Always an interesting discussion. Last summer, we took a western states trip over a couple of weeks with our whole crew. The lack of slides was really not bothersome with 6 of us including our 3 20+ year old sons. While driving, slides don't do you any good at all as far as space goes. When camped, we stayed at places with the rental cabins so that made it easy for sleeping arrangements. Even with slides, I don't think all 6 of us in there would have been comfortable without bunks. For eating and general hanging out,it worked fine in particular since a lot of the slide space is "dance floor" as someone put it. Plus we like to go to places where it is nice enough outside to spend time out of the coach.

With most of our future trips just Jennifer and the dog and I, I think no slides will be plenty good for our needs. Someday that may change, but certainly for now we are just fine. Plus, I like the feeling that we are in a converted bus, which with slides extended, just doesn't feel that way. Alternatively, I could see that becoming claustrophobic for some folks.

Kind of the old Ford vs Chevy discussion, but no slides has worked well for us thus far, and I like the added mechanical simplicity.