Newbie need help with purchase decision

Hybrid trailers aren't just "expandable" travel trailers but an entirely different animal. If you want one you want to sleep under tenting and are willing to put up with all the vagaries of dealing with tenting. I've been there, done that, actually against my will as my wife at the time really preferred (for the same reasons you're citing) the hybrid version of an RVision travel trailer that was otherwise identical. We had it just two seasons and traded it in on a triple bunk bed travel trailer which we should have purchased in the first place. To be sure there are hard core hybrid fans out there ... but I wouldn't be one of them. :(

BTW, since you say you're a newbie I have to ask - what are you intending to use as a tow vehicle? Hint - that's as important if not more important than the particular trailer you end up purchasing. ;)