Are you planning on seeing Canada and Mexico? Or for that matter any farther, some folks we have met actually took their rigs to south america and then across to africa via ship.
Is this going to be a multi year vacation or are you planning on disposing of the RV after your visa expires. As most will tell you time goes by rather quickly and there a lot to see here. If planning a multi year trip you might think of traveling Mexico during the winter months while waiting for the next US visa. If multi year and returning home between trips I would think of storing the trailer in southern area with milder climate.
Trailers built in the US are normally heavier than those built in Europe (more steel and less aluminum) so be sure to think about enough truck for what ever rig you choose.
Have fun, enjoy your trip, lots of fun folks on this forum who would really like to exchange stories and can provide personal experience suggestions on most any area you might think of visiting.
Hi, we have been touring the states almost every year since 2006, mostly in the West. We should have thought about doing this a long time ago, but as we were only spending between 3 and 6 weeks a year it may not have been cost effective (although a car may have been).
We plan on doing the 6 months every year until we can no longer do so, have seen all we want, or want to do something different, we then plan to sell or ship trailer back so we can tour Europe (if we have any money left).
We would like to see Canada and Mexico, not sure about the safety in Mexico or South America although we would love to see some of the places there. We still want to spend a reasonable time at home, but whilst we are fit and able to travel long distances we want to see as much as we can.
We are really keen to make friends through various forums, I have also signed up to the rvforum for advice too. If there are others that you would recommend, please let me know.
It will be great to meet like minded folks and to swap stories and get advice on where to go. Often we have had great advice on places to visit that we would otherwise never have known about.
We plan to stay for a week minimum in most places unless we have friends staying who may want to move around a bit more.
Once we get set up I will try to be online regularly.