Brand New, Just beginning process

Gdetrailer wrote:

toedtoes wrote:
For me size matters if you want to stay in specific campgrounds. If you want to go to X area and stay at B campground, then size can be a big factor. If you want to go to X area and are happy staying at B, D, F, G, and L campgrounds then size is not a big factor.

Also, you have to decide what your usage will be:

100 percent sightseeing/road trip
100 percent traditional camping
or some combination of them.

Choose for what you'll use it for the most and make due for the other. What makes a great camping rig won't necessarily be a great road trip rig.

Kind of making things very confusing.

You can 100% sight see/roadtrip in anything.

You can 100% traditional camp in anything.

From a car bench seat to a tent, to a motorcyclist with a backpack and bedroll, to a 45ft diesel pusher and beyond, all types of camping can be accomplish in one way or another in pretty much any form of transportation.

The only caveat would be some rigs may be too large to fit in some camping spots in some campgrounds. So what, move on to another campground that has spots large enough.

But, I am not really getting the vibe that the OP is talking about a 40+ ft length RV.

Not sure why folks make up these pretend rules and exclusionisms..

I didn't make up any pretend rules. I simply said to buy for what you want to do. If you're going to use it as "a bed off the ground" for traditional camping, then your wants and needs are likely different than if you want to use it to go sightseeing. Many folks start with a tent trailer because they want to sleep off the ground - after a couple years, they realize the tent trailer doesn't let them make overnight stops easily, so they switch it out for a TT so they can do that Disneyland trip, etc.

In addition, one layout/size may work well if you spend all your time outdoors, but if you want to be able to go inside and relax and watch tv, that same layout/size may be a miserable choice.

Or maybe you may spend 80 percent of your time just the two of you sightseeing and 20 percent with the grandkids at a camping resort. If you buy for the 20 percent, you may find it's not comfortable for the 80 percent.

So, figure out what you want to do the majority of the time and buy for that. Don't focus on the 2 weeks with the grandkids if that won't fit the 8 months on your own.