When you’re RVing, is it more about the “getting there” part of RVing or the “being there”?
Perhaps half the fun for you is the road trip or the drive it takes to get to your destination—you love stopping in small towns, at historic attractions, at funky roadside diners…
For some RVers, that journey is the highlight. Rolling down scenic highways, discovering unexpected gems along the way, and soaking in the freedom of the open road can be just as satisfying as arriving at the campsite. It’s those little detours that make the memories extra special.
But for others, RVing is all about planting yourself in one spot and enjoying the destination itself. Whether that means hiking trails, kayaking, exploring a national park, or simply relaxing at the campsite with family and friends, the drive there feels more like a chore than an adventure. For these RVers, the fun truly begins only after the wheels stop turning.
Which one are you?
Tell us, and after you vote, please leave a comment and explain your answer. Thanks!
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Journey before destination
We use our Class A as transportation back and forth between our homes in NJ and FL. So I guess it’s both getting there and the destination. Always glad for both.
We bought the DP to get there comfortably. The there are Dog Trials- Jack Russell’s. 98% dry camping.
Blue highways when destination is not important. Interstate when time is important.
Blue highways for the real America.
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Since I am still working and time is limited, being there is the priority. We look forward to being able to enjoy the getting there as much as being there.
When we travel from Florida to California to visit family and friends it might take up to 3 months to spend a week with each of 3 families.
Sometimes I’m traveling to a destination, other times I’m just traveling.
Being there is the best part for us, but that doesn’t mean getting there can’t be enjoyed also. Sometimes we don’t have a choice, but we try to not rush the trip.
It used to be equal for us. But with interstate traffic so much heavier now, excessive speeding and dangerously aggressive manuevers of more and more drivers, destination is winning out these days.
Although, on our way back to MN from PA recently, we took U.S. 20 West across Indiana to avoid their antiquated, slow, gated toll process for EZPass on I90 and severe construction delays we experienced going East.
It was a joy! Light traffic, a good highway, less stress! I have decided to plan more trips OFF the interstates, where possible.
My husband is not yet retired, so our trips are pretty much about being at a destination. We base camp for up to a week, and explore out of that location. At times, there are stops on the way that we explore too. Years ago, when we took all of his vacation in a lump, we tent camped, did one long trip a year, and explored more. It was fun, but having half a dozen trips a year is more fun these days than one huge one.
It’s being there for me. I don’t care for the drive. I like sitting around the campfire, listening to the birds, watching the squirrels and deer and even the skunks, enjoying the big shade trees, reading a good book, and cooking and eating outside.
Me: aim the truck and go somewhere. my wife: reservations, timing, distance, how long, how much to pack,…
It is always about the journey. My destination is the endpoint for the journey before I go again.
This was a difficult answer. We wouldn’t travel if we didn’t have a particular objective—usually people we want to see. But, we plan “getting there” around places we want to see as we go. However, connecting with those we care about is the main reason.
Getting there is the most important as we don’t know where there is until we are there.
You can’t find the places you don’t know are there unless you take a back road and look to see what you’ll find. Happy trails
Thank you for the question, RV Travel! The answer depends on the one questioned. I answered “getting there,” but DW would have answered “being there.” Have a great day and safe travels!
I breathe a sigh of relief when we are “parked.” Deliberately phone-illiterate DH, deaf in right ear but must always drive, makes every trip a test. I walk in the woods.
The feeling of the open road is freedom and adventure to me. Finding new places to stay/visit/explore stimulates my happy side. Driving can be strenuous at times but rolling down the road in our RV still brings me joy.
It’s about getting there on the back roads of America. Once there I can stay to soak it all up
Driving along to a destination is very enjoyable – seeing scenery I have never seen before. Likewise, the destination is also different than anything that I’ve seen in other places. Olympia National Park, Yellowstone, Badlands. All different yet beautiful in their own way. Likewise for Kitty Hawk, Gettysburg, Acadia, Everglades, Cape Cod. Again, all different and beautiful in their own way.
Almost forgot. Blue line highways when we don’t have a time limit. Small towns, unusual stores, etc. Easy, relaxing drive. Few semi trucks. Drive back home more the Interstates. Different scenery but faster route.
We live full-time in our Airstream (today is day 2,000). Our style of travel is slow travel. We are currently on day 8 of 14 days at Caladonia State Park in Pennsylvania. Then a short drive to Assateague Island for another 14 days.