What Do Kids Really Think Of RVing With Their Families?

The Go RVing PR team works with media outlets across the country to tell the real-life stories of RVers and introduce even more consumers to the RVing lifestyle. Recently, they partnered with Parents to hear kids' thoughts on the RV experience.

Where and how you go on a trip is a big decision! Every family is different, and it’s always worthwhile to have a conversation with everyone about their hopes and dreams. Of course, at the end of the day, what the grown-ups say goes, but the kids’ opinions are extremely important. That’s why we asked several children under the age of 18 what they love most about spending time on the road with their families.

Grandparents Rule the Kitchen

Twelve-year-old Aniyis C. travels throughout Florida with her dad Luis and step-mom Sandra in their fifth wheel, a type of towable RV (the attachment point of the RV is in the bed of the truck). Her favorite thing about having her grandparents join them in the RV is the cooking. “Grandma makes me fries, my papa always makes me wings,” says Aniyis. She isn’t the only one who enjoys her grandparents’ cooking; her eight-year-old brother Julian says, “I love when my grandma cooks pancakes for me. I love that my papa always buys all the snacks.”

Nature Is at Your Front Door

While traveling throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada in a Class C motorhome with his parents Julio and Sandra, nine-year-old Tiger P. has learned “how to identify plants and animals.” Those are things not easily learned in textbooks. 

Twelve-year-old Daniel M. says, “I like snow. I didn’t get to see it until we started RVing. I remember the snow the best.” He experienced snow in Georgia and Colorado while traveling with his parents Robert and Jessica. Hands-on learning lasts a lifetime.

Lasting Memories Begin at the Beach

Although six-year-old Milena C. has traveled to Mount Rushmore and the Badlands, her favorite RV memory was “when [she and her parents] went to the beach at Sebastian Inlet State Park” on the central Florida coast. 

White-sand beaches and salty waves aren’t the only things seven-year-old Gavin C. remembers from his beach experience with his parents Brando and Brit. He says one of his favorite memories was “getting to pull ghost shrimp out of the sand on a beach in Georgia.”

Read the rest of the article from Parents here.