Truthfully, Is RV'in becoming less enjoyable

nonrev321 wrote:
Need truthful opinions based on experience.

My wife and I have been investigating traveling after I retire in two years. We were about ready to pull the trigger on a travel trailer than my wife got talking to some folks in her church who travel a lot with a travel trailer.

Seems they are not as happy with the experience as they used to be. Too hard to find nice places to stay, RV parts are too crowded. You have to make reservations 6 months in advance for the nice places in good locations. The ability to just pick up and go and/ or stop anyplace and stay awhile is becoming increasingly difficult due to the demand for spaces. (Are you comparing apples to apples. retired and your own time frame to choose to visit spots is SO different then those loaded down with school schedules and work vacation time, so your freedom will not ever be the same as their freedom to travel. Makes a huge difference really.

Truthfully this kind of freedom was one of the major attractions for myself and my wife. We recognized that some parks would likely be crowded and there would be some need to make reservations in advance... but 6 months ? (some vacay spots will always be crowded, all depends on the spot. Take the road less traveled and find your own fun 'near the crowded' tourist spot and take your retired time to drive in as you see fit against the crowd times) you have this advantage.)Also a RV park that is packed to the gills really isn’t too appealing to me, especially if there is nothing like a line of shrubs or other divider to keep me from looking into my neighbors window. (what floats your boat on your site and its' reason for being there. I hate small tight crowded sites but if what I want is near this cg I booked, then I am fine with it for that purpose. I want wide, less crowded for another trip I book that 'near' the tourist trap I am visiting, so what we havee to drive some, it boils down to what do you want at what time and how important is the travel time in your 'vacation schedule' etc....)

Can people comment? Is it becoming less enjoyable due to
overcrowding? (NO! Who in the heck mostly doesn't hate crowds, lol, but if you want XYZ you will always have a crowd situation. If you want ABC you can get far away from the crowd situation. You can EFG and get near a tourist spot and have less crowds in the cg and drive to the crowded tourist spot.......beauty of it is you are on wheels. You visit tourist area you get tourist life. You visit less visited areas you get less crowds in your direct line of fire. I will RV til I am in the grave and bob and weave and deal with it all :), we got no problem doing just that!)

Thanks
nonrev