Break up extended trip with flights home?

toedtoes wrote:

chrisn wrote:
Thanks again for good thoughts.

Pets include a 100+ pound Lab, a small dog that can't be trusted off leash, and two cats that I would constantly worry about escaping into the wild.

I am clearly coming at this from the perspective of NOT being a full timer-- but still wanting to see far-away places without committing to multi-month trips away from home. Part of it is the pets, but perhaps a larger component is my wife's (and perhaps my own) fear of effectively abandoning our traditional home.

I am a "gadget guy" and admit to liking the "idea" of a self-contained rolling apartment (cool toy!) more than wanting to escape foundation-based living.

Maybe we're simply not ready to commit to an RV and we should stick to (car-based) road trips and fly-and-drive trips, as several of you have directly or indirectly suggested. We love road trips-- which is part of the traction of an RV, but maybe car+hotel is better for us. Food for thought.

Thanks again.

There's no reason you can't fly to X, rent an RV and drive for 3 weeks in that area, and then fly home. You may not want to do it for every trip, but give it a try and see if you even enjoy the RVing. Then you can start considering the RV purchase. You may find that a once-a-year rental gives you the gadget-fix.

Almost all my family lives near me. I'd be interested in visiting them during long trips (my mother is in her '90's) and it appears that despite closing down one business, another is starting for me.

If I already owned an RV and car I guess I could see leaving them at an airport for short times. Now if I was renting one..opens up a whole new vista.