Most of your comments were tuned to the full time crowd but if you were like a lot of us on here that get out +/- a dozen times a year with 3-5 people and a budget what direction do you think you'd go?
Yeah, trailers/RVs really only appeal to me as a house (and most don't even appeal as a house). Personally, I'd have a tough time paying $14-22k for something that gets used a handful of times a year. I'd get a solid rei tent and good sleeping bags and pads instead.
If I had to pick something there for weekend warriors, an rpod, palomini, starcraft, or pop up trailer would be my choice. Whatever is cheapest and smallest. Now, if I were going to be spending 3-5 days in there, I'd want something bigger like the minnie winnie 21 footer. The toy haulers are pretty cool too. The best way is to go to dealers and RV shows to see what you like in person. If you can't do that, hopefully the video gives people an idea of what's available out there.
Another question. Do people that weekend it with a trailer actually use the bathrooms? My parents really only go up around trial lake but I don't know that they have ever used the toilet. The shower isn't really big enough for normal sized people either but even for trailers that are bigger. I guess the obvious answer is that it depends on where you are camping but if you were at a CG and there was a pit toilet 50 yards away would you use the trailer toilet or make your kid walk down the way?
I'm with you. For a weekend trip I'd be fine without a shower, sink, toilet, or even hard sided walls.
I think a lot of people can't get their spouses or kids out with them unless there is a shower, flushing toilet, tv, or a place to do your makeup. I know a few women who refuse to use pit toilets. If I were married to a woman like that, and my only way to camp as a family would be with a trailer, I'd have one in a heartbeat. I'd want something small, light, cheap, and easy to hit the ground running the second I need it. I wouldn't want to have to load up for 2+ hours for every trip.
Now I have a huge trailer, but the thought of packing up the airstream and heading out for a 1-2 night trip just sounds miserable to me. I don't imagine myself moving more than once every few weeks because it's a bit of an ordeal to hitch it up, secure everything, and tow that giant twinkie to its next location. Just like a trail rig, if a trailer can't be quick and easy to deploy and hit the ground running, it won't get used much. Whichever trailer makes it easiest to hitch up and hit the road would be money well spent in my opinion.
