It's amazing to read some of these comments. Good and bad. Here's how simple it is for us: It's only my wife and I and we are in our mid 40's. We started in 2010 with a 14 foot trailer with no slides and the dinette folded down to make the bed. A couple of years later we moved up to a 19 foot trailer with no slides but it had rear bunks. We occasionally had a niece and nephew who would go with us. In 2015 we moved up to a 28 foot trailer with an island sink and opposing slides. One slide contains the fridge and microwave, the other is the dinette and couch. When it is opened up, it has SPACE - WE LOVE IT. No more turning to walk past each other. We use our trailer for traveling, like a mobile condo or cabin. We have all the comforts of home and can pull that traveling home to the mountains, the lake, the beach and anywhere in between. We will never have another trailer without slides. We want to be comfortable when we travel. There are more advantages to having slides than disadvantages, in my opinion.