Hybrid Travel Trailers on the West Coast

Here in central ca, Dealers have them.
I just bought one from Pan Pacific....

I'm on the Central Coast of CA and see quite a few in use and for sale used here. So if you're interested in used, check craigslist for the San Luis Obispo area.

bristevens wrote:
I am interested in downsizing our 35ft travel trailer to a 21ft Hybrid. I have been searching, and there doesn't seem to be any available anywhere near Las Vegas, where I live. Does anyone know why this is? The only reason I can think of is that they aren't great in extreme hot (or cold) weather?? If anyone can provide insight, I would appreciate it.

Cheers-

Brian

even though we can camp year-round on the West Coast, hybrids are not common out here. i rarely saw them in the 8 years we owned ours while living in California. i've always said that hybrids would be perfect out here where weather is great nearly all the time.

few dealers carry them or know anything about them.
part of the problem, especially in SoCal and your area, is the popularity of toyhaulers. and dealers out here always are pushing the bigger, more expensive units.
a number of salespeople told me that if the customer didn't want to spend the money, they always had popups to push them into. they felt that the hybrid doesn't fit the general buying public.

and the few dealers that carry them, charge nearly MSRP for them, since they know that they are rare out here.
that's why we bought ours from a Chicago dealer and went there to get it. the 3 NorCal Roo dealers told us that if we wanted that Chicago dealer's price, we should drive there to get it but they wouldn't do the warranty work. so Forest River found us a number of other local dealers that were willing to do it.
even with trip costs, we stilled saved $4500 over what the local NorCal dealers wanted.

i will say that if i planned to camp in the Vegas area a lot, i wouldn't buy a hybrid.
don't know where you are planning to camp but if it's in desert or hot regions primarily, get a regular TT.

Instead of a hybrid have you considered something like an Rpod?

I have camped in the fall at temps around freezing in our HTT. We have also had it down to Myrtle Beach in July when it was in the 90s and dripping with humidity. It handled both extremes well. Sometimes you see condensation in the extremes, but nothing major.
I suspect it is a regional thing. I just came back from 3 popular Provincial Parks in Ontario Canada, and well over half the trailers in each park were HTT's. Whereas when we were in Myrtle Beach at the beginning of July, around three quarters were Toy Haulers and HTT's were rare... mind you that does not surprise me, the zillions of crazies driving the pimped out golf carts down the strip in Myrtle Beach like they have had a few too many need a way to haul them.

I've seen a lot of them in CA, in fact my FIL who lived near LA bought one for retirement (although sadly he never got to use it). I've seen them in Vegas too, but they were all from out of state.

No idea why, but HTTs do seem to be a lot more scarce in the west than in the midwest. I would guess heat might have a lot to do with it in your area. Otherwise, it's probably just buyers' preference driving what dealers are willing to stock.