TT Choices ?!?! Coleman vs Solaire vs Venture

With all things acceptable on any of the three, I'd choose the Solaire, which had the lowest weight. You are going to have to be the weight police with what you take with you. You need to set strict limits, especially for the kids, that only x amount can go. In our case, with the arrangement of our HTT, DH and I had a laundry basket that fit on the shelf of the wardrobe - wardrobe itself was turned into 1/2 pantry and 1/2 pillow storage, etc. The rule was that if it fit in the basket it could go, otherwise, forget it. Only exception was a heavy jacket. For a weekend or long weekend, we were perfectly fine. For a longer trip, we did laundry. Minimize. You're camping....you can wear the same pair of jeans or shorts a couple of days and no one cares. When we decided to move to a TT and unloaded the ROO, we were surprised to see how much "stuff" had migrated in there. No clue why we needed 5 tablecloths. DH had 1 cabinet designated for tools, spare parts, etc. When he started going through it, he wondered why in the world was THIS in here? We swore that Rocky is going to be on a lifetime strict diet. When we got everything into Rocky, it was a pleasant surprise to find that the cabinet above our bed that runs the full width across the front was empty! Of course, then we found that we hadn't packed a set of pillows for the sofa bed. If you have to take a bathroom scale and weigh everything before it goes in, so be it. You're going to be really tight on weight and safety needs to come before "stuff". Enjoy, happy camping and be safe.