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RV Travel: 10 Reasons Why You Should Rent an RV for Your Next Family Vacation

Home / Road Trips / RV Travel: 10 Reasons Why You Should Rent an RV for Your Next Family Vacation

Susie Kellogg, Updated June 1, 2022

RV traveling family of 14 in front of their RV
The 14 member Kellogg Show family before their three day rafting trip on the Ruby Horsethief Section of the Colorado River. Photo Credit: Dan Kellogg
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  • Living the RV Life
  • 1. It Promotes Healthy Living
  • 2. You Aren't Tied to a Schedule
  • 3. There is an RV for Everyone
  • 4. RV Travel Can be a Luxury Experience
  • 5. It's Always a Budget Friendly Vacation
  • 6. You Can Bring the Pets!
  • 7. You Can Go Anywhere
  • 8. It's More Comfortable
  • 9. You Can Bring as Much Stuff as You Want
  • 10. You Can Eat Healthy
  • RV Travel is for Everyone
  • Weekend Warriors

Why is RV travel the best way to travel with kids? Because you can carry everything you need with you. There’s no need to pack and unpack in a hotel room, no need to find a restaurant with food your picky eater will actually eat and no need to find a pet sitter — Fido can come too! Even better, if you rent an RV for your family vacation, there’s no need to worry about where to store the RV when you get home. Here, a full-time RVing mom of 12 shares her top reasons why RV travel is the best way to vacation as a family.

Living the RV Life

Our family of 14 (Mom, Dad and 12 kids) spends 9 or 10 months each year living in our RV, traveling North America. We much prefer the lazy, family friendly ways of RV travel to frantically chasing taxis to make a flight, dragging along the hungry and tired kids.

Because we are full-time RVers, we own our rig. Renting an RV is the answer for families who spend less time on the road. It offers all of the upsides of RVing with none of the downsides of owning — you never have to figure out where to park it when you’re not traveling!

Here are my top reasons RV travel is best for families.

1. It Promotes Healthy Living

RV Travel is the most leisurely way to travel.
Traveling in an RV means leisure stops along the way to eat, work, study or chill. Photo Credit: Kady Kellogg

We travel in a 1999 Georgie Boy that we remodeled in 2016 to suit our family’s needs. Our RV has limited living space. But that’s fine. To us, RV travel means spending our days outside, hiking, biking, climbing, whitewater kayaking, surfing, etc. We don’t typically hang out in the RV, though my husband does have a pseudo office rigged in the back bedroom.

After the year we’ve been through, the ability to be outdoors and socially distanced from other travelers can’t be overstated. Whether you spend the night in an RV park or a national park, the kids can spend the days running around outdoors and spend the nights in your own private space.

2. You Aren’t Tied to a Schedule

RV Travel allows so many different learning opportunities
We found a creek and the kids learned about hydraulics! Photo Credit: Susie Kellogg

During our years of RV travel, we have been able to incorporate adventure in our daily lives, home school our children, make memories and live truly free lives.

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Our days aren’t governed by a schedule. We wake with the sun and retire with the moon.

Our family has never been as close as we are today. The gift of “getting away” whenever we desire, produces a relatively stress-free, worry-free, life. Whether you are a weekend warrior, a summer vacationer, or an extended RV traveler, being in control of your own time and destiny is a wonderful thing!

3. There is an RV for Everyone

RVshare Review
Inside our home away from home. Photo credit: Jenn Mitchell

This the real beauty of renting an RV for your family vacation: there’s an RV in every size and price range. You can choose a luxury motorhome with multiple slide outs, a fifth wheel that attaches to your pickup or a small towable RV you can pull behind the SUV.

When SheBuysTravel Jenn Mitchell wanted to rent an RV for her family vacation, she researched all of the companies and chose to rent a Class C RV from RVshare. The company, which matches RV owners with people who want to rent RVs, offers every RV type and make, from Class A Winnebago recreational vehicles that sleep 8 to tiny travel trailers and truck campers that sleep 1 or 2.

Here’s what Jenn has to say about RVshare: “I can’t say enough good things about our experience. I researched a number of RV rental companies and found the value and services provided by RVshare to be the best choice for us. My husband agrees. We think renting an RV provided a unique opportunity to spend quality time together as a family.”

You can read her full review of her family’s RVshare rental experience here.

And, if you don’t want to deal with driving the RV or towing the trailer from your home to your destination, RVshare will deliver the RV to you!

4. RV Travel Can be a Luxury Experience

RV Travel is the best way to see the country.
Luxury travel experiences, to me, are those in which you control your time, your direction, and your destiny. Photo Credit: Kady Kellogg

Luxurious RV travel is possible. Just look at the floor plans of some of the luxurious motorhomes. You’ll find some with king-sized beds and two baths, a washer/dryer, flat screen TVs, indoor and outdoor kitchens and full-sized refrigerator.

We don’t have any of that. But we have the real luxury of RV travel: being able to slow down, brew a cup of coffee, make lunch or even take a nap.

That kind of luxury doesn’t require a shiny new Airstream trailer. It’s all about the mindset.

5. It’s Always a Budget Friendly Vacation

RV Travel allows for eating healthy and staying on track with a healthy lifestyle.
RV travel means staying within budget, eating healthy and never having to stop at a fast food restaurant! Photo Credit: Susie Kellogg

For those of us who live life on a budget — where eating out for three meals per day, plus hotel rooms, gas, adventure activities and more would send us to the poor house — traveling in an RV is a life hack. We are able to cook all our meals in the RV, eat healthy and have money left over for the really fun stuff: the adventure!

Campgrounds cost, literally, hundreds of dollars cheaper than hotel rooms. And gas for one RV is much cheaper that airfare for 14!

6. You Can Bring the Pets!

RV Travel makes it easy to bring our beloved pets.
Eddy, our mini Goldendoodle, loves the beach! Photo Credit: Susie Kellogg

We never want to leave our beloved Eddy, the mini Goldendoodle, or Mia, our cat, at home while we have fun.

While it’s getting easier and easier to find pet friendly hotels, you’ll pay extra for the privilege of leaving a pet in the room while you are out having fun.

Eddy goes just about everywhere with us. When we are going somewhere he can’t, like paddling whitewater, Eddy hangs out with Mia in our climate-controlled RV. With RV travel, there is no need to pay extra fees at a hotel or stress out your pets by boarding them!

SheBuysTravel Tip: Here’s everything you need to know about RVing with a pet.

7. You Can Go Anywhere

RV Travel lets you control your destiny.
RVing lets you stop when you see beautiful scenery or epic adventures on a whim! Photo Credit: Dan Kellogg

As all families with kids know, getting out of the house and getting anywhere on time is nearly impossible. That’s another reason RV travel is so perfect for our family. An RV trip is all about freedom — the freedom to leave when we are ready and go where we want to go.

Whether it is a west coast road trip from California to Washington or a cross-country drive from our home in Colorado to New York, we have the freedom to change our minds. Should we come to a crossroad and decide to turn left instead of right, we can.

We don’t even need to find an RV park with all the fancy hookups for the night. We can spend the night in the wild, next to a lake, or boondocking in a Walmart parking lot — whichever we choose.

8. It’s More Comfortable

RV travel is quickly becoming the most popular way to travel due to the ease and comfort it offers. Read one committed RV'er and mom of 12's RV tips.
You can go anywhere in an RV and when you are done adventuring, you have all the comforts of home awaiting you. Photo Credit: Kady Kellogg

One of the things I like the most about RV travel is that we get to enjoy the outdoors, spending all day on the river, at the beach or climbing or biking. But when we come home, exhausted and tired, we really are coming home, to our own things.

We have climate control, a fridge, a kitchen where we can fix healthy meals, comfy couches, our own blankets and pillows. Even our own beds.

And, while our humble RV doesn’t have any bells and whistles, we have toured RVs that have bunk rooms, washer and dryers, heated floors, multiple flat-screen TVs, even dishwashers. You can literally find an RV with every luxury imaginable for rent at RVshare.

9. You Can Bring as Much Stuff as You Want

RV Travel means you don't have to leave any of the things you love at home.
We carry more gear than anything in our 36′ RV. No excuses, if we can do it, you can too! Photo Credit: Dan Kellogg

Seriously, you can bring every important piece of equipment with you. From bikes and kayaks, to longboards, camp chairs, tents, hammocks and more, you can bring the house!

With 14 people traveling with us, we have to be a bit more careful. But we still manage to bring 20+ Jackson Kayaks, and all the gear that goes with them! We have surfboards and crockpots, cookware, all our toiletries, board games, toys, and a plethora of clothing.

10. You Can Eat Healthy

Eating healthy is a great part of RV Travel
Cooking and feeding my family healthy meals and not reverting to fast food in a crunch is a great RV perk! Photo Credit: Susie Kellogg

One of the biggest pitfalls of travel is hitting restaurants for every meal. It’s not budget friendly and it’s not healthy. I take great pride in feeding my kids healthy, home-cooked meals, even on the road.

We are able to keep a few days of food for our crew, even with our tiny fridge. We supplement with delish organically grown local produce. Our meals range from fish tacos to huge chef salads, and everything in between. And, of course, dessert, which often is s’mores around the fire.

RV Travel is for Everyone

RV travel is quickly becoming the most popular way to travel due to the ease and comfort it offers. Read one committed RV'er and mom of 12's RV tips.
This is my daughter Kady’s dream first “RV”! There is literally something out there for everyone and every budget! Photo Credit: Susie Kellogg,

Bob Dotson, from American Story, once said we would “be the first in line on the Oregon Trail.” We are definitely trailblazers, adventurers and we love to challenge the status quo.

This is why the full-time RV lifestyle has suited us so well. We can go anywhere at any time on a whim.

And I’ll tell you a little secret: We have two regrets in life. The first is that we didn’t home school our kids from the beginning. The second is that we didn’t start full time RVing earlier.

We got the jobs, bought the house, the cars, did the commute and the 9 to 5, the two weeks of vacation. And we uttered the letters, TGIF. The debt, the colossal debt drowned us. Being free of the mortgage, the car payments, the stress allows us to breathe.

Weekend Warriors

Of course, the full-time RV lifestyle isn’t for everyone. The majority of RVers are weekend warriors who rent an RV to hit the road for adventure on their days off of work and school.

Or they are summer vacationers, heading to the beach, to the mountains for a stress free time with their families. Maybe they are grandparents with grandchildren in tow. Or young couples with dreams of a future filled with joy. Or families hoping for one last hurrah before school starts in the fall.

Heck, we know a few families who pile their kids into their RV and head to the ski resort at the first sign of a powder day.

The point is there is an RV and an RV experience for everyone. No matter who you travel with, where you go, what you do, RV travel will always be the best way. Always.

Find available RV rentals in your area here.

rv against backdrop of mountains and lakes
Why is an RV the best way to travel with kids? One of the best reasons to travel via RV is that you can bring everything with you! Our expert Traveling Mom has the top 10 reasons you should rent an RV, trailer or motor home for your next family vacation, including tips on budget travel, where to go, cooking and bringing a pet on the next road trip. Plenty of links for additional RV travel planning posts! (photo credit: Silvana Clark) AD

Filed Under: Road Trips, RVing & Camping Tagged With: beach vacation, camping, free, multi-generation, outdoors, summer, teens, toddlers, tweens

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Comments

  1. David Ross says

    April 12, 2021 at 1:31 am

    I am soon going to buy my first RV. It was my dream. Thanks for this guide.

    Reply
  2. Alex Cooper says

    February 6, 2021 at 2:11 pm

    I am planning to buy an RV. What is your recommendation before buying an RV? Let me know your thoughts.

    Reply
    • Kim Orlando says

      April 12, 2021 at 8:52 pm

      Sending your question to one of our writers who was RVing way before it was Instagrammable. She just bought an RV for herself.

      Reply
    • Silvana Marie Clark says

      April 13, 2021 at 2:59 pm

      Hi,
      Buying an RV is like buying a car. How big is your family? Do you like luxury or will something basic work for you? Do some resaerch about the difference between a motorhome and a trailer or fifth wheel. With a motorhome, you are self-contained in one unit. If you go with a trailer, you’ll need a truck to pull it. Although….if you have a substantial SUV, you could pull a small trailer that still has beds, kitchen and tiny bathroom! Are you planning to just camp on the weekends or full-time? If you are an occasional RV’er, then a smaller unit might work for you. Try and go to an RV dealer and walk through the different units. You’ll be surprised how much there is to choose from. Good luck and have fun!

      Reply
  3. rv cooktop says

    December 14, 2019 at 2:49 am

    If you are an avid traveler, RVing is arguably the best way to travel and explore the country. RV travel is increasingly becoming popular with many families and it is for a good reason.

    Reply
  4. Scott says

    November 23, 2019 at 4:47 pm

    Love the photo of your husband I’m the laptop. My friend is dating a woman with six kids who lives to RV. He’s not sold. Can he talk to your husband?

    Reply
  5. John says

    October 1, 2019 at 7:21 am

    I am planing to buy a RV. What is your recommendation before buying a RV. Let know your thoughts. This may help me a lot.

    Reply
    • Boris Meyer says

      April 28, 2020 at 11:43 am

      You can buy anything from “Coachmen” Depends on your budget. Let me know your budget.

      Reply
    • David Ferguson says

      October 23, 2020 at 7:37 pm

      First you should decide what type of RV you need because in market have lot’s of option. secondly check the tires and also Take it for a test drive.

      Reply
  6. TheGreenPick says

    February 22, 2019 at 4:39 pm

    What is really nice is that RV is actually an eco friendly alternative, it uses less carbon dioxide than when traveling by plane, renting a car, or even staying in a hotel.And on top of that you are able to be more aware of your water consumption, heating/cooling, and trash output.

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