re: Anyone here have an RV?

Never take your house with you on vacation.

Had one.

My grandmother gave me an Allegro Bus after my grandfather passed away. I was super excited about it. Dropped a few grand on new tires and another couple grand on small things when I first got it to spruce it up (it sat while my grandfather was sick and things needed repairing).

So I do all of that and go to take it to its first tailgate. The damned Allison transmission shifts into neutral on its own in the middle of 3 lanes of rush hour traffic and won't go back in gear. It takes 5 hours for a semi truck wrecker to come pull it out of traffic. It goes to diesel shop where I find out that some $2500 chip in the transmission control module shorted out. Had that repaired and sold it as soon as I got it back.

We've been campers my entire life. Some of the best memories that I have as a kid come from those weekends. I strongly suggest that you do some shopping around for used. As stated earlier, they're all made crappy and the resale is terrible. Sooooo many ppl get a little to anxious and buy brand new and never use it. After a yr or so they're selling it for thousands less. With young kids and a job plz take my advice and get yourself a regular length bumper pull. You'll learn quickly that loading and hauling a big arse fweel is a complete pain in the arse. Use this moto and you'll be alright, "If the camper gets to cramped it's time to sell the sob". I'm saying that if your wife and kids butch about space then they're spending to much time in the camper. All that should be done inside is showering and sleeping. Camping at Chicot Park (very close to home) is like bringing my kids to Disney World.

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Just to be able to avoid the hassle of packing and dealing with hotel rooms is worth it.

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As opposed to the hassle of towing, burning more fuel, setting everything up, breaking it all back down, and having the clean the camper when you get home??

I'm not saying camping isn't more fun for a lot of people, but saying it's not a hassle is bullshite.

I just sold one after 2 years and it's just not feasible for short stays unless you are specifically targeting campgrounds, and then I would just get a cabin

I have had a bumper pull for the past 6 years. We are a family of six and love it. We typically just go 1 mile down the street to fontainbleau about 5 times a year and to Disney once a year. It has been the best experience investment of my life. I have done a lot of research on the brands when buying and have never had any issues with any of my 3. I wash and clean it every time we get back and perform routine maintenance as required.
You won't regret the memories you make with your kids if you have the opportunity to use it!

The downvotes in this thread are odd. Some of yall must really hate campers.

Several neighbors have gotten motor homes over the years. The first year they used them 3-5 times for maybe football games or a family vacation. Since then I have seen the RVs leave the driveway maybe twice a year and a few not at all. Of course, if the power goes out, I've seen them being used during the outages if the outage is longer than a day or so.

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Like everyone has said earlier, they are all tremendous pieces of shite. Everything breaks all the time, they are expensive, they depreciate quicker than anything you'll ever own and the only way you'll be able to sell it for near what you have into it is to trade it back in to the dealership for a more expensive one.

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Not always the case. Look at Casita's. They hold their value very well and are very well made. The Oliver is another one. But yea, most of this huge toy haulers, etc are POS's.

My parents do.
They started with a little tow camper and have slowly upgraded over the years. They now drive a large one (don't know how many feet but one of the larger ones).

It's usually best to buy used if you are looking for value as they are often hard to sell and depreciate quickly after rolling out the lot. Diesel motorhomes hold better value than the gas ones.

My parents take it nearly everywhere and had considered selling their house and living on the road for the year .

But part of the reason is that my dad's company pays for most of the RV use. Instead of flying my dad to locations, paying for hotel, etc , they just pay an allowance + some to have him take the RV across the countrym

What size/class are you looking at?

I know some folks who have a 30ish foot Class C on a Duramax Express chassis. They go somewhere almost every weekend and sometimes tow their other vehicle with them. They claim it's fairly easy to drive.

I know the big pushers can get up there in price and eat up a lot of parking. One of my neighbors has one and I think it's just too much unless you are retired and have time to use it. Watching them try to park that thing is fun. It's basically a bus.