Go to the show with absolutely NO expectations or NO pre-conceived ideas. Just let "it" happen. Let each camper you look at "speak" to you. Some will turn you off immediately. Some will stand out and you'll go... "OH WOW!" Just soak it all in. Take lots of photos you can look at later and have something to remember. Take photos of the show stickers on the campers that list the price and the details about each camper you look at. You can study this out later by going to the Internet and searching deeper using the manufacturers web site. Also eat the hotdogs if they offer them at the show, kicks back and just enjoy the moment.
For entertainment, sit back a few moments and just watch the people. Listen to their conversations. Or better yet, follow someone, from a distance and hear their comments and reactions about this-or-that camper. You'll pick up a lot of insight this way.
Don't spend much time with the dealers themselves. You are there to enjoy the moment, and make no decisions while there, except what to put on your hotdog, ketchup, mustard, or both!
RV shows can be a lot of fun if you go into them with no expectations. If you are deliberately looking for something, looking for answers, you probably won't find them there. You'll walk away even more overwhelmed and confused and on information overload!
One more thing, if it is really your plan to get a 3/4 ton truck as a new tow vehicle, then stay away from anything with 3 axles, even if you fall in love with one. It will be too big for a 3/4 ton. Just stay away from them.
Edit:
Another thing. When you go to an RV show, and even if you go visit an RV dealership, when you first see a new (to you) camper in the lot or in the showroom, they seem frightening HUGE on the outside. Inside they don't seem quite as daunting.
You think to yourself as you stand outside and look at it, this is a monster. Eventually, you actually buy the monster. Once home, parked in the drive way, after towing a couple times, it REALLY doesn't seem that BIG and daunting any more! Really!
