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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I would take a look at the Class B+ motorhomes by Roadtrek and Phoenix. The Phoenix with its two slideouts is particularly impressive.
With hotels most will not allow pets. Restaurants are fine in some area and terrible in others. In many areas I would rather grab cold cuts at a local market than eat at the local places. With our RV we can eat healthy food and eat anything we can find in a market and not be limited to what is on the menu at some local dinner or cafe. Lunch and breakfast are also a waste of time and money to search out the least bad place and hoping Yelp.com reviews are accurate and working them into the route planning.
With an RV we can pull off anywhere (ours is 23' long which is a tremendous help in this regard) and stop and have wine and cheese or fix a meal or simply enjoy the view. I noticed when I was in Yellowstone that none of the pullout were large enough for a Class A or C motorhome or for anyone pulling a trailer. Same applies to many areas where we travel and where we camp. Even stopping at a restaurant or a market for food is much easier with a shorter RV.
In California at the BLM and USFS campgrounds having an RV longer than 28" is going to severely limit the campgrounds where you will be able to find a space and many campgrounds do not allow for reservations so the few campsites that might accommodate a 32' RV may already be taken and any size RV or even a tent camper can take any space they choose.
With hotels most will not allow pets. Restaurants are fine in some area and terrible in others. In many areas I would rather grab cold cuts at a local market than eat at the local places. With our RV we can eat healthy food and eat anything we can find in a market and not be limited to what is on the menu at some local dinner or cafe. Lunch and breakfast are also a waste of time and money to search out the least bad place and hoping Yelp.com reviews are accurate and working them into the route planning.
With an RV we can pull off anywhere (ours is 23' long which is a tremendous help in this regard) and stop and have wine and cheese or fix a meal or simply enjoy the view. I noticed when I was in Yellowstone that none of the pullout were large enough for a Class A or C motorhome or for anyone pulling a trailer. Same applies to many areas where we travel and where we camp. Even stopping at a restaurant or a market for food is much easier with a shorter RV.
In California at the BLM and USFS campgrounds having an RV longer than 28" is going to severely limit the campgrounds where you will be able to find a space and many campgrounds do not allow for reservations so the few campsites that might accommodate a 32' RV may already be taken and any size RV or even a tent camper can take any space they choose.
