You might ask, what is an RV? They are used for many different purposes these days.
Is your RV a modest living space that you can drive or tow to a peaceful place for the weekend, far from the maddening crowds? Maybe do some fishing? Sit around the campfire, roast some marshmallows, tell ghost stories, sip on a beer.
Or is an RV more substantial, something you can travel with from place to place, staying a week here, a month there — discovering the U.S. or Canada, nomad-style? Or is it a place where you live full-time because it’s the only housing you can afford? Or, heck, maybe you’re a minimalist and you don’t need much space?
So, for now, for you, is RVing about camping, traveling or living? If it’s more than one of these alone, please select the one that is most relevant to your lifestyle.
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Our toy hauler is used for travel, camping in state and local parks , living in when in Florida. Our destination trailer we live in during summer months in the Adirondack Park
I do live in mine, but only for five months in the winter. I head south to escape the cold and snow.
All three!
We live fulltime in our motorhome, but not because it’s the only housing we can afford. We travel fulltime because that’s the only way we will be able to see and experience everything out there. We have been fulltime RVers for five years and still have many places and things on our bucket list.
We are wired the same but we kept our sticks and bricks. 3 to 4 months in the house, 3 to 4 months in the RV, rinse/repeat and shift the seasons.
I travel to go camping. Clearly I am an outlier.
I also travel to go to campgrounds.
Two week trips about every two weeks during the May-October time frame. Gives us enough time to do laundry, re-stock and butcher the lawn. Sure grows fast mowing every 3-4 weeks.
Maybe I should have voted for ‘Other’. We have two travel trailers. The larger TT stays on a long-term site year-round. We use it as a seasonal residence – – in fact, may replace the current TT with a park model. We also have a single-axle self-contained TT that we call our ‘rolling hotel room’. In addition to our semi-annual N<>S migration, we use this smaller TT for touring. With few exceptions we want at least AC power, but appreciate FHU.
Travel and camp. Mostly to enjoy all the sights and interesting and historic places of our country.
We use our little trailer for both camping and travel. We often travel cross country from Florida to California visiting family and friends. We meander, never taking a direct route, sometimes that 3,000 mile trip becomes 6,000 miles or more. We’re retired and if the urge hits we head for places we haven’t been before. One year headed to Texas then California to visit family we took a side trip to the Dakota’s, Wyoming, Montana and the west coast.
We use our RV for all of the above. We live in it, travel with it and when we are back in our home state of Michigan we camp with family.
The survey was difficult to answer. This year we will only be camping in our coach. Usually we travel, camping as we go across the country.
We travel to regional and national rallies and then camp together with other like minded rvers.
Travel 6 months, live in it 6 months
It is about half and half for travel and for camping when we get to where we are going.
All three of the above. Our “summer” home where we dry camp with friends, live in, and travel in.
Like very many Floridian seniors, our primary use is to escape the horrid summer heat and head to the mountains. Prior to COVID, we drove all over North America.
I have a fifth wheel that is stationary and I live in it full time. I have a 27 ft. Mini Lite that I use to go camping, travel and go to agility trials. I recently renovated the 5er and lived in the trailer while doing the reno.
Traveling and camping. But you have to travel to camp.
Traveling to and camping in wherever it is we’re headed to.
I was unsure how to answer. Our travel trailer is at a seasonal site at a campground. It sits there all year; our camping season is May til October. We both still work so camp most weekends and as soon as I’m done with school in June, we try to camp some during the week. This year, we’re going to try to go when it’s not raining. I think NH is having its twelfth Saturday of rain.
We were on the road full time for 8 years – so I guess that would cover all 3. However, we’ve slowed down now and purchased a small home (since selling after retirement) and now only take our RV out to go camping – but in order to do that – we travel! So is it both then? Or just “camping? Not sure, so I just chose the one. 😉
Mostly just local boondocking for a few days just to relax with nature.
Thank you for the question, RV Travel! However we use our RV, when we use it (unless the power is out for an extended time at home and we stay in the RV until power is restored), we are traveling. I could never describe us as “camping” because our RV is too much like a rolling condo — heated floors, washer and dryer, king-size (RV king?) bed, whole-house vacuum, microwave/convection/air fyer, induction cooktop, etc.,. We do stay in campgrounds, but we don’t “camp,” we “travel.” Have a great weekend and safe travels!
A poorly worded question!
At least define the terms!
Why not all the above option!!! We have lived in it full time for 10 years,have traced to 40 states during that time staying in many true wilderness campgrounds!!
All three. So Other. I travel with my two dogs to get to places where I live in it when visiting family and camp with friends.
I Selected other, as I used it for ‘ All of the above’…
We are living in our camper while we build a house.
I answered other. We’re full timers, 65% living and 35% traveling. We don’t stay in one place all the time.
Combination: living in the winter and camping in the summer.
We use our 5th wheel as our summer home.
I both live n travel full time in mine.