sevfiv Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Does anyone know of a place that rents pop-up type campers in the Houston area? (preferably south of town)TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 http://www.campers4rent.com/indexpopups.shtml If you get any extra time with it, you should host the next HAIFy hour..in a location of your choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Does anyone know of a place that rents pop-up type campers in the Houston area? (preferably south of town)TIA!At those rates, a hotel room would be about as cost-effective...particularly if you needed to get a hitch installed on your vehicle. Either that, or let me know if you need to borrow a tent. I have three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 (edited) Does anyone know of a place that rents pop-up type campers in the Houston area? (preferably south of town)TIA! Yeah. What sev said. My wife and I are interested in this, too. We had a neighbor who had a great experience with this, but unfortunately they moved away and we lost touch. http://www.campers4rent.com/indexpopups.shtmlIf you get any extra time with it, you should host the next HAIFy hour..in a location of your choice. I think Lewisville is a little too far away, unless sev is planning to stay at Lewisville Lake (I actually have stayed there in a trailer, it's OK but there are better destinations.) At those rates, a hotel room would be about as cost-effective...particularly if you needed to get a hitch installed on your vehicle. Either that, or let me know if you need to borrow a tent. I have three. True, but the rates for the small ones look pretty reasonable to me. And if what you want is to camp in Big Bend or Palo Duro Canyon, a hotel isn't going to cut it. And having camped unhappily in both kinds of shelter, I can attest that a trailer is way more comfortable than a tent. Of course a hotel is way more comfortable than a trailer, but sometimes we must do things to make other people happy. Spouses and children, for example, who for whatever reason enjoy camping. Edited May 5, 2010 by marmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 And if what you want is to camp in Big Bend or Palo Duro Canyon, a hotel isn't going to cut it. And having camped unhappily in both kinds of shelter, I can attest that a trailer is way more comfortable than a tent.Trailers are fully enclosed and have air conditioning and toilets. Don't get me wrong, if I were camping Big Bend for a long duration, particularly during hot or very windy months, a trailer would be nice.Pop-up campers and tents are closer substitutes, however, and the price of the pop-up doesn't seem easily justified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Trailers are fully enclosed and have air conditioning and toilets. Don't get me wrong, if I were camping Big Bend for a long duration, particularly during hot or very windy months, a trailer would be nice.Pop-up campers and tents are closer substitutes, however, and the price of the pop-up doesn't seem easily justified.My wife and I have "camped" many nights in our Honda Element. I hesitate to even call it camping, since it's essentially like staying in a pop-up...and I don't consider that camping.The wife and I looked around at pop-ups a few years back, and I just couldn't justify it. The biggest difference between our Element and a pop-up is a toilet/shower which only seem to be found in higher-end popups. Our cooking is done on a propane stove (outside the car instead of inside the pop-up), we have an ice chest (which is the only "refrigeration" many popups have), and we carry jugs of water. The car has A/C and power points. On the downside, the Element only sleeps two, so junior's gonna have to sleep on the ground...or I sleep under the stars and leave junior in the car.Advantages of the Element versus popup is the Element has 4-wheel drive...and we've taken it on many miles of dirt roads in Big Bend that can't be done with a trailer.Like I said, at the end of the day we just couldn't justify the popup. We'll wait until retirement and get a nice trailer we can live in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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