I kind of see your point. We finally made the transition to a PUP a month ago and we are (hopefully) using it for the first time this upcoming Thanksgiving weekend (if our Jeep gets out of the shop in time).
We've been camping since we were toddlers. We're in our early 30s now. We had it with tents. We looked at new PUPs and we found the prices were crazy in comparison to travel trailers. But it's all about demand. It seems like PUPs are more popular than travel trailers because they're lighter therefore you don't need as big as a vehicle to pull the larger trailers.
If we had a big truck (it's not practical living in Toronto) we'd still probably get a PUP over a travel trailer. Well, either a PUP or an A liner. I like how easy they are to store and the airiness that they offer and they're easier to use across the provincial parks. We're very simple campers as well and don't bring a lot of stuff with us so to us, the PUPs are better suited to our lifestyle.
That said, we found the prices for new PUPs to be crazy, so we bought an old one that we're renovating to be exactly what we want. We got a 1983 Lionel for $1,500 and we've put $1,000 into it to make it modern and awesome.
