need your opinions: rv or hotel?
We are retired, very young ages 58 & 64, two small dogs and getting ready to hit the road, but have not been able to decide on mode of travel. Additional facts: we want to take the dogs as much as pos...
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When you take the capital and operating costs of a MH into account it’s argumentative which is the cheaper mode of travel. But I have the impression, maybe unwarranted, that economics isn’t a driving issue in your decision. You say you’re “lazy” so the hotel route is a plus, you don’t have to do anything but make reservations and everyone else does all the work. But you also want to avoid schedules, a direct conflict with reservation traveling. And if someone fouls up one reservation the ripple effect may also foul up others.
The advantage of the RV travel is it’s easier to deal with the dogs and your schedule is entirely your own, you can travel at whim. And you have a lot more flexibility in where you go and stay, there’s no guarantee there will be an acceptable hotel where you want to go or that there will be room when you want it.
I worked out of town every other week for years and I got sick of restaurant meals and I was never at ease about the places I stayed. I didn’t want to bring bedbugs home and spend a fortune trying to get rid of them. Besides the obvious personal feelings about them. Still today, reservations are anathema to me, the freedom to travel where I want when I want is far more important than the minimal work I have to put into it. Granted I pull a small TT and someone with a big one might feel compelled to reserve campsites just to ensure they had a place to stay. But in the west, especially, there is a lot of public land so developed campgrounds aren’t a necessity if one wants to check out the more pristine areas.
I don’t see you decision as all that difficult, you just have to decide whether the ease of reservation traveling or the flexibility of RV traveling is most important to you. European travel in a different animal, but it depends how much of that you do. There’s nothing to preclude you from using hotels in Europe and an RV in-country. Good luck on your decision.
The advantage of the RV travel is it’s easier to deal with the dogs and your schedule is entirely your own, you can travel at whim. And you have a lot more flexibility in where you go and stay, there’s no guarantee there will be an acceptable hotel where you want to go or that there will be room when you want it.
I worked out of town every other week for years and I got sick of restaurant meals and I was never at ease about the places I stayed. I didn’t want to bring bedbugs home and spend a fortune trying to get rid of them. Besides the obvious personal feelings about them. Still today, reservations are anathema to me, the freedom to travel where I want when I want is far more important than the minimal work I have to put into it. Granted I pull a small TT and someone with a big one might feel compelled to reserve campsites just to ensure they had a place to stay. But in the west, especially, there is a lot of public land so developed campgrounds aren’t a necessity if one wants to check out the more pristine areas.
I don’t see you decision as all that difficult, you just have to decide whether the ease of reservation traveling or the flexibility of RV traveling is most important to you. European travel in a different animal, but it depends how much of that you do. There’s nothing to preclude you from using hotels in Europe and an RV in-country. Good luck on your decision.
