Looking for a smaller TT for 2 people

I guess the OP doesn't want to give any clarification of what he wants.

the 19 ft Ascend, A19RD IIRC, has a walk around bed, dinette, and can use the bathroom door to sort of divide it into two areas, sleep and sit.
bumpy

My wife and I have the Camplite 21BHS from Livinlite. It's a Very durable trailer, although not as fancy as some of the other brands. But it tows great, is tough, has no wood, and is lightweight. They make smaller trailers as well:

LIVIN LITE 21BHS LINK

How small are you wiling to go, what compromises will you make in living space and fittings for small size.

I've met a number of couples traveling or camping in 13-foot "egg" trailers (Casita and Scamp) and some in A-frame folders at 10-12 feet box size. In the first case, you have to make a choice of bathroom vs permanent bed, in the A-frame the bath is rarely available, you trade off bed plus seating vs two seating areas, one becomes a bed. Refrigerators ar 3-4 cu ft and usually don't have freezers, the cooking surface will be two burner.

Next size up in molded trailers is 16-17 feet. You can get a bathroom (wet bath, shower is in the toilet space) and have the four seat dinette permanently configured as a bed, with another dinette for two. This size also lets you sacrifice the bathroom for sofa seating and/or bunk beds.

At either length these egg trailers are small in all dimensions: car width (6' 6" or less) and less than 8 feet tall, which helps keeps frontal area down for towing by cars with frontal area limits.

Next size up, 18-20 foot trailers with "15" "16" or "17" in the model numbers, conventional box construction, either wood frame or laminated panels, a variety of floor plans, some with wet bath, some with separate shower space, some with seating in addition to dinette/bed, at least one (Lance 1575) having a slideout. Three burner stovetops, and sometimes ranges with ovens, and 6 cu ft fridges become the more typical. Widths might be about 7 feet (R-Pod?) but more typically 7-1/2 or 8 wide and 9-10 feet tall.

Want a walk-around queen bed and a dinette? Length will be 20-23 feet, model number containing "19" "20" or "21" with fittings otherwise much like the 18-19 footer.

Go to some dealers, or better, RV shows, look at the small trailers, figure out what space works for the two of you. Nobody else can tell you what size fits you, and if there are two of you, it has to fit both. My wife needed about 10 feet more RV than I would have liked to have, and since she died it is too much for me, I rattled around in the space for a couple of years and now haven't used it for 18 months, the empty space is uncomfortable. Other people would find it too small.

Scamp


http://www.scamptrailers.com/

OP sure doesn't give much info.

johnnyringo wrote:
First time buyer. Considering construction quality, longevity and price What brands are worth considering?

I've bought three truck campers and one TT and three 5th wheel trailers since the early '60s.
Never cared about brand unless that brand carried a particular floor plan we wanted.
We always picked the floor plan we liked at a price we could afford and enjoyed the RV.

I've found ideas about construction quality varies greatly among people in general as evident of some folks calling a ACME brand RV as junk and others saying they love they're Acme brand RV castle on wheels.

Steve B. wrote:
Casita. Good reputation, good resale value. Nice layouts available, especially with the side dinette and captains chairs. That lets you leave the bed set up and ready to go. Owners seem very happy.

yep, when I looked at them, that set up in a 16 or so footer looked pretty good. IIRC had to get the roof air to end up with a closet that would hang full sized clothes. had a nicer bath than the Scamp.
bumpy

Casita. Good reputation, good resale value. Nice layouts available, especially with the side dinette and captains chairs. That lets you leave the bed set up and ready to go. Owners seem very happy.

Small trailers do not get better mpg --please don't ask me how I know this. But they do fit into very tiny campsites, and I can often pull a U turn in an ordinary street.

As has been said, we need to know more about the OP's needs before we can pontificate!! ;)