New to Travel Trailers: Looking for Opinions

proxim2020 wrote:
You'll find that essentially all brands have a model with that exact same floorplan. You can find them in aluminum or fiberglass sided. There's nothing special about the construction of the Gulf Stream. It's your traditionally built basic stick and tin trailer.

Coachmen has a 292BHDSLE in their Freedom Express line. I would say that the Coachmen has a better construction. If you're not that close to buying then have a look at the units that have at least one slide in the back. We originally thought about going with a quad bunk setup like this, but went with one that had a slide back there. With toddlers, you'll definitely enjoy the extra room back there.

Thanks proxim2020 for the reply!

My wife and I were initially looking into much smaller Coachmen Apex model with bunks (185BH) as were thinking of pulling with our Toyota Highlander then gave up that idea after a brief research showed that the SUV might not be an ideal tow vehicle so we went ahead bought a most capable truck we could afford.

Thanks for suggesting Coachmen 292BHDSLE, looks great but seems to be on outside of our budget range. We're trying to be around $16k before Tax/Title. Will search online if I can locate a deal on this one..

I do agree on needing the extra room for all the screaming and running around!!