Should we Rent or Buy an RV?

Day late and dollar short, but from my standpoint renting is a fixed expense with the entire repair issue being on the renters head. Buying adds the potential cost of repairs to the unknown. Granted, the vehicle may be trouble free and need nothing in the course of ownership but the big IF is that statement is an unknown. Rationalizing a camper of any sort is like rationalizing boat ownership, and I've owned a few of them! Unless the OP has long term plans of camping with this specific camper, from what I see the logical route is rental. All the spreadsheets in the world couldn't convince me otherwise. At the moment I'm still an outsider with ideas for camping but from what I have determined with my limited decision making process is that we will never be buying as long as the appropriate rentals are available. The upfront and ownership costs are far too high to consider it. The OP is talking almost like this is a one time 30 day vacation with limited likelihood of being repeated. I say bite the bullet, spring for the rental, and drive on, knowing the owner will be responsible for breakage and breakdowns. There's a good number of suitable vehicles available on RVShare.com that can be rented and returned with no concern for depreciation, selling, or repairs, spreadsheets be damned!