I highly recommend you rent for a trip or two to make sure that is what you want to do. RV’s don’t hold their value at all, and there are retirees who sink their money into one only to realize they don’t enjoy it as much as they thought they would, but they are stuck with it unless they take a huge loss. I have heard people say a boat is a hole in the water you throw money into, an RV is the same thing. Things break, you make mistakes, upkeep to keep it on the road, they cost quite a bit of money. The other neat thing about renting, you will find what is important to you in amenities. I am on my third fifth-wheel and still hate that I overlooked problems in the floor plan that don’t suit us.
There is also the issue of how you want to live, those 45’ motorhomes can’t get into a lot of campgrounds, but you give up a lot of comfort with some of the smaller ones.
I love traveling with our trailer, we always have a place to sleep and can eat food we prepare, but travel times are extended and it can be difficult to get around sometimes.
“I highly recommend you rent for a trip or two to make sure that is what you want to do. RV’s don’t hold their value at all, and there are retirees who sink their money into one only to realize they don’t enjoy it as much as they thought they would, but they are stuck with it unless they take a huge loss. “
my next door neighbor did this ... retired and immediately ran out and bought a BEHEMOTH of an RV brand new ... made one trip ... and then spent the next few years moving it around the backyard so it wouldn’t kill the grass ...