Trailer Or Motel? A Tough Choice

We bought a trailer here in Florida a couple of yearsOn the other hand it would bring more expensive gas
ago and would like to do a little traveling with it. I canand slower travel. Road trips are traveled fairly
understand the advantages of camping with a trailerquickly in a car with many of the interstate speed
which is our sole activity with it thus far. We justlimits. Pull into a cheap motel at night and resume
continually discuss the pros and cons of road tripsyour trip in the morning.
with a trailer verses just staying in motels. We live onBut there is the hassle of packing and unpacking
a budget, we are not terribly tight, but we don'tevery morning, finding a restaurant and hotel and
have endless resources to spend either.being comfortable. But on the other hand I love to
We still have three children at home who are alleat at restaurants where someone else does the
teenagers. We love to travel and have often arguedbuying, prep work and clean up and I love room
the merits of trailer versus motel for a more longservice and maid service in the motel. Back to square
distance trip. Bringing a trailer along would provideone. I think for us, shorter distances we will use the
cheaper meals, uniform mattresses for a good nightstrailer and anything over about 4 or 5 hours we will
sleep, a place to rest along the way, no hotel fees.motel it.