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Deciding On The Purchase Of A Motor Home
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By Tim Henry
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The purchase of a motor home isn't to be taken lightly. Thereare several different types of "motor homes" on the market andeach one is different in size, features and price.
The best known type of motor home is the recreational vehicle.This is known as a Type A motor home. The roomiest of motorhomes, the largest and therefore the most expensive. Motor homescome in sizes up to 45 feet. They come with all the luxuriousamenities you could imagine. Some have washer and dryer,hardwood floors, granite counter tops, luxury leather furniture,plasma TV's with satellite, custom stained glass and some evenhave large garden tub/showers. They range between $85,000 usedand $400,000 for a new motor home. They generally get between 5and 8 miles per gallon. Some of the newer larger models getaround 5 miles per gallon. These sleep up to six people.
A Type B motor home category includes van campers and traveltrailers. The van campers generally range from 18 feet to 22feet in length and can comfortable sleep four. A fully containedvan camper can have a shower, toilet, kitchen, TV, couches andbeds. The beds are closer together affording less privacy. Mostonly have enough head room to allow for full standing in thecenter of the vehicle. Much smaller than the Type A motor homesthey have less storage area. The van campers range in pricebetween $43,000 and $70,000.
Travel trailers come in sizes 16 feet to 38 feet. The range inprice from $6,000. for a used trailer upwards to $45,000 for anew travel trailer. You can generally find a fairly wide rangeof amenities in travel trailers. The larger the size the moreyou can sleep and the more likely you will be to have a privatebedroom area.
A lot of travelers like the fact that they can park theirtrailer in a trailer park and take their vehicle touring thearea. It does however take lots of practice learning how toproperly drive with a travel trailer hitched to the back of yourSUV.
Talk with friends and family who already own motor homes. One ofthe first things to do is to decide what type of traveling youand your family are most likely to do. Do you plan to spend oneweek vacationing in one spot? A travel trailer might be for you.Do you plan to visit a different spot each day, overnighting indifferent areas? Then a recreational vehicle might be for you.However, if the price of gas and the thought of filling up a 100gallon gas tank on a vehicle that gets 5 to 8 miles per gallonisn't for you, you may want to re-think the choice of arecreational vehicle.
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