Everyone has an opinion. What's yours?

My choice is a Class A or Class C.

Start going to RV shows and dealers, look at everything. All RV's have pros and cons.

We've had a pop-up trailer camper, a pop-up truck camper, a class c, and a 5th wheel.

The 28' 5th wheel had the most room due to its super-slideout, it pulled nicely; but we weren't happy about using the huge truck as our "daily driver".

The popups are handy and fit in places many RVs can't go - but lack storage and "amenities". Like a flushing toilet.

The (slideless) 28' Class C was easy to drive, and setting up was a breeze. One trip, there had been a fatal crash, and we were stuck in stopped traffic for 4 -5 hours. One of us stayed in the driver's seat; but we were able to use the bathroom, have dinner, a beverage, watch TV (that's how we knew what happened), and take a nap (NOT the one in the driver's seat). Often, we towed a Wrangler behind it, for fun off-road trips. We miss the C the most.

Rocky Road is great, but Vanilla goes with everything.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.


We full-time in a 36 ft travel trailer. If we had it to do over again, we would prefer a Class A.

As someone else said on this forum a few weeks ago - travel trailers and fifth wheels are for living, motor homes are for traveling.

Yes, a motor home, Class A or Class C, requires a second drive train of a towed car for daily driving. Frankly I consider the issues with towing a daily drive vehicle are minimal compared to the issues of towing a long heavy trailer, trailer tires, etc.

Most importantly - look at the various models, how can your wife cook a meal, can you use the shower, where would you story things, how comfortable are the chairs/ couch?

We all plan to spend a lot of time outdoors, but when traveling you will have rainy days, cold days, windy days.

Consider renting an A and a C for a minimum of a week each as well as visiting RV shows. Discuss your preference of camping style....fancy RV park, RV park, national-state-County parks, dry camping, boondocking etc. Fit the RV to your style.

Our choice is an "A". We have a big, to us, Winnebago Adventurer 32V which is really 33 feet and it has two slides. It is much more than we need but I really wouldn't want to give it up. Much nicer than the old Bounder 27D which was 28' and no slides. We do miss the bedroom in the Bounder, we had twin beds and three big windows back there. The Winnie has a lot more storage but is kind of a cave with just two small windows by the bed(short queen) and the seldom uncovered escape window.

Yours is the situation we were at in late 2006. The decision had been made to get a RV. The research had been done. Over 2 years had been spent lurking here on RV.net. We had it down to only 4 or 5 models of 5ers. Had to be one of them. The first was going to be the last. Further it was going to be no more than a few years old.

It was a question of scouring the internet daily looking for one of those 4 models to pop up. None of them were common production models. We were prepared to travel for the right one, & we did. It took a full day & 3 flights to get to where it was. Bought it, put it in storage for 6 months then flew back to pick it up for a 2 month shakedown/delivery trip to where it would be based.

10 years & over 150,000 miles later, no regrets. Have not seen anything we like better.

Do the research. Buying mistakes is expensive.

We have owned just about every type of RV. Our favorite is/was the Class A DP. After about 6 years we decided the cost of ownership was not worth it for the amount of time we used it. We went back to a TT but will probably get a large fifth wheel when we retire. My opinion is the fifth wheel is the best bang for the buck.

When my kids go off to college we will probably get class A in the 25 to 30 foot range. We'll tow my wife's crv. Although I've gotten the towing and setting up our travel trailer down to a science, I've always liked the idea of pressing a button and being set. It's a trade off though because you'll have to disconnect the toad though anyways. There's no perfect rv. But having my wife make me a sammmwhich as I'm driving sounds great! Not having to stop so she can pee sounds even better though.

Your best bet is to take the time to look, maybe rent, decide what is best for you
your family and your situation. What pleases some will not necessarily please you.
So my advice is to look around and make your decision based on what you want, need or expect. Making a mistake can make you miserable and also very costly. If you buy used make sure you have someone very knowledgeable about RV's check it out.
Good luck on your future travels...

Just to give you an idea of what's out there and floorplans, check out this site. On the left you can click on all types such as Class A, gas and diesel; Class C, 5th wheels, travel trailers, etc. You can see floorplans so you can figure out what kind of space you need and also what year for what price.

http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/

It really depends on YOU. Everyone is different as to what they like and retirees use all kinds of RVs.

Other things to consider are - do you have a truck now. If so, you might want to go with a travel trailer or 5th wheel. If you have a towable car (Google 'cars you can tow') then you might want to go with a Class A or C.