Driving motor homes

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For a small one your looking at around 200 US a day for rent, mileage and fuel. Add insurance and RV park fees to that and you're up around 240US a day.

As an over the road truck driver, I can tell you that the stress of driving something that big that you are not use to is huge. Let alone the stress you cause us

Somethings to think about.

Two very valid points made here. The RV route certainly gives more freedom to move when you want but at a cost. It would certainly be considerably cheaper to rent a car and book B&B as we go. We tend to travel outside the main school holiday periods so obtaining B&B as we travel shouldn't be too much of a problem. We might need to book in advance if we plan to visit out of the way areas, but then we simply schedule in other stops around the pre-booked ones.
The stress levels of driving a house on wheels certainly shouldn't be overlooked either. If we do go RV I know my wife won't drive. On the other hand if we rent a car I actually enjoy the driving and won't want her to drive and that can create other stresses
The only time I've been concerned driving in US/Canada was travelling back to Calgary from Canmore. The road was being resurfaced and they were doing it one lane at a time. That meant there was a fairly high ridge between the two lanes. I was concerned about how I would get between lanes if I needed to get to an exit. Fortunately the roadworks ended before that happened.