You already know all the good stuff, and you'll be excited when you go to see it. Here is my list of 'cons' (and potential cons) - things that you should really have a good think about before signing that piece of paper:
- The shower. Is the bathroom big enough for you? Will you be happy with it? I suggest that you get in there, close the door and have a mock shower.
- The bed. Its 6' long. It is long enough for you, or will you be uncomfortably curled-up while sleeping?
- The awning. Well, actually, as you know, an R-POD does not accommodate a normal RV awning. Instead, there's an R-DOME which will take 15-20 minutes to set up and 15-20 minutes to take down again. Are you sure that you really want to deal with an R-DOME?
- Television. If a television is important to you, then make sure that the size and placement of the unit in the R-POD is acceptable to you.
- Storage. There isn't a whole lot of storage in an R-POD. Where will you put your pots & pans, dishes, glasses, dry food, lawn chairs, levelling blocks, water hose, BBQ and your clothes? Get an idea of where you're going to store your things. The last thing you're going to want to do at 11:00pm is to be on your hands and knees on the floor fishing out your pyjamas from the cupboard under the bed.
- Interior pace in general. Think about a cold, rainy evening when you'll be stuck inside for seven or eight hours before going to bed. Where will you sit? What will you do?
- The RV lifestyle / camping lifestyle. Are you sure that its for you? Yes, everyone loves the thought of waking up in the wilderness and watching the sun rise or sitting around a campfire in the evenings. But, does cooking your own meals, making your own beds, backing into a campsite, levelling the trailer, fetching fresh water, connecting power cords, filling propane tanks and emptying sewer tanks appeal to you as a vacation? Its not for everyone. Some of us love it, but there have been forum members who've made a costly mistake and discovered that RVing is not for them.
Personally, when buying our trailer, I asked the salesman to leave us alone in the trailer for 30 minutes. We looked in every cabinet. We laid on the bed. We lowered the table into a bed. We had a mock shower. We thought about where we'd store things. I strongly suggest that you do the same.