Sure, RVing is like being on vacation; however, it’s still your home with your things… including your bed. Doesn’t everyone get excited to go on vacation and sleep in a nice, fluffy, crispy-clean hotel bed?
Wait, do full-time RVers ever vacation? We may have a poll about that coming up soon…
Anyway, continental breakfasts are fun (even though the food is a little, um, disappointing, shall we say…). But, still, free breakfast! Who turns that down?
Plus, sometimes hotels offer things you might miss in your RV: big king beds, unlimited hot water (and long showers!), free gyms to stretch your legs, spas (facial, anyone?), hot tubs, and more!
Do you ever stay at a hotel or a motel on a long RV trip? If so, is it just for fun/because you feel like it, or is it usually only when your RV or tow vehicle is in the shop for a repair? Or for another reason? Please feel free to answer those questions in the comments below.
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As full-time RVers we stay in hotels or other accommodations a few times a year when we take short trips out of the area. The hardest part: packing
When we travel to our destination we always compare the price of overnight campground and hotel costs. When we find a good hotel at a similar price we’ll often stay at the hotel. Campgrounds are pricing themselves out of the market. There are times, especially weekends, we can’t get into a campground or they raise weekend rates.
At our advancing age and RVing in a Class B, we tend to stay in a motel over the weekend (Friday and Saturday nights) when the campgrounds are full and nearly as expensive as many motels. After all, we are spending our children’s inheritance!
We have only done it once or twice. Normally look for campgrounds that have designated overnight spots. These are usually close to the entrance and are easy in and out.
One problem with motel/hotels is parking. Very few have parking lots that will accommodate a large vehicle.
Long RV trip doesn’t have to mean miles, but time. We have a single-axle TT for the road and an almost stationary small apartment size TT for the winter. Yeah, retirees take vacations from the day to day on a seasonal stay. The nature of the vacation dictates the lodging. If an out of town over night for example, a concert, in an urban area, we usually hotel. If the gathering is with others who will hotel, it is likely we will do the same. Otherwise the road trip is with the smaller TT.
When on a long trip we often take time to spend with family often staying with them for a week or longer. So far we haven’t spent a night in a hotel.
Not usually since the cost of several cans of Lysol has went up.Got tired of having to clean the room before using it.
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I answered “no”, but we did stay at the lodge at Grand Tetons National Park for our anniversary one weekend…but that was the only time in all these years…;-)
We have chosen to travel exclusively in our motorhome so that we don’t have to stay in hotels. Hotels have added many charges such as reservation fees, resort fees, parking fees & wifi fees. Each of these are pure profit things that we are asked to pay upfront. When is the last time you met someone nice who was in the room next to yours? We have met so many nice folks in the RV parks that we have visited over the years.
We are full-time and never stay in motel when RV traveling. We take what we call a vacation from the vacation 3 or 4 times a year where we get an Airbnb or hotel for 3or 4 days in a big city that we aren’t comfortable taking Moho to.
When travelling from Canada to Arizona we’ll stay in a hotel one or two nights enroute until we get out of the minus 40 degree temps. Coming home in the spring is not too bad but if the temps are still below freezing, water in the rv and dumping the tanks becomes a problem. Winterizing the rv half-way home is inconvenient.
The only time I can remember staying in hotels, in 18 years of RVing, was when I had a breakdown and had to leave my trailer for 3 weeks so they could get parts and do repairs. I was in North Carolina and had planned to go to New Hampshire to visit a friend. So once everything was arranged with the repair shop, I headed north and stayed in a number of hotels. I tried a few budget ones, but they were crowded, lots of people hanging out and making noise all night, so I upped my stays to better hotels and no more problems.
Only once when it was below zero in Kansas City on the way to Arizona in January.
On a trip in a “vintage” RV (previously abused more than loved) we had a differential issue, had to get it into a truck repair shop and could not stay in it, so we got a room. On another trip with a tent trailer, we got a room in very windy Rapid City on a very rainy night. Had to dump water out of the cover before we moved on the next day. Other than that, no, we stick with the RV. That’s why we got it.
Thank you for the question, RV Travel! I cannot foresee this happening unless we take our RV for work that involves painting, but only for two or three days. In that case, we are unlikely to be allowed to stay in it overnight, and not likely to leave the RV and drive the 7 hours home. Otherwise, can’t see DW and I doing it. Have a great day and safe travels!
While we were in Missouri last year, a couple had their truck and RV stolen from the parking lot of a hotel they were staying the night in. I honestly think we’re safer staying at WalMart or other parking lot over hotels in many locations.
Just once, when we took our RV to MORyde for IS installation.
That’s what I have a class C for. I’ll park in a rest area or parking lot for an overnight rest.
I have zero respect for motels and their cleanliness.