re: Tell me your experience of renting an RV in Baton Rouge to go on a trip.

Rented one for a two week trip. The plan was to be in Moab, Utah when I turned 40. We were trying to do a Western National Park tour. Made it to Moab but never made it to Yellowstone (our last planned stop).

I drove the RV back from Durango, Co to Lake Charles non-stop (except for gas), because I didn't want anything else to happen to the RV before my family was back safe in Louisiana.

I can't even remember everything that broke on the RV. All in all the final bill was $6k over the price of the rental and mileage. Read your contract!

I've done this a few times (but not from BR) so here are some notes:

1). Its not camping. I don't say that to be some kind of hard arse, but to point out that with a little thought and planning you can be just as comfortable in an RV as a cabin and often more so than a hotel since you'll have a full kitchen, plenty of storage, warm/cool, etc.

2) I have no idea where these crazy prices are coming from. Granted I have only rented travel trailers that I pulled with my truck and not a class C/A type rig so I was not getting charged mileage. That may be the difference. We just rented for 2 weeks over Christmas and towed about 2500 miles and I think it was around $1200.

3) You need to be at least a little bit handy or open to learning because there is always something breaking/freezing/needing attention on these things. Usually nothing crazy, but they do need some TLC and if you're not paying attention something minor can turn not minor.

4) if you have kids and plan to spend any significant time inside the trailer get something with bunks for the kids and a slide for a little more room

5) Overall I prefer to camp, but they are a good option for long trips in very cold or hot temps.

We did this, minus the RV rental. We got an Airbnb in Kanab and hit Zion, North Rim and Bryce Canyon. Most fun I've had on a vacation in years.