I have gone on several caravans. I am hardly a sheepie. I can and do plan most of our trips and purposely move out of our comfort zone. We enjoy caravans in part because they can get us into a lot of venues and tours we would not otherwise be able to enjoy. We also enjoy the comrodery. Although we have no problem making friends in campgrounds. And have sat around many a campfire with our new friends. As to a caravan clogging up registration most caravans have preregistered us and we get in quickly. Most caravans travel pell mell so there should not be several rigs in a row and of course normal courtesy and laws do apply. The only true criticism I have of a caravan is that we/they tend to not socialize with others while on a caravan. As others have said to each his own.