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Lets Talk Travel Trailer Financing

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Lets Talk Travel Trailer Financing

I am looking into completing my last 2018 goal. I may not be able to do it at this second but I want to dig into the details of it.  Doing a bit of research I have seen that there aren't alot of banks offering reasonable loans for RV/Travel Trailers. Have also found that the money our family gave me and my wife as a wedding gift to purchase said TT isn't going to cover it since we are in CA and there are a ton of fees to include. Also much like car dealers now days very slim on negociating costs. I found Camping world to be crazy with 5-6k in fees on most TT . I have found a few that I already have a relationship with :

 

- Camping world 

- PenFed

- Alliant 

 

has anyone had any prior expirenece with these places getting approved for a TT / RV loan? Any recommendations on other places to look? Or any other tips with getting a great deal?

 

My Deets

Trans- 667

EQ - 690

EF - 704

 AOA - 7 years

Inq - 4

 

We were wanting to look into LOC / Personal loan vs doing a RV/TT loan assuming maybe the uw is too strict for RV loans.

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Berk
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Re: Lets Talk Travel Trailer Financing

I'd try your credit union or bank to see what kind of loans they would offer you. I currently have a 12 yr loan through Bank of the West for a 2013 34' Forest River V-Lite 22,000 principle that has a rate of 5.84%. Not the greatest but I'll have it paid off within the next two to 3 years.

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Anonymous
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penfed approved me for a 72 month at like 7.25 %.. Yikes. But they are still trying to pass around the love we have found for each other lol. I am going to check out 

 

Ally 

Essex

Camping world ( good sam )

Alliant 

US Bank 

 

Found these as some names. I have a relationship with Alliant I do not know how conservative they are on rv loans I heard they are snobs with auto loans... US Bank I am not sure of either but they are very much local to me.

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Anonymous
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Re: Lets Talk Travel Trailer Financing

Anyone with exp financing through Camping world for a RV/TT ? ? I have heard mixed results.

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fltireguy
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Re: Lets Talk Travel Trailer Financing

Navy will also finance

 

My TT is currently thru DCU @7.14%.. nice and easy.. no hassle or problem

 

CW might offer you a better rate, but if you go that route, double check the numbers and payments, etc on the contract very carefully

NFCU $60.4k/PenFed $22.5k/Commerce $15K/53 $11K/Synovus $14K/BBT $11K/CapOne $12K/DCU $7.5K/BMO $7.5K/Chase $14.5k/Cabelas $10K/ and many many more!
Total CL $398600, plus car and RV loan.
Ooh. Ooh. Getting closer to that $500K mark!
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Anonymous
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Checking with CW they give a big discount on the intial purchase price but only if you use their financing. I am wondering if what i did with my auto loan would work for a TT with them.

 

I got a PenFed auto loan literally a week ago. I researched online and made a excel of the final fees of the auto loan. Like a mock truth and lending. I included the fees I was expecting to pay. It was off by $100 from the auto deal bc of a increase in recent registration. I actually got my truck $2k below kbb. And i think it was because I went in with this print up and my financing handled, so I kinda named my terms. I went back n forth with the finance manager for a min but eventually he caved. Not sure if that same tatict would work with CW. 

 

Having been to CW first in my search for a TT. The sales rep told me on any TT to basically add in $5-6K for fees. Now having researched more I can tell that is including a monster PDI fee and probably many others. Going in with an idea of what to be paying or what others paid would be amazing. 

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Anonymous
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Re: Lets Talk Travel Trailer Financing

Anyone thinking of dealing with camping world.

 

https://vimeo.com/249621574

 

I'd still think about taking a printed up example and paying cash but then again i'd rather not have the headache.

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Anonymous
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Re: Lets Talk Travel Trailer Financing

Stay away from camping world. Do more customer service research.
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Anonymous
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Adding my camper is financed with a regional bank (Mutual Bank)
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Anonymous
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When shopping for a camper, I would possibly look outside of your state. Camper's carry HUGE MSRP's compared to their invoices, I would look for a volume dealer that is offering great internet pricing as it may be worth your while to have one shipped or do a bit of traveling to find the best deal and possibly save a few grand.

 

As crazy as it sounds, many travel trailers priced below 30k can have anywhere from 5-15k in markup over invoice. The reason for this is, camper's depreciate VERY fast and just like with vehicles, many camper customer's like to trade-in every few years so the huge spread help's this issue by being able to show higher trade-in allowances on a camper that is worth far less than what you paid a few year's ago.

 

As far as financing options, CU's are always a good choice, a local CU to me will do 5.34% for 120 mo's on a new/used camper or 4.54% for 72 mo's. Some national lender's such as Ally, US Bank, Union Bank & Trust, Bank of the West, and so on will finance camper's as well. Most of your prime captive lender's will require 10% down in the form of cash or trade equity.

 

As far as rates, always expect them to be higher than a traditional auto loan as camper's are very high risk for lender's. RV lender's require usually 700+ scores (most use auto-enhanced scores), 10% down and rates will normally be 4.5%+, an RV depreciates very fast as I mentioned above, and if in financial hardship a RV will always be the first thing to be defaulted on as people will try to keep their mortgage/transportation over a luxury item. The lowest rates you will typically find on a traditional RV loan will be somewhere in the 4.5% range.

 

 

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