Question Kindly help me plan

[anonymous1977]

Hello Folks- I have a family of 4 which includes me, my wife and two daughters 9 and 12. I have a ford f150 but have never towed anything so far. I am interested in renting an Rv for vacation. My wife asked me to plan a one week trip in August. When I posted on a reddit forum about this because I am not sure if I should rent a drivable RV or a trailer RV, I was advised that since its my first time I should first plan a short trip and rent a class C RV.

Based on this I narrowed down to a 25 foot RV and would preferably like to plan a three night trip around Memorial day from NJ. Nj seems to have two cruiseamerica locations. Right now since I am not sure how to plan this, I am not sure which location I should rent from. Since being first time I am also not sure whether I need to book any RV parks or can just park along the way and stay overnight. Can someone guide me around how to plan this? I am not even sure which destination to plan for as I dont know how to work the logistics around the night stays. Any help on how to go about this would be appreciated.

Also for future purposes, it looks like a trailer is cheaper. How do I learn how to go about towing one?

 

[Rollin Ollen]

Hello Folks- I have a family of 4 which includes me, my wife and two daughters 9 and 12. I have a ford f150 but have never towed anything so far. I am interested in renting an Rv for vacation. My wife asked me to plan a one week trip in August. When I posted on a reddit forum about this because I am not sure if I should rent a drivable RV or a trailer RV, I was advised that since its my first time I should first plan a short trip and rent a class C RV.

Based on this I narrowed down to a 25 foot RV and would preferably like to plan a three night trip around Memorial day from NJ. Nj seems to have two cruiseamerica locations. Right now since I am not sure how to plan this, I am not sure which location I should rent from. Since being first time I am also not sure whether I need to book any RV parks or can just park along the way and stay overnight. Can someone guide me around how to plan this? I am not even sure which destination to plan for as I dont know how to work the logistics around the night stays. Any help on how to go about this would be appreciated.

Also for future purposes, it looks like a trailer is cheaper. How do I learn how to go about towing one?

Welcome aboard. It sounds to me like you have thought things thru. Well done. My suggestion is to rent a trailer BUT, since you have never towed before, you can have a unit delivered to a campsite. You can then "test the waters" with very little financial output at the beginning and not sweat pulling one for the first time. That way you can also get an idea of what you might like to own. As follows is a link to a company that might be of interest to you. Campers, Motorhomes & RVs for Rent | Outdoorsy

Learning to pull a trailer will be a bit of a learning curve. The best way, as far as I am concerned is to practice is a vacant parking lot.

Good luck and safe travels.