Class B vs. A 2.0 - Flexibility

Hiker_01 wrote:
A few months back, a friend of mine was asking questions about our motorhome, as he and his wife were thinking about buying some type of RV, but really didn't know what he wanted. Gave him a few questions with a spectrum of answers (below) that he and his wife could discuss which might help guide them on what to pick. So far, they are still only planning.

How many days/nights a year do you plan to use the RV? Full Timer / 4-6 months total / a few weekends each year

How many days/nights will your average RV outing be? Full Timer / 2-3 months / 2-3 days

How many consecutive nights in one campground? As long as they let me / maybe a week plus or minus / 1-2 days max

How many people will typically be staying in the RV? Always extra guests / sometimes extra guests / only us

Where are you going to go with your RV? Snowbird it / A few local parks / See the USA

At what type of campground will you normally camp? Everything provided / mix commercial & state/national parks / Boondocks

How important is space inside the RV? Room for everything / middle of road / multi-use all space

Bottom line - what works best for me won't work best for everyone - which is why there are so many types and sizes of RVs. A class B might work for the OP - but not for me, my DW and five cats.

JMHO

Don

Very good points from a fellow Texan! We just got back from a trip and never left the state. Ssw a Hooks game in CC, visited the historic district in Laredo, hiked in Seminole Canyon and the Davis Mtns, and saw lots of wildlife. Stayed exclusively in state parks.

The point here has been lost by the focus on hotels. The key is flexibility. For example, we have parked overnight in my brother's driveway in Tucson, at vacation rental houses with our kids in the Outer Banks of NC and Traverse City MI, and right on the street in Lincoln Park Chicago.

Yes, sometimes we stay in a hotel for the luxury after dry camping and hiking for a long time. Sometimes it is for location, we stayed right on the water in Miami Beach at the Marriott and in the middle of town in Victoria BC. The key is the freedom to stay where you want.

I am very surprised at the reactions of Class A owners on this post who are amazed that some of us actually prefer the small RV's and not because we can't afford a big one, because the fancy Class B's sure aren't cheap!

A few months back, a friend of mine was asking questions about our motorhome, as he and his wife were thinking about buying some type of RV, but really didn't know what he wanted. Gave him a few questions with a spectrum of answers (below) that he and his wife could discuss which might help guide them on what to pick. So far, they are still only planning.

How many days/nights a year do you plan to use the RV? Full Timer / 4-6 months total / a few weekends each year

How many days/nights will your average RV outing be? Full Timer / 2-3 months / 2-3 days

How many consecutive nights in one campground? As long as they let me / maybe a week plus or minus / 1-2 days max

How many people will typically be staying in the RV? Always extra guests / sometimes extra guests / only us

Where are you going to go with your RV? Snowbird it / A few local parks / See the USA

At what type of campground will you normally camp? Everything provided / mix commercial & state/national parks / Boondocks

How important is space inside the RV? Room for everything / middle of road / multi-use all space

Bottom line - what works best for me won't work best for everyone - which is why there are so many types and sizes of RVs. A class B might work for the OP - but not for me, my DW and five cats.

JMHO

Don

We are back to a B+ after a few years in a TT. There were specific destinations that we wanted to visit and activities that we wanted to explore that made a "base camp" with a 4x4 truck work better for us than our Roadtrek. We knew we were getting to an age where we couldn't do those things anymore so wore out two TT's and two trucks trying to empty the bucket list. Sure enough, last October we had some changes in our health and were so glad that we bought the Villiago in September. We are loving the small life again. lizzie

Ivylog wrote:
Other than a pool, not sure what a Marriott Courtyard has that I do not already have in my DP

Bedbugs, possibly.

Other than a pool, not sure what a Marriott Courtyard has that I do not already have in my DP? OK, it does have a prepaid breakfast. Now I do leave my DP behind when going to Victoria as the round trip ferry cost is more than a hotel room.

This one is better than A 1.0 :W

I hope you anticipated that things seldom go as expected on these forums... :W

We spent six months on the road last year and never felt the desire to check into a Marriott. That would've been a downgrade. Of course if I was living in a van, down by the river, I could understand a hotel looking pretty good. :B