Planning Retirement Trips / Deciding on a RV
I last owned a Class C 25+ years ago when the kids were small enough that they had to do what you did. I am now 1 1/2 years away from full time retirement and would like to do a few extended road trip...
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I am in the travel trailer camp. Everyone is different and we all have different preferences but I can't justify the expense of a class A or even a class C and still have to tow something to get around in. We have friends that have a beautiful Monaco coach and they pull a full sized Hummer H3. They love it and it works for them. Have friends that had a C and they got tired of having to unhook every time they needed to go to the grocery store. They did not have a "towed".
I prefer a TT because it suits the way we like to travel. Park it and have a home base and we do the sight seeing in the tow vehicle. It works for us. I find it to be more flexible for us. Your choice is critical not only for the issues you mentioned, insurance costs, repair costs etc. but the biggie is initial cost of the unit. You find out you don't like your choice of units or the floor plan just isn't up to the comfort level you wanted then decide to sell it and start over that really hurts the check book.
I don't know what size TT you may be in the market for but we just purchased a Keystone Laredo 334RE and love it. Its just the 2 of us too and for us this is pure comfort. Its 37 ft. with opposing slides and the bed is sideways in a slide in the front with a REAL closet all across the front end. You can actually hang clothing in it. Its a 5th wheel floor plan in a travel trailer platform. Check it out. Gvwr is 10k and I pull it with a GMC 2500.
I prefer a TT because it suits the way we like to travel. Park it and have a home base and we do the sight seeing in the tow vehicle. It works for us. I find it to be more flexible for us. Your choice is critical not only for the issues you mentioned, insurance costs, repair costs etc. but the biggie is initial cost of the unit. You find out you don't like your choice of units or the floor plan just isn't up to the comfort level you wanted then decide to sell it and start over that really hurts the check book.
I don't know what size TT you may be in the market for but we just purchased a Keystone Laredo 334RE and love it. Its just the 2 of us too and for us this is pure comfort. Its 37 ft. with opposing slides and the bed is sideways in a slide in the front with a REAL closet all across the front end. You can actually hang clothing in it. Its a 5th wheel floor plan in a travel trailer platform. Check it out. Gvwr is 10k and I pull it with a GMC 2500.
