Winnebago Travato at One Year - the Good, the Bad, . . the Mostly Good. ~ Westbrook RV Travel Log

We concluded our latest trip and pulled into the driveway yesterday, exactly one year after we departed on our first adventure in our Winnebago Travato 2022KL. We call it the Bebopabago, as it has enabled our dog Bebop to travel with us. The data below is updated often on this website: https://enerjazz.com/travato

The Good
We like a lot of things about the van. It handles and drives well. All the major systems worked fine for our trips. We don't carry a spare tire, but didn't have a flat in year one. We like the layout and flexibility of the van. Also, we like how quick it is to park and be camping - and how quick it is to be ready to drive away again. The battery system is great - it's quiet and lasts us for days - and charges quickly with just an hour or so of driving. And we love the places it has taken us.

The Bad
The dealership experience has been bad (McClain's RV in Denton, TX). The purchasing process wasn't bad, but the pickup (twice rescheduled - once when we were 80% of the way there) did not go well. A Volta issue then delayed our pickup by over a month. I had to intervene with Volta - they were great. And when we've returned to the dealership for warranty service, it's been painful. Nice people, but they are overloaded and don't seem to have good processes in place. Winnebago direct has been good to deal with. When I asked them if there were any other authorized service centers near me, they said they were hearing issues with almost every dealership. Corporate needs to address this somehow.

We had a long list of warranty issues, and they eventually were all addressed. It took way too much effort on my part to get them completed.

Modifications
We've done a few modifications to the vehicle. Most of them are listed here: https://westbrooktravel.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-mod-squad-modifications.html

Travel
In year one, we took 4 major trips:

			106	14,645		889	$ 3,241
Trip	Depart	Return	Days	Miles	MPG	Gas	Gas$
Glacier NP Loop	7/17/21	8/22/21	36	5,337	16.2	328	$ 1,115
New Orleans Loop	12/1/21	12/14/21	13	1,830	17.2	109	$ 302
Southwest Winter	2/11/22	3/16/22	34	4,711	16.9	284	$ 1,093
CO/NM Summer	6/25/22	7/17/22	23	2,767	17.4	168	$ 731

Here are three trip summary blogs:
Glacier NP - https://westbrooktravel.blogspot.com/2021/08/trip-end-summary.html
Southwest Winter - https://westbrooktravel.blogspot.com/2022/03/winter-trip-wrap-up-data-and-summary.html
Summer CO/NM - https://westbrooktravel.blogspot.com/2022/07/summer-heat-escape-trip-summary.html

Here is our gas mileage chart. The vehicle display is optimistic by about 0.9 MPG. I've listed our actual calculated MPG below.

MPG chart

Gas Prices and Amount Paid

We've both driving hybrids and plug in hybrids since 2004, so we charted our gas saved over the years and compared it to how much we spent on gas in the Travato.