We have an '89 VW camper. It comes with a 2 burner stove, tiny sink, internal propane system to run the fridge and stove, some have been modified to have a furnace that uses it too. It has 2 beds, an upper that comes out when you pop the top and a lower that the back seat converts into. it has a water tank for the sink (cold). It plugs into electric and then the fridge switches to that.
Lots of rear storage space behind the seat for an extra table and chairs, also a big center space for a portapotti and standing room. They are just as cute as a bug in a rug, but if one of you isn't mechanical, there are better options. They go for about $10,000 to $12,000 normally for late models. If you find an older one in a barn in reasonable shape any age, PM me
You could consider a class B van which is similar, but usually has the addition of a permanent toilet, real furnace and more mechanical relilability (SP). And usually quite a bit more money. With either of the above, you need to put everything away if you don't plan to sit at the campsite the whole time-a big pain in our opinion (but we've had the van since '94 and put over 200,000 mi on it). We also never hesitate to sleep in a motel if we need to, either!
The next step us is usually a class C with a double bed over the van and lots of beds hidden all over, like the dinette usually makes a bed, etc. Those you can usually get for $5000 to on up and some those could be nice for occasional jaunts.
The big boys are called class A's and are the big mooses you see at CG's or on the hiways that have any thing you might ever want even including washer and dryers now. It's truly taking your house with you and many people live in them full time. I think those generally go from $30,000 to ridiculous (over $1 million). If you buy one for the million, please invite us over for a visit.
Then since (if), you already have a tow vehicle there are the trailers. We've been looking for a light weight one that is very small, but has basic BR with toilet & shower, stove, double or full bed out and a small dinette. We saw one in VT at a GC that came out of Canada I think it was called a ProLite by Profil or the other way around, it only weighed about 1500 lbs. and I *think* could even be towed by a car. We didn't see any prices on the web site, but there are some darling lightweight trailers out there now including an A liner pop-up or the new craze the tear-drop type (Tab is one brand name). And there is always the vintage the old ones that are called "canned hams" because that is their shape! We see a lot of them for sale by the roadside as we drive by or a vintage Airstraem:
we'd love a Bambi, their baby.
And across from us in VT this couple literally had a house tent. It was the biggest 3 room tent we'd ever seen, and it had mock mullions in the window and a front door screen room and I bet it was under $200. With a tall blow up mattress and some chairs inside, it looked to be pretty comfortable to us and the kids that had it were thrilled with it.
In lots of area of the country there are still summer cottage colonies were you can rent one by the week either private or at state parks.
What ever you choose, it'll work for you if you want it to and if you're like we are, you'll always still be glad to get home, we don't have the souls of fulltimers!
Let us know what you decide to do, ok? :lol: