Break up extended trip with flights home?
Hello everyone. I'm a newbie based in California. I am very close to buying a 42' Class A RV that we would like to take on some extended trips, but we worry about being away from home for more than ...
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Here's my thinking:
You only want to be gone 2-3 weeks at a time.
You want to go long distances away from your home.
You want to spend enough time in between outings to reassure your pets that you haven't abandoned them.
With all that, I think I'd prefer to fly to a location, rent a car, travel and stay at hotels for 2-3 weeks, fly back home, stay home for 2-6 weeks, then repeat to a different location. You could even rent an RV for some of those trips.
Think about it this way. If you do the RV and flights home, for every trip you take you will have to do the "closing up the house" and the "closing up the RV". With flights, you only do the "closing up the house". With the RV, you will worry about the house when you're on the trip and you will worry about the RV when you're home. With flights, you will only have to worry about the house when you're away.
Bringing the pets with you is another option, but that depends on your pets and your comfort levels.
You only want to be gone 2-3 weeks at a time.
You want to go long distances away from your home.
You want to spend enough time in between outings to reassure your pets that you haven't abandoned them.
With all that, I think I'd prefer to fly to a location, rent a car, travel and stay at hotels for 2-3 weeks, fly back home, stay home for 2-6 weeks, then repeat to a different location. You could even rent an RV for some of those trips.
Think about it this way. If you do the RV and flights home, for every trip you take you will have to do the "closing up the house" and the "closing up the RV". With flights, you only do the "closing up the house". With the RV, you will worry about the house when you're on the trip and you will worry about the RV when you're home. With flights, you will only have to worry about the house when you're away.
Bringing the pets with you is another option, but that depends on your pets and your comfort levels.
