Traveling via B&B/hotel vs RV
First a bit of context. We have owned nearly all types of RV’s and have RV’ed for well over 20 years. Last year we sold our class A MH and have not bought another RV. We just returned from a 9000 mile...
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We've tent camped, RVd, used hotels, B&Bs, VRBO properties, cabins-just about everything. All have their ups and downs. B&Bs have the advantage of including breakfast and you don't even need to put your shoes on! We've never had any issue getting a hold of management for the few issues we've had, nor have we ever had a cleaning fee. If it's a quick overnight stay we generally will choose a chain that serves breakfast since it's quick and easy. For long-term stays we will use a VRBO/AirBNB property so we can cook should we choose. Those do come with cleaning fees which gets offset by our cooking some meals.
Cancellation policies vary from property to property as they do with campgrounds. We are more the "set in stone" type of travelers but we do change on the fly sometimes and are willing to accept any penalties that may apply. Our biggest criteria is location-unless it's nuts cost is secondary. Yes, I am aware that a lot of people are not that lucky. We do miss the RV lifestyle but since we don't have more than a week or two at a time it severely limits how far we can go. We are taking our fifth trip to Alaska next June and would not be able to get there if we had an RV. We also have plans to do more travel in Europe, which we can't feasibly do in an RV. We did, however, see two European RVs in Canada when we were there a few weeks ago.
The long and the short of it? We all have our reasons for traveling the way we do. One is not better than the other, it's just different. Biggest thing is just get out there!
Cancellation policies vary from property to property as they do with campgrounds. We are more the "set in stone" type of travelers but we do change on the fly sometimes and are willing to accept any penalties that may apply. Our biggest criteria is location-unless it's nuts cost is secondary. Yes, I am aware that a lot of people are not that lucky. We do miss the RV lifestyle but since we don't have more than a week or two at a time it severely limits how far we can go. We are taking our fifth trip to Alaska next June and would not be able to get there if we had an RV. We also have plans to do more travel in Europe, which we can't feasibly do in an RV. We did, however, see two European RVs in Canada when we were there a few weeks ago.
The long and the short of it? We all have our reasons for traveling the way we do. One is not better than the other, it's just different. Biggest thing is just get out there!
