Travato or Roadtrek

CT51 wrote:
Planning to buy either a Travato 59K, or a Roadtrek 170 Versatile. I will use it with my wife to do some traveling out west to see all the stuff, national parks etc, that we have never seen. (we are retired). I have owned several RV's, but my wife has never been as enthusiastic as me. Plan is to stay in hotels, and have the van just for the toilet, fridge, and a place to take a quick nap while driving. I will still use the RV by myself, to go camping with the dog from time to time. I do that in state parks near our home in the Atlanta area.

The bath arrangement in the Travato is obviously more roomy, and doesn't require anything special to use. Also twin beds are convenient and comfy. Roadtrek is two feet shorter, and has somewhere to sit for a passenger other than the front passenger seat. Also, the Roadtrek looks more like a conversion van than an
RV. If anyone owns either one, what have you liked best about it, and what are the shortcomings?

Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences with these RVs

CT51

You are comparing the smallest Roadtrek - the 170 to the Travato. The Roadtrek Zion is built on the same Dodge Promaster chassis as the Travato. The Roadtrek 190 has the two feet that is missing from the 190. If you want it longer then there is the 210. It is more fair to compare a more similarly sized Roadtrek to the Travato. The Travatos have their advantages and disadvantages and so do the Roadtreks. I am not saying to buy a Roadtrek - just compare closely equal RVs. My personal opinion of the Travato when I saw a G in person was that it was much too cramped inside compared to my 190. When I first went inside a 170 I came back out in a minute because of how close it was inside. Don't go by videos and photos. All of the companies that film the Bs have a talent for making small look spacious. Go to an RV show and see them all in the same place to compare - or go to a dealer with a Travato and then go to a Roadtrek dealer and make a much better decision. You might also want to look at some small Cs (sometimes called B+s) as you will get more room inside.

If you are planning on staying in hotels you are spending a lot of money for a bathroom and fridge to use to stop along the road. The idea with any Class B - or any RV is that you never need to go into a hotel again.