Warm weather and lingering cabin fever wakens your love of campfires, freshly caught fish and children roasting marshmallows for gourmet s’mores. You and your family are ready to shop for travel trailers in Des Moines.
New and used travel trailers in Des Moines make overnight family adventures easier than those featuring pitched tents and sleeping bags populated by spiders and ants. Your travel trailer is an extension of your home with:
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Heat and air conditioning
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Refrigerator, range, microwave, oven and range
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Full bathrooms with porcelain toilets
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Televisions and stereos with indoor/outdoor speakers
In addition to the amenities, a travel trailer protects you from the elements. Changes in the weather are less likely to interrupt your camping trip.
Considerations
After you have settled your budget, read your owners’ manual to find out how much weight your vehicle can tow. Keep that weight in mind while shopping because buying your dream travel trailer may mean buying a new towing vehicle.
You will need insurance for your travel trailer. Your homeowners’ insurance might already include recreational vehicles, but, since travel trailers do not have their own engines, you may need additional insurance coverage. Also, compare insurance rates for new and used trailers. Rising insurance premiums may mean choosing a different trailer.
Recreation Vehicles vs Travel Trailers
Recreation vehicles come with their own engines, can be as large as city buses, and should not be confused with travel trailers.
One advantage a travel trailer has over a recreational vehicle (RV) is the amount of available interior space. RV’s (recreation vehicles) are designed based on vans hippies altered to create living space. Just like vans manufactured before the 1970’s, the engine is inside the vehicle. Since travel trailers are towed behind cars or trucks, there is no engine inside, taking up space.
The RV’s larger size can make parking a challenge, but the travel trailer can be disconnected from its towing vehicle allowing it to fit into a smaller space. If you need to run errands you needn’t drive both your living space and your vehicle into town. The travel trailer stays behind.
Once you have made up your mind, you may find yourself saving money on family vacations and taking your children to places they’ve studied in school. New or used, your travel trailer will be a wise investment.
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