Packing and unpacking is a breeze as we are now traveling in a sports car, a suitcase for the humans, a shopping bag for Maggie and a camera bag. Easy-Pezy.
Short two or three day trips we can do that, but when you've been on the road for two or three weeks, wearing the same clothes every day gets old even for me, and the DW isn't doing it period
At 13'-3" overall height and right at 75' in overall length, we do have to be cautious of routes when towing, but once we've settled the truck goes most places your car will, and with 4 wheel drive a lot of places it won't.
A vacation is when you don't have to do any normal day to day chores.
With both of us working it takes a whopping 15-20 mins to vacuum, dust, make the bed and we're done. While out we generally do hot cereal, frozen breakfast sandwiches, etc. unless we're lazy and staying in, then we'll do a big breakfast outside (which is pretty much the meal for the day). On days we get up and get going we generally try to eat a large meal out somewhere around the 2 pm-3pm time frame. During our home time, DW freezes a lot of leftovers. So on the days we eat out good, we survive on leftovers heated in the MW for supper. Not much cooking going on, though occasionally depending on where we are we will grill fresh seafood or steaks on the gas grill. Having endured all those years of hotel food, because I was to tired to go out, I much prefer the flexibility we have now.
We'll do a mini benefit-cost ratio when traveling, but if the cost isn't much more, we'd rather have better benefits.
I guess better benefits is debatable. After years of sleeping in hotel beds, I appreciate the fact that I know who's been doing what in my comfortable king size bed. We keep dual households with most things other than fresh foods (a lot of that we buy on the road). I appreciate being able to open my closet and find a lot of the same clothes that are in my closet at home. I appreciate opening the bathroom cabinet and finding all my toiletries the same as my cabinet at home. We take a satellite receiver from the house when we go, so all my TV shows are there when I want them. Most places have WIFI and for those that don't we hot spot a phone. I can open the basement storage and there's my grill and tools, or if I want to go fishing there's my fly rod, bass rod, and tackle. I also like the fact that Sadie is comfortable with her surroundings, and I don't worry so much about leaving her unattended. Taking her outside is easier, have you ever taken one down an elevator, or had to go searching for grass for them to go on? I once stood in a tiny median in the middle of a four lane street in Washington, DC because that was the only D*&^ grass in a 10 block radius I could find, and our precious baby would not go on anything but grass
I'd much much rather stay in a hotel (many have guest laundry rooms where you can do your own laundry, and even kitchenettes if you want to cook for yourselves and avoid room service), or, as you mentioned, rent a house somewhere.
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