You have to figure out just what it is you want to do. I've had RVs I've towed, RVs I've driven, and now considering going back, or one of each, for different uses.
Are you going to be moving everyday? A smallish motorized RV has worked well for two of us, 30,000 miles of travel over five years.
Are you going to be going places to stay for a week, a month, several months? A towed RV, or a motorized RV towing a smaller vehicle, works better, because you can leave your house set up and still get around.
I go along with the idea of sizing the RV for your needs. Unless your solution turns out to be very tiny, there is usually extra space for guests, but you end up converting living space to sleeping space, and having folks double up who might be accustomed to sleeping solo.
Can't recommend brands without some idea of what you will be doing, what size you are thinking of, what is your budget.
For motorized RVs, if you are thinking about a 45 foot motorcoach and can spend $2,000,000 there are half a dozen custom builders who can create exactly what suits you. If you are budgeting $200,000 to $500,000 there are as just many manufacturers building standardized Class A RVs with a variety of floor plans and optional features, with not much difference among them. Some of the same manufacturers are in the $50,000 to $200,000 Class A and Class C market, with a few more at the low end.
In towable RVs, there are about a dozen manufacturers making almost 200 different brands or nameplates, and at any given price point, they are pretty much interchangable. To pick one, you need to look at a lot of RVs just to see what they are and how they might be used, figure out how you want to use the RV, then buy what is the closest fit to your intentions, within your budget.
For my wife and I, this was a 15 month process. For the first year, a lot of RV shows to look at hundreds of different RVs, figuring out what we wanted. Last three months of it we knew we wanted a Class C motorhome 28-30 feet, so I was about looking at those until we found the one that said "this is it."
Don't rush the process, or you may be in the group that starts shopping again after 3-6 months in the RV, because you've learned what you don't like and you need to find something else that takes care of that particular problem. We have folks in our RV club that get into that cycle, but usually find what they need with their 3rd or 4th purchase. So start looking now, RV shows particularly for variety, always thinking "how will I use this, what will it be like living in this?"
