Originally Posted by legion (Post 9446988)

I'm not really interested in a trailer. Part of what I'm looking for is a place the kids can nap and use the bathroom and move around a little while on the road. I thought a Class C was the smallest available, but a Class B is more inline with what I was thinking. (I thought a Class B was one of those RVs built on a semi chassis.)

Last year we were driving through Atlanta on the way to my sis-in-law's wedding in Orlando. I knew, based on living there, that we had a window of about 10:30-Noon on a Friday to make it through without getting stuck in traffic. Well, my older son had to pee, we ended up spending 45 minutes searching for a bathroom in southern Tennessee and hit Atlanta at 11:15. As we were travelling the south end of the Perimeter at noon, we got hit with massive traffic and ended spending two additional hours in traffic. By the time we were on the other side and could stop for lunch, I had two very hungry kids, and the baby had severe diaper rash from sitting in his filth for 3 hours. This trip is what got me started thinking that it would be nice to have an RV.

Our family is 7, 9, 10 and 17 hours away by car. The 7 and 10 hours away family isn't worth flying to (as the flight would require changing planes twice) and we can't fly to the family that is 9 hours away (closest we can get is 3 hours away). We can fly to the people 17 hours away, but I pretty much don't fly anymore. (Thank you TSA.) Also, flying four of us, because we are starting on a non-hub endpoint serviced by "partner" airlines, tends to cost around $1,000 just to get somewhere close. A flight to see the family 17 hours away could easily approach $2,000 for the four of us. And that's before a car rental. Driving to see them, while miserable, typically costs us less than $500.

So we travel by car, and sometimes it's miserable. And sometimes we hit traffic or snow and end up having to shell out obscene rates for last-minute hotels.

Originally Posted by Crowbob (Post 9446628)

Posted this before, I think. Small. But fun! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1485352032.jpg

Originally Posted by legion (Post 9447063)

I've found a few B's online that claim they will sleep 5.

Originally Posted by legion (Post 9446988)

I'm not really interested in a trailer. Part of what I'm looking for is a place the kids can nap and use the bathroom and move around a little while on the road. I thought a Class C was the smallest available, but a Class B is more inline with what I was thinking. (I thought a Class B was one of those RVs built on a semi chassis.)

Last year we were driving through Atlanta on the way to my sis-in-law's wedding in Orlando. I knew, based on living there, that we had a window of about 10:30-Noon on a Friday to make it through without getting stuck in traffic. Well, my older son had to pee, we ended up spending 45 minutes searching for a bathroom in southern Tennessee and hit Atlanta at 11:15. As we were travelling the south end of the Perimeter at noon, we got hit with massive traffic and ended spending two additional hours in traffic. By the time we were on the other side and could stop for lunch, I had two very hungry kids, and the baby had severe diaper rash from sitting in his filth for 3 hours. This trip is what got me started thinking that it would be nice to have an RV.

Our family is 7, 9, 10 and 17 hours away by car. The 7 and 10 hours away family isn't worth flying to (as the flight would require changing planes twice) and we can't fly to the family that is 9 hours away (closest we can get is 3 hours away). We can fly to the people 17 hours away, but I pretty much don't fly anymore. (Thank you TSA.) Also, flying four of us, because we are starting on a non-hub endpoint serviced by "partner" airlines, tends to cost around $1,000 just to get somewhere close. A flight to see the family 17 hours away could easily approach $2,000 for the four of us. And that's before a car rental. Driving to see them, while miserable, typically costs us less than $500.

So we travel by car, and sometimes it's miserable. And sometimes we hit traffic or snow and end up having to shell out obscene rates for last-minute hotels.

Originally Posted by Hugh R (Post 9447517)

Bunkhouse style is OK if the kids are really, really young and you plan to sell when they start growing.

My C can sleep two in the Master and one adult in the fold out couch, I suppose two for a night if they're "friendly" and the dinette fold down is again for one or two adults if they're friendly and not too tall. One or two on the floor in sleeping bags, I suppose.

IMHO, a 30' versus a 35' gets more room to move around but not more sleeping area.

Originally Posted by scottmandue (Post 9447144)

What is that (the trailer)?

Originally Posted by Scott R (Post 9447546)

I thought you had an "A?"