Travel Trailer RVs
- Towable Travel-Trailers You’ve moved up in price a bit, but now, you’ve got a real roof over your head.
- The Good News
- There’s a flavor for every need and every budget.
- You can get a small, entry-level Travel Trailer or a large (not huge, but large) one that’s pushing the boundaries of “luxury.”
- You still don’t need a Monster Truck to go RVing.
- Shorter Travel Trailers can be towed by reasonably-sized cars, SUVs, or trucks.
- Bigger can mean better.
- Since they’re larger than pop-up’s, so are the amenities.
- Air Conditioning & Heating are pretty much standard equipment.
- Bigger appliances and more of them are available.
- Increased storage over
that of pop-ups.
- Holding tanks for water/waste.
- Possible space for a generator.
- More privacy with the possibility of private room(s).
- Seemingly boundless configurations for "Toy Haulers."
- Pop-ups typically don't have lavatories; if they do, they're small and cramped. Travel Trailers have larger, more private bathrooms.
- Most Travel Trailers have awnings for shaded seating on the "patio" area and some have awnings above windows for shade and protection from heat.
- The Bad News
- Towing can present challenges.
- The variety of Travel Trailers lends
itself to your towing options,
but hitch weight, GVWR, size, road conditions,
and weather (especially wind) can really turn towing into an adventure, to say the least.
- Build Quality/Amenities are often average at best.
- You’re still in the
“entry level” class of
RV, and it may show in
the construction of the
cabinets, the comfort of
the mattress and other
factors to which you may
be sensitive.
- Depending of the size of your Travel Trailer, storage may be seriously limited.
- Traveling inside the trailer while in tow is unsafe and is illegal almost everywhere, so everyone is confined to the tow vehicle when you're on the road.
- Likewise, as with any towable, the amenities in the RV are not available to you while you're in transit.
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