Traveling with kids and no bunks?
Hi folks, We are a family of 4, generally camp about a week at a time with a few weekends here and there. Planning on a few cross country trips as the kids grow up, and will buy a Class A before w...
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I'm trying to figure out where to start. We have a Tiffin 35QGA on a FRED chassis. Call me in a year. Maybe I will sell it!
It is not just what you sleep the kids in at night (response to all the "use a tent" replies). Where do the kids like to travel while you are going cross country. We had double bunks in a 25' Aerolite trailer. The kids liked having their own space. Then we bought a triple bunk Jayco trailer. Same thing. The kids loved having their own space. Then we bought a class C. One kid had the over cab bunk. The other the sofa. The other, the dinette. Making the beds was not a big deal. But, they very much missed having their own space. And I didn't like that their******was all over the place. We could not find many class A's that had bunks. Until about 2007. When were actually going to buy a Fleetwood DP with two sofas and a dinette. Bought it off Ebay. Went to pick it up, and we decided to leave without it. So, we decided to buy the new Tiffin 35QBA. We have had it since 2007. It has worked out perfectly for us. We are leaving in five days on a 3,000 trip to Oregon.
But, my kids are now 6'0" and they barely fit on the bunks. So, the wife and I are trying to decide what is the next rig we will be getting. I doubt it will have bunks. I think we are at the point of air mattress on the floor.
The bunks worked perfectly for us since 1997. But, our needs have changed. And that is what happened every time I sold one RV and bought another. Our needs changed. You need to figure out how much time is going to be spent driving around. Versus parked in a campground. I am 9 years away from retirement. I suspect we will be buying two more RV's. One very soon that will take us 8 years or so. And then our retirement rig.
Not sure how much this helped. Just trying to explain our situation so that it may help you avoid making any mistakes.
It is not just what you sleep the kids in at night (response to all the "use a tent" replies). Where do the kids like to travel while you are going cross country. We had double bunks in a 25' Aerolite trailer. The kids liked having their own space. Then we bought a triple bunk Jayco trailer. Same thing. The kids loved having their own space. Then we bought a class C. One kid had the over cab bunk. The other the sofa. The other, the dinette. Making the beds was not a big deal. But, they very much missed having their own space. And I didn't like that their******was all over the place. We could not find many class A's that had bunks. Until about 2007. When were actually going to buy a Fleetwood DP with two sofas and a dinette. Bought it off Ebay. Went to pick it up, and we decided to leave without it. So, we decided to buy the new Tiffin 35QBA. We have had it since 2007. It has worked out perfectly for us. We are leaving in five days on a 3,000 trip to Oregon.
But, my kids are now 6'0" and they barely fit on the bunks. So, the wife and I are trying to decide what is the next rig we will be getting. I doubt it will have bunks. I think we are at the point of air mattress on the floor.
The bunks worked perfectly for us since 1997. But, our needs have changed. And that is what happened every time I sold one RV and bought another. Our needs changed. You need to figure out how much time is going to be spent driving around. Versus parked in a campground. I am 9 years away from retirement. I suspect we will be buying two more RV's. One very soon that will take us 8 years or so. And then our retirement rig.
Not sure how much this helped. Just trying to explain our situation so that it may help you avoid making any mistakes.
