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The components of the basic RV and other options

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The most basic RV comes with four things. The first are beds. Some RV's will only have one bed in the rear (that is sometimes as large as a queen sized bed), while others have more than one. Also RV's will typically have a table or couch that they can transfer into a sleeper sofa. RV's with multiple beds may have one large full bed with two smaller twin beds that are bunked into the walls. The second basic part of an RV is a table. This table can be seated for two people or for more than eight people in a larger RV. The table is used for dinner table settings and late night card games. Like we said before, the benches of the table usually turn into a bed, which makes this part of the RV usable all the time. The third part of the basic RV is a food preparation area. This could be simply one burner and a microwave to make all your meals. The fourth part of the basic RV is storage space. This is an important part of RV because there isn't much living room so if you tried to store your stuff in the open then you wouldn't be able to move around too much. This also presents an opportunity for you to store RV only items when you are not going on a trip.

This is just the basic parts of the RV. RV's can be extremely simple or elaborate depending on the size and price tag on the RV. Some of the other options are: half or full bathrooms, refrigerators, family rooms, full range in a good sized kitchens, master bedrooms, satellite TV, computer desks, portions of the camp that slide out for more room with they are not in transport, and awnings that pull out for a "front porch."

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