RV rental is the perfect formula for a family vacation.
Travelling with a "house on wheels" offers a number of advantages for families. These include:
- Cooking your own meals
- You always have everything you need close at hand (snacks, security blanket...)
- The outdoors is more fun for playing in than a hotel room
- No need to pack and unpack your bags at every destination
- Easy access to the toilet at all times
- Easy to take a nap where and when you want
- Children love toasting marshmallows over a campfire
Child car seats
If your child still needs a car seat, we recommend bringing your own. First of all, most airlines will let you check a car seat with your luggage, free of charge. Second, you know how your seat works and how to fasten it securely. For insurance reasons, the agents at your car rental office are not allowed to help you to install a rented car seat.
Note that the seats in the back of the RV often have only lap belts (no shoulder belt). Most RVs have two seats with anchors for securing child's car seats.
Sleeping arrangements
Class C RVs are ideal for families, because they almost always have a double overcab bed above the driver's cabin. This is wide enough for adults to sleep in, but many travellers use it for their children. The only drawback is that since there is no barrier to prevent them from falling, many travelers are afraid that their children will fall during the night.
There are two solutions to this problem. First of all, young children can be placed crosswise in the overcab bed (with cushions between them). Otherwise, the dinette bed or sofa-bed are good options, depending on the model of vehicle you rent.
Read this article to find out whether you can let your children sleep while you drive.
Cribs
RV suppliers rarely rent baby cribs.
Here are two possibilities for your baby:
1- Buy a travel crib before you leave home.
2- Use the existing bed and place cushons around the baby to prevent her from falling.
Some parents simply place the cushions or a thick blanket on the ground for the baby to sleep on: impossible to fall!
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