I drove out to San diego from MN last year, and decided not to tow, thinking that I would just rent where I stayed if I stayed long enough, and that I'd drive the rig.
I have a 26' RB and had a Honda set up to tow.
Well, It worked okay until I got into San diego. 1st week there, I rented a car and all was well. Moved to the Bay for a week, had to rent a different car because plans had changed...had to wait a day because it was a convention or something and nobody had one. Then it was EXPENSIVE.
After that, no toad at Quartzite, when I really would have loved one. Freedom instead of having to bum a ride with folks. (I have walking issues and sometimes that can be a deal breaker too).
After that, Sierra Vista/Tombstone. REnted. Got a piece of junk. Drove it to a new rental place, rented another, got only part o my money back and lost a whole day in the process. Also, pricey because of the Tuscon gem & mineral show sucked every rental in the area.
On to texas. Rented again in San Marcos. You lose a couple hours when you pull in to go do the whole run down and rent a car thing, but I had to have one there. More $$$. Moved down to Corpus Christi. Got one. Had something wrong with the steering and had to swap it out. Ended up with a free upgrade to a Jeep liberty. A week later, I realized that, for all the $ I had spent in rental cars, it would be far FAR cheaper to make a car payment. Bought a Jeep Liberty and had it outfitted on the spot, in Corpus Christi.
Now, in a caravan situation where bus tours and other such transpo is available, I can see not towing. But Having a bird to secure, and such, I just find it personally too draining with my other physical issues to pack up just to drive for an afternoon and then unpack. I can never get quite comfortable in camp when I'm never able to put out the mats, furntire, have stuff 'out'. And I'm always hooking and unhooking and blah blah blah. It's way more work for me (and with MS, believe me, I am KEENLY AWARE of how much work is how much work) to have to hook and unhook and put away and unput away, then it is to take the 5 minutes to pop a few pins and run a few gears, tuck the tow bar and drive away.
In the long run it's cheaper too. My jeep gets way better mileage. And I get a break from the bird if he's not happy with the itinerary. He can tell it to someone else while I'm off
I stay an average of 3 weeks each place, sometimes not so long, sometimes longer, depending on how much exploring needs to be done...and I have a higher requirement for 'down days' than most...rest days... so that renting under that set of circumstances is untenable, financially.
And it does become a bother to have to go get the car, and turn it in, and check it out, and who knows what smells...ugh!
For me, I'll nearly always tow unless there's an extremely compellign reason not to. If I go back to Alaska, I WILL tow. Period end of story.
Maybe it's different in a BF2 but this is a 26' and if we were talking the 32, I'd be even more inclined. It's not hard to tow...I'm a woman alone and I do not find it onerous to hook up and unhook by myself.
Hope this helps.
Trisha
