Are any of you going to be at the Hershey RV show this year??
Ckerr said
02:29 PM Aug 18, 2013
I'll be there!
cherylbrv said
03:28 PM Aug 18, 2013
I definitely want to try, but logistics is a problem. I celebrate Yom Kippur which ends on Sat. night, so the only day I'd be able to attend is Sunday. It's also about a 3 hour drive for me (6 hrs in a day). Not sure I want to get up at the crack of dawn to arrive by opening time, get totally exhausted, and then take the long drive back home. But I'm thinking about it.
bigboomer said
12:24 AM Aug 19, 2013
We will be there the first day, Wednesday bright and early and plan on the all day deal.
Gpndavid said
12:33 AM Aug 19, 2013
We are going! We are still dreaming. Well, maybe more than dreaming. We are moving our first load to long term storage next weekend and have met with our realtor. We are on a 18 month timeline. So, we appreciate the info here and would love to meet some of you at Hershey.
Hdrider said
03:26 AM Aug 19, 2013
Sounds like a few people will be there. We plan to attend the 1st and 2nd day's. We will get to the area on the 5th and hang around until the 16th. We want to tour the area as well as do the show.
The Restless Youngs said
03:27 AM Aug 19, 2013
We will be there Saturday and Sunday.....it's our official dream kickoff and hopefully we will find our new home and learn a lot. We are shooting for 2015 as our date, so still a couple of years out. Would love to connect with other soon-to-bes or those already living' the dream.
Team Murc said
06:32 AM Aug 19, 2013
We wish but not in the cards for us this year We have our first workamping job in Florida so we will be attending the Tampa RV supershow in January 2014. With luck we will attend the Hershey show next year.
-- Edited by Team Murc on Monday 19th of August 2013 06:32:30 AM
Bobbi said
02:26 PM Aug 19, 2013
We will be there on Saturday. The kids are back in school by that time, so we have to wait until the weekend. We are SO excited as we have learned much since last year and have our list narrowed down significantly. There are RVs we'd like to see but have no local dealer, so we are hoping for the chance to see them at the show.
Jake62 said
11:56 PM Aug 19, 2013
We will be there on Saturday (maybe Friday too) which starts our long series of attending RV shows the next year and a half. Maybe we'll bump into some of you on Saturday, although with the crowds I'm sure it's gonna be a mad-house.
Hdrider said
01:43 AM Aug 20, 2013
I'm sure we will attend the show during the week only,,, UNLESS we have a deal working on something
LibertyLinda said
03:32 AM Aug 20, 2013
Hdrider
We have gone to the Hershey Show for the past 2 years and it really helped in our research in figuring out which rig we want to fulltime in. Now that we have it :) we will not attend any more. But we really recommend it!
Hdrider said
12:10 PM Aug 20, 2013
Ann4now wrote:
Hdrider We have gone to the Hershey Show for the past 2 years and it really helped in our research in figuring out which rig we want to fulltime in. Now that we have it :) we will not attend any more. But we really recommend it!
I have heard it's a big show. It's really one of those,,, we are in the area so we better see it at least once things for us. We are in our fulltime rig but have been pondering the idea of going to a 42' bath and a half unit OR possibly switching to a 5th wheel setup. Should be a good place to jump back and forth between them and see.
Happy to hear it helped you make a choice :)
jjm219 said
04:48 PM Aug 29, 2013
My husband and I will be there Sunday. We already know which one we want but have to sell 2 properties before we can purchase. Our projected full time date will be next summer if the houses sell.
Jack Mayer said
04:44 PM Aug 30, 2013
Team Murc wrote:
We wish but not in the cards for us this year We have our first workamping job in Florida so we will be attending the Tampa RV supershow in January 2014. With luck we will attend the Hershey show next year.
-- Edited by Team Murc on Monday 19th of August 2013 06:32:30 AM
If you go to the Tampa show there is no real reason to go to Hershey unless you just want to. The Tampa show has more units to see.
Team Murc said
07:17 PM Aug 30, 2013
Hey Jack,
I've heard great things about both shows. Just not aware that the Tampa show was larger. We are long time campers but new to full timing. Thanks for the info!
Mike
happy paddler said
12:26 AM Aug 31, 2013
We will be there! Planning on attending the show Wed. And Thur.
Loretta said
05:27 PM Aug 31, 2013
We went to the show 2 years ago. We had only planned on spending a day, but we ended up staying the whole weekend, 3 days. Put on your walking shoes. We went into almost every unit, several times for the ones that we really liked. There is so much information there and the seminars we found were very informative. A great place to see all the new products.
Have a great time.
Trix said
05:33 PM Aug 31, 2013
Dave, I've been thinking of going too. Where are you and Diane staying?
Kyra
Hdrider said
01:50 AM Sep 1, 2013
At a place called Pinch Pond. I guess it's about 15 miles outside Hershey in Manheim. Here is the link. http://pinchpond.com/
We couldn't find a spot in town for as long as we wanted to stay. We roll in there on the 5th so we can tour around a bit before the show.
Dcrum said
03:39 AM Sep 4, 2013
This will be our first show! We plan to take some seminars, trying to learn. Already put the house up for sale. The dream is alive!
Ckerr said
06:03 PM Sep 7, 2013
Hi All,
Hope to see many of you there! I'll be at booth #353 inside the Giant Center. It's on the concourse level near the tram stop.
Don't worry, I won't try to sell you something! I just won't have much chance for wandering about during the public show. I'll have to do my looking during the industry days on Monday and Tuesday.
Terry and Cindy will be there and have been fulltiming in their MH for a number of years so they might have some insight for you as well.
Hdrider said
09:43 PM Sep 7, 2013
Ckerr wrote:
Hi All,
Hope to see many of you there! I'll be at booth #353 inside the Giant Center. It's on the concourse level near the tram stop.
Don't worry, I won't try to sell you something! I just won't have much chance for wandering about during the public show. I'll have to do my looking during the industry days on Monday and Tuesday.
Terry and Cindy will be there and have been fulltiming in their MH for a number of years so they might have some insight for you as well.
Are you there with Retema Village?? We are thinking about visiting there this winter.
jrzygrl64 said
12:50 AM Sep 8, 2013
Bill and I plan to attend Saturday and maybe Sunday, depending how much we see and how much there still is to see. We won't be staying overnight, we only live about 45 minutes away. Would love to meet up with anyone who is going to be there! This is our first time to this show, we have heard it is HUGE! We are also signed up to go to our first rally with you all in TN next year! So excited!
Trix said
01:50 AM Sep 9, 2013
I plan on going Wednesday and Thursday!
Jake62 said
02:32 AM Sep 9, 2013
Ckerr wrote:
Hi All,
Hope to see many of you there! I'll be at booth #353 inside the Giant Center. It's on the concourse level near the tram stop.
Don't worry, I won't try to sell you something! I just won't have much chance for wandering about during the public show. I'll have to do my looking during the industry days on Monday and Tuesday.
Terry and Cindy will be there and have been fulltiming in their MH for a number of years so they might have some insight for you as well.
And Carol,
Booth #353 is representing or selling what? May stop by if we have time ...
bigboomer said
11:15 AM Sep 9, 2013
Maybe we can set a time to meet at Carol's booth for anyone attending on Wednesday...say high noon?
Dcrum said
11:44 AM Sep 9, 2013
We will be there Wednesday and Thursday (our first show!) after a 10-hour drive tomorrow in our Subaru Forester. (It's the only rig we have right now) lol
Trix said
04:02 AM Sep 10, 2013
High noon at booth 353 sounds do-able!
Dcrum said
02:26 AM Sep 12, 2013
Man it was hot today! Gave us a chance to see which a/c units "really" work and which ones do not. Lol Also cool (no pun intended) to be able to have a conversation with Bob Tiffin himself. Enjoyed seminars such as "All About RVing" and "Extended and Full-Time RVing". Going back tomorrow! Anybody else?
Hdrider said
02:34 AM Sep 12, 2013
We spent from 9 to 3 at the show and really only saw 2 booths !!! And it was hot!! We are going back in the morning. We have test drives set up at 9 and 11:30 with Entegra and Tiffin. We will probably have to go back Friday to see the inside stuff.
Jake62 said
02:56 AM Sep 12, 2013
Hdrider wrote:
We spent from 9 to 3 at the show and really only saw 2 booths !!! And it was hot!! We are going back in the morning. We have test drives set up at 9 and 11:30 with Entegra and Tiffin. We will probably have to go back Friday to see the inside stuff.
Let us know your opinion re Tiffin vs. Entegra. We will be there Saturday and will also do this comparison, along with Newmar.
bigboomer said
05:42 PM Sep 12, 2013
Man was it hot yesterday....went in all of the 5ers for Montana, Forest River, Heartland, Redwood, Hew Horizons, Continental Coach, Excel and Mobile Suites.....WOW
Have to say if you want to spend the money the NH, CC, MS and Excel are it! That said we are narrowing it down a bit and will do some more research and crunch numbers to see what and when we will pull the trigger on!
Did get to meet Carol at booth 353. Always nice to meet good people. Looks like she has a winner with the Retema Village!
Terry and Jo said
08:47 PM Sep 12, 2013
bigboomer wrote:
Man was it hot yesterday....went in all of the 5ers for Montana, Forest River, Heartland, Redwood, Hew Horizons, Continental Coach, Excel and Mobile Suites.....WOW
Have to say if you want to spend the money the NH, CC, MS and Excel are it! That said we are narrowing it down a bit and will do some more research and crunch numbers to see what and when we will pull the trigger on!
Did get to meet Carol at booth 353. Always nice to meet good people. Looks like she has a winner with the Retema Village!
I was texting with Alicia at Rolling Retreats today and she said that she was going to be in the Hershey area this weekend. Evidently she is up there to meet up with a customer and is NOT a part of the show. If you were interested in the Mobile Suites and would consider fairly new used units, you might call or text her cell phone and ask about what she has. She has even been "re-designing" some of the areas of some of the coaches they order. She has done re-designs on both the kitchen and the walk-in closets.
Terry
Hdrider said
12:50 AM Sep 13, 2013
Jake62 wrote:
Hdrider wrote:
We spent from 9 to 3 at the show and really only saw 2 booths !!! And it was hot!! We are going back in the morning. We have test drives set up at 9 and 11:30 with Entegra and Tiffin. We will probably have to go back Friday to see the inside stuff.
Let us know your opinion re Tiffin vs. Entegra. We will be there Saturday and will also do this comparison, along with Newmar.
I enjoyed the test drives. We first drove the Entegra. It's on a Spartan Chassis with there added cross brace system. MY OPINION ONLY but it drove great compared to the Tiffin 42LH. It was much quieter and absorbed the road much better and felt better in the turns. The seats set much closer to the windshield with less dash giving a better view in front of the coach which would be helpful in the tighter areas. Brakes were quiet compared to the tiffin and the inside was much quieter as well.
We love the flush slides and windows compared to the framed windows on the Tiffin BUT the Entegra flush windows only allow for part of the window to open with a crank. Not much for fresh air in our eye's and almost a deal breaker in itself. We like the fresh air and having windows open. But it sure looks sleek and more high end bus like. Plus less air resistance which helps with the quiet ride. The interior itself in the Entegra is just richer. Great leather and the couch and chairs are much more comfortable in the Entegra. No real place to set up computers in the Entegra. Storage is good in both, maybe better under the 42LH because it does not have a side radiator but then the Entegra DOES have a side radiator LOL!!. I was surprised the Entegra had no roof vents except in the bathroom. And the front window blinds are a pure joke in the Entegra!!! I could not believe when they showed them to us. Tiffin gets the check mark there. The Entegra has the smart wheel the Phaeton does not. The shower is larger in the Entegra.
They will both talk a lot about wall construction and insulation. The insulation in the Entegra is better and I think both wall systems are fine. The Entegra has a 15,000lb hitch compared to the 10,000 on the Phaeton. The Entegra has a alarm system, Phaeton not. I like the way when the Entegra goes in gear the front door vacuum seals and the mid ship slide door secures itself in place. The paint on both is nice but maybe the Entegra's is a bit better.
We really wanted the rear bath and a corner TV which the Tiffin 42LH has and the Entera only has it in a 44ft. We don't want to go to a 44ft motor home!!
To be honest we worked numbers on the Entegra and came home to think about it over night but got the call it sold. So it wasn't meant to be. I'm not sure what you will get to test drive because the one we was going to buy was the demo unit. The 42DEQ.
Holding tanks, aqua hot, heated floors, tile work ect. are pretty equal.
Jake62 said
11:51 AM Sep 13, 2013
Thanks Hdrider!
Will certainly take your evaluation into consideration during our tours of these DPs. Don't think we'll get a chance to do a test drive, but we're a little farther away in purchasing one than you are. Good luck in locating the best DP for your needs. From your test drives, there are pros/cons for both, but hopefully you furnished feedback to both Sales staff which may effect future design/engineering changes.
Terry and Jo said
11:04 PM Sep 14, 2013
Terry and Jo wrote:
I was texting with Alicia at Rolling Retreats today and she said that she was going to be in the Hershey area this weekend. Evidently she is up there to meet up with a customer and is NOT a part of the show. If you were interested in the Mobile Suites and would consider fairly new used units, you might call or text her cell phone and ask about what she has. She has even been "re-designing" some of the areas of some of the coaches they order. She has done re-designs on both the kitchen and the walk-in closets.
Terry
OK. Ignore the above. Alicia's plans had to change, so she won't be at the Hershey show.
Are any of you going to be at the Hershey RV show this year??
We will be there the first day, Wednesday bright and early and plan on the all day deal.
We wish but not in the cards for us this year
We have our first workamping job in Florida 
so we will be attending the Tampa RV supershow in January 2014. With luck we will attend the Hershey show next year.
-- Edited by Team Murc on Monday 19th of August 2013 06:32:30 AM
We have gone to the Hershey Show for the past 2 years and it really helped in our research in figuring out which rig we want to fulltime in. Now that we have it :) we will not attend any more. But we really recommend it!
I have heard it's a big show. It's really one of those,,, we are in the area so we better see it at least once things for us. We are in our fulltime rig but have been pondering the idea of going to a 42' bath and a half unit OR possibly switching to a 5th wheel setup. Should be a good place to jump back and forth between them and see.
Happy to hear it helped you make a choice :)
If you go to the Tampa show there is no real reason to go to Hershey unless you just want to. The Tampa show has more units to see.
I've heard great things about both shows. Just not aware that the Tampa show was larger. We are long time campers but new to full timing. Thanks for the info!
Mike
We went to the show 2 years ago. We had only planned on spending a day, but we ended up staying the whole weekend, 3 days. Put on your walking shoes. We went into almost every unit, several times for the ones that we really liked. There is so much information there and the seminars we found were very informative. A great place to see all the new products.
Have a great time.
Kyra
At a place called Pinch Pond. I guess it's about 15 miles outside Hershey in Manheim. Here is the link. http://pinchpond.com/
We couldn't find a spot in town for as long as we wanted to stay. We roll in there on the 5th so we can tour around a bit before the show.
This will be our first show! We plan to take some seminars, trying to learn. Already put the house up for sale. The dream is alive!
Hi All,
Hope to see many of you there! I'll be at booth #353 inside the Giant Center. It's on the concourse level near the tram stop.
Don't worry, I won't try to sell you something! I just won't have much chance for wandering about during the public show. I'll have to do my looking during the industry days on Monday and Tuesday.
Terry and Cindy will be there and have been fulltiming in their MH for a number of years so they might have some insight for you as well.
Are you there with Retema Village?? We are thinking about visiting there this winter.
And Carol,
Booth #353 is representing or selling what? May stop by if we have time ...
Maybe we can set a time to meet at Carol's booth for anyone attending on Wednesday...say high noon?
Let us know your opinion re Tiffin vs. Entegra. We will be there Saturday and will also do this comparison, along with Newmar.
Have to say if you want to spend the money the NH, CC, MS and Excel are it! That said we are narrowing it down a bit and will do some more research and crunch numbers to see what and when we will pull the trigger on!
Did get to meet Carol at booth 353. Always nice to meet good people. Looks like she has a winner with the Retema Village!
I was texting with Alicia at Rolling Retreats today and she said that she was going to be in the Hershey area this weekend. Evidently she is up there to meet up with a customer and is NOT a part of the show. If you were interested in the Mobile Suites and would consider fairly new used units, you might call or text her cell phone and ask about what she has. She has even been "re-designing" some of the areas of some of the coaches they order. She has done re-designs on both the kitchen and the walk-in closets.
Terry
I enjoyed the test drives. We first drove the Entegra. It's on a Spartan Chassis with there added cross brace system. MY OPINION ONLY but it drove great compared to the Tiffin 42LH. It was much quieter and absorbed the road much better and felt better in the turns. The seats set much closer to the windshield with less dash giving a better view in front of the coach which would be helpful in the tighter areas. Brakes were quiet compared to the tiffin and the inside was much quieter as well.
We love the flush slides and windows compared to the framed windows on the Tiffin BUT the Entegra flush windows only allow for part of the window to open with a crank. Not much for fresh air in our eye's and almost a deal breaker in itself. We like the fresh air and having windows open. But it sure looks sleek and more high end bus like. Plus less air resistance which helps with the quiet ride. The interior itself in the Entegra is just richer. Great leather and the couch and chairs are much more comfortable in the Entegra. No real place to set up computers in the Entegra. Storage is good in both, maybe better under the 42LH because it does not have a side radiator but then the Entegra DOES have a side radiator LOL!!. I was surprised the Entegra had no roof vents except in the bathroom. And the front window blinds are a pure joke in the Entegra!!! I could not believe when they showed them to us. Tiffin gets the check mark there. The Entegra has the smart wheel the Phaeton does not. The shower is larger in the Entegra.
They will both talk a lot about wall construction and insulation. The insulation in the Entegra is better and I think both wall systems are fine. The Entegra has a 15,000lb hitch compared to the 10,000 on the Phaeton. The Entegra has a alarm system, Phaeton not. I like the way when the Entegra goes in gear the front door vacuum seals and the mid ship slide door secures itself in place. The paint on both is nice but maybe the Entegra's is a bit better.
We really wanted the rear bath and a corner TV which the Tiffin 42LH has and the Entera only has it in a 44ft. We don't want to go to a 44ft motor home!!
To be honest we worked numbers on the Entegra and came home to think about it over night but got the call it sold. So it wasn't meant to be. I'm not sure what you will get to test drive because the one we was going to buy was the demo unit. The 42DEQ.
Holding tanks, aqua hot, heated floors, tile work ect. are pretty equal.
Will certainly take your evaluation into consideration during our tours of these DPs. Don't think we'll get a chance to do a test drive, but we're a little farther away in purchasing one than you are. Good luck in locating the best DP for your needs. From your test drives, there are pros/cons for both, but hopefully you furnished feedback to both Sales staff which may effect future design/engineering changes.
OK. Ignore the above. Alicia's plans had to change, so she won't be at the Hershey show.
Terry