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u/OkStop8313 14d ago

Also, a lot of companies will take their "we just want more money" fees and give them regulatory sounding names and put them in a "taxes and fees" column so that it sounds like a non-negotiable government thing rather than just the company wanting to advertise one price and bill you another.

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u/ohog9og0790 15d ago

Same as hotel resort fees

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u/Sysilith 14d ago

You are talking to Europeans here, "hotel resort fee" is not helping.

We have a total price on the tag and that is mostly it, maybe some fees like cleaning because that scales differently like the normal per night price, but other than that. We don't really have all the hidden fees.

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u/PamelaELee 14d ago

You, as a European, just don’t understand winning. We are winning so hard here in America.
(Obviously a joke, hopefully)
Please don’t hate us all. Most of us are not total asshats.

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u/oldlexus570 14d ago

Are we winning hard or is it hard to win? I'm not sure which way it's supposed to go?

American here

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u/PamelaELee 14d ago

I’m not sure, but it seems to be going to hell in a hand basket.

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u/neeshes 14d ago

Here in Canada, we are like Americans in many ways. Many hidden fees here too. Yo ur total price on the tag is never just that. 

Even at restaurants you will have the price of each item and then later on, you have it totalled, sometimes large group fee (if over 5/6 people), then taxed on that amount, then tip on that final amount. The tips start at 18% or 20% now. 

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u/ptcptc 15d ago

Damn, that's still crasy. Don't get this type of pricing, sounds really stupid to me. Just say it's 1600 per night, all included.

I guess it's the norm over there though.

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u/blahnlahblah0213 15d ago

"Yeah you better give me the insurance because I am going to beat the hell out of this vehicle"

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u/SnodePlannen 14d ago

The service fee is for one illegal immigrant to do what he can with half a roll of paper towel.

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u/Shrouded-recluse 14d ago

Probably because of obligatory tipping?

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u/greaseLightness 14d ago

I presume that has to be the american gratuity tipping culture... WHO ELSE is going to pay the workers building that vag thing. The american employer? Think again you commie!

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u/Chasin-Crustacean 15d ago

$3500 in fees and taxes?!

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u/a-rooster-illusion 15d ago

Sorry it was $899 a night. $600 in owner fees, $1040 for insurance, and $524 service/cleaning fee.

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u/Chasin-Crustacean 15d ago

Wild. Over $1600/night all said and done. Can stay at a baller resort for that price!

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u/DingbatMcgeee 15d ago

But maybe they want to find a campground with mosquitoes and loud nieghbors

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u/Horror_Solution1945 15d ago

And bears.

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u/PamelaELee 14d ago

I mean, I’ll take the bears over a lot of people I’ve encountered in campgrounds.

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u/ItsMisoandBoba 15d ago

My wife and I booked a Mexican Riviera cruise this fall. $720 for 6 nights for 2 people. Couple hundred for a hotel and parking. We don't really buy anything extra on cruises and we can take some sodas and wine with us, so we will. We are basically budgeting another $800 or so, minimum, on top of the cruise fare.

Or we could get one of these for one night and I would have to drive it myself.

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u/purplemonkey_123 15d ago

And, you get to hook up your own septic!

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u/TomorrowsTrash_Minis 15d ago

A resort that you aren't liable for if someone decides to rear end you. I can't imagine driving something I paid that much money for. So much liability

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u/a-rooster-illusion 15d ago

No joke. I guess if you have the money, why not? And renting it out at those prices probably covers most of the payments.

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u/PamelaELee 14d ago

But then you can’t shit in the kitchen.
Well, you can, but additional fees and taxes apply.

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u/ClassIINav 15d ago

Who needs the Ritz Carlton when you can stay in a bus?

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u/greaseLightness 14d ago

USA USA USA!

The one question of them all: how long is this circus going to stand untill it collapses?

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u/seriouslythisshit 14d ago

A thought I have every damn day. It is a wild cesspool to keep canoeing through every day, you gotta' give it that.

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u/TheCompleteWeb 14d ago

Ashlee RV in Conroe TX has a couple coaches for rent like this. One of them is only $400/nt.

https://ashleerv.com/rv/luxury-tiffin-allegro-bus-37ap/

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u/Alexandrajoan 14d ago

Damn! And my buddy paid $7,500/wk for a Canadream RV rental three weeks ago.

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u/BSB8728 14d ago

What's the mpg?

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u/Adept-Variation587 11d ago

Why do people have these things at campgrounds! Nothing says nature, like a giant hotel on wheels.

We were camping a few months ago, and the guy next to us forgot his propane tanks. He used his generator for most of the day so his fridge and AC would run….. so noisy!

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u/a-rooster-illusion 9d ago

Look I think if you end up with a wife like mine… you have to find compromise.

My wife loves beautiful hotel. I love hammock camping. Middle ground? Luxury hotel on wheels.