24 minutes ago, rotuts said:I don't really understand the issue (s) here
are the economic ?
trying to save a bit of $$ ?
something else ?
I take it you drive .
well, id just get a SV rig and do lots of Sv at home and freeze
then re-therm at your hotel.
or look around where you go for someplace to go to try local food.
Perhaps it's a "You hadda been there..." thing. Have you ever spent a year on the road?
I've had some generous per diem deals, but after a while, dining alone in a strange (and often boring) town leaves you just wanting the creature comforts of home. Or the best semblance of it you can make there.
Of course, money does come into it (since it's why you're out there in the first place). I've negotiated away the per diems in favor of a higher rate that I can take home, rather than leaving it at the Cracker Barrel on rt. 6.