My husband Deas and I were full-time RVers in a Class A for five years. Recently, we made a very big change and downsized from our 35-foot RV to a 21-foot van.
We don’t travel full-time anymore, having traded RV life for something more stationary. Initially, we kept our big RV after returning to sticks-and-bricks life, thinking we would travel in it occasionally. But after a year, we’d only used the RV twice. Most of the time it was just sitting sad and lonely in a storage unit.
We wanted to keep traveling but began to realize that the bigger RV didn’t fit into our lifestyle as well anymore. Earlier this year, we decided to trade in our Tiffin for a Winnebago Travato.
So, what are the differences between the two RVs, and how are we adjusting? First, the obvious: the van is much smaller than our Class A. This has a number of benefits for us.