Caravan's and Tour Groups
I'm retired and as or Oct. of this year, my wife will be retiring. In the spring of 2015 we're planning an extended trip to Canada and Alaska. We're experienced rv'ers, and currently have a 30' clas...
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bobjogone wrote:
We signed up for a SMART (military camping group) Caravan - there weren't enough for an official group but the Caravan Leader offered to take the group. We started with 13 but 3 left due to communication issues. There were times we wished we were on our own to decide to stay somewhere a few extra days or not to stay at a certain campground. However, there were 3 rigs that ended up with problems that were greatly helped by having someone else to help solve the issues.
We also had a good time with potlucks and having fun with trips to breweries and wineries and touring and fishing with friends.
We left from Great Falls, Montana and returned to Washington State.
It was a once in a lifetime trip for us and we think the Caravan was best for helping us to enjoy it. Get a Milepost Book (used is fine) to start planning.
We were on the SMART caravan to AK in 2013. Pretty much agree with this poster but just had one more thing to add: parking assignments were an issue for our group. The wagon master always put the fifth wheels in the pull through spots because, as he said, everyone knows they can't drive. But the pull throughs were the spots with 50 amps, and he was putting 50 amp class A RVs in a 30 amp back in spot to give a 50 amp pull through to a 30 amp trailer. No common sense! This didn't affect us, we were in our class C, but our friends with a new Tiffin were mad the whole trip.
In my opinion, the disadvantages outweighed the advantages of a caravan.
