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rv-dreaming
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My wife is taking a survey, what do you prefer, booth or dinette table and why?
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Busskipper
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rv-dreaming wrote:
My wife is taking a survey, what do you prefer, booth or dinette table and why?


We ordered our TS 42DS04 without a dinning table. We opted to design a flip up table in a buffet that is very similar to the desk unit TS puts in many of their coaches. We placed this where the table would normally go and put a love seat across from the couch. This arrangement also allows us easy access to the rear of the coach while underway

We can flip up the table and add the leaves so four can be seated and eat comfortably. We also can use it like a desk with the printer and file cabinets located inside of the buffet.

We really donโ€™t miss the table and it gives the living area the feel and look of a real house. With this arrangement we have never missed to table, as we have it when we need it, which in our case is very little.

A bonus is the fact that we have no chairs to worry about when driving down the road as the four we have fold up and are stored out of the way behind the sofa.

This would work even better in a non slide coach I would think.

My advice is to make it work for you.

Enjoy it,


See below; As it travels; With table up and chairs (we have 4 folding chairs that we store to use - these in the picture are in the stick house).

SO now the survey needs a third column.

BOL,
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KWinzer
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We store the chairs when we travel and use the empty space under the table for dog crates. They would not fit with a booth. It really is all about your life style!

K_Charles
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table and chairs

cvbdsl
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Definitely table and chairs. We had the booth in our gasser and I hated the booth. If you sat on the edge of the booth most have a hard edge that quickly cuts circulation in your thighs! DW and I both agreed our next one had to have table and chairs, storage was not an issue as we have lots in our DP.
The MH I just got doesn't have either. Based on the screw holes and impression in the carpet the PO seems to have had a custom desk/table that he removed before the bank took it back (the original build sheet showed a booth). Now just need to find a suitable table (keeping two chairs from my previous MH).

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2gypsies1
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Table and chairs. Much more comfortable than a booth and very flexible. We have two leafs to expand it and the two extra folding chairs fit in the bedroom closet & only take up about 10" of space. We don't need the extra storage and we don't have small children with us.
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Dance_Chick
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sailor_lou wrote:
We had both and prefer the table and chairs. We don't need the sleeping space, like the flexibility to be able to move the chairs and prefer the overall appearance.

Lou
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Me too.
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wallynm
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Neither as we have a computer desk that has a table that folds out when dining and folds out of the way the rest of the time. We have it fold out of the way most of the time.

rv-dreaming wrote:
My wife is taking a survey, what do you prefer, booth or dinette table and why?
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Executive45
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We had the booth and preferred that....UNTIL..we got a coach with the table...the table gives you much more flexibility. For the two of us we keep the chairs at the table with the extra two folding chairs in the rear bedroom closet. With company, the leaf is put in and the extra chairs come out. We can also use the four chairs outside if we need extra seating space.....

The problem with surveys is they usually create more questions than answers....and with surveys, what works for the goose doesn't always work for the gander.....just sayin....Dennis
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emzee
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We have had both and prefer the booth. Extra storage, it's comfortable to sit back and put your feet up, it is another bed and no putting chairs away. Tons of room in ours, we're not tiny folks either. I don't think it would be a deal breaker if everything else was good.

Jackha1949
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We like booths as it does give us extra storage. Makes a great place to store our computer printer and my wife's scrape book stuff. The booth makes a nice sleeping place for the grand kids when they visit. Good Luck and Happy surveying!
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Bill___Kate
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sailor_lou wrote:
We had both and prefer the table and chairs. We don't need the sleeping space, like the flexibility to be able to move the chairs and prefer the overall appearance.

Lou
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Ditto on moving the chairs - either to make a conversation "knook" when we have guests, or to move to the vanity in the bedroom that doubles as a computer desk. Can also take them outside if necessary.
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sailor_lou
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We had both and prefer the table and chairs. We don't need the sleeping space, like the flexibility to be able to move the chairs and prefer the overall appearance.

Lou
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fla-gypsy
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I have had both. I prefer the booth for storage. I will add I am pretty hefty (280) and our booth is correctly spaced for the rotund!
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Dachristianman
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Mandalay Parr wrote:
byrdr1 wrote:
I like the table and chairs. looks better and easier for a fat boy to sit at the table than at the booth.
randy


Me too for sure.


I see a trend here. ๐Ÿ™‚

gone2dadesert
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I have and prefer a booth.
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