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Inside the Airstream: Where Does Everyone Sleep?

We had an Instagram follower ask us to detail where everyone sleeps in our 27FB International Airstream. I am more than happy to oblige. After we picked up the Airstream back in September 2013, we spent 8 days on the return trip from llinois back to Virginia. I’m pretty sure in those 8 days we…

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  • frantasticvoyage

    This is awesome. Thanks for sharing this.ReplyCancel

  • I always find it interesting to see how a family makes it work in a small space. Giving up the bed with all those windows would be really hard for me! It might be worth it for the midnight ice cream though 🙂ReplyCancel

    • Jess

      Midnight ice cream is worth quite a lot!ReplyCancel

  • Hmmm… Never expected this configuration. We have two kids, and we really like the new flying cloud 30 foot with bunks. The bunk area has a curtain to close off the kiddos so the master bed can still have access to the ice cream in the middle of the night! What year is y’all’s trailer?ReplyCancel

    • Jess

      Lane-
      Ours is a 2008. We looked at the bunk model, but you’d have to give up the panorama windows around the dinette and we just couldn’t do it. Backing in to a site and watching the sunrise is definitely one of our favorite features!ReplyCancel

      • That is the one thing that I don’t like about the bunk, the lack of windows. Why can’t we have the best of both worlds?ReplyCancel

        • Jess

          Exactly!! Our other problem with the bunk model is that there just aren’t many used ones out there so we’d have to buy new. We just couldn’t afford it. We are playing around with the idea of installing our own bunks (taking out the queen) or just putting in a U-shaped bed config for the 3 kids and leaving us out on the gaucho. Still going over our options. We know we don’t want to keep Cara on the floor indefinitely!ReplyCancel

  • Did you guys build your gaucho yourselves as an addition to your airstream?ReplyCancel

    • Jess

      The gaucho came built into the model. Not sure which ones it comes standard in, but we helped Calypso learn after 2 years in hers that she had one too. 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Christie Scott

    I was wondering this! So glad you posted about it thank you!ReplyCancel

  • Michael Gravel

    Follow you guys on Instagram and stumbled upon this with a search for “how to sleep 5 in an airstream”. We are a family of five thinking of hitting the road full time starting this Summer, we currently have the same Airstream as you (@michaelgravel on instagram – pardon the few posts). When we head out we put the dinette down and pull out the bed and each twin sleeps there (10 yr olds) the 5 year old sleeps in the FB with us but thats gonna change she is crazy jumping bean in there. Exploring all kinds of ways on where to put her, one idea is to sew a canvas cot that can hang from the cabinets above the dinette and attach somewhere on the AS wall on the other side. She only weighs 35 lbs now. Her sisters suggested just putting her in the cabinet above the FB.ReplyCancel

  • Just bought airstream flying cloud 25…and we would love to k
    Learn more about how to travel safely….we can’t even figure out the fusion placenta
    Ment to make the couch into a bed????

    Love to hear about your adventures!
    Sincerely
    Rick and GayleReplyCancel

    • Jess

      Congrats! We’d be happy to answer any questions you have. When we first started we also found the “Newbie’s Guide to Airstreaming” very helpful! http://amzn.to/28TkenJReplyCancel

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