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J&D, I can only speak for what works for us. When we first started fulltiming, three days was a fairly long time in one place and a week was a very long time. We were in that excited stage where we tried to see everything as quickly as possible. I call that "vacation mode."
Then we stayed one place for a month. And found we like it. We had time to see all the usual tourist sites. We had time to see a lot of places in the area most tourist didn't know exist. We had time to relax and be retired as well as to do laundry, cleaning, maintenance, etc. We had time to just point the truck in a direction and go explore. We had time to truly experience an area, not just see it. And we found we love this way of getting to know this country.
However, there are places where a month would be too long. We try to plan the length of our stay according to what we find out about an area. Sometimes we'll decide to extend our stay. In Gatlinburg, TN, next to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, we stayed a month, then extended for two weeks. The rv park owner was willing to give us two weeks for half the monthly rate since we'd already been there for a month. And you know what, we want to go back there for more.
And, to top it off, the monthly rate is generally a major cost savings. It varies from park to park but I think for us the monthly rate averages out to about 2 1/2 weeks of the weekly rate. Sometiems less, sometimes more.
This is just what works for us. No guarantees it would work for anyone else. If you had told me four years ago we'd be staying a month in many places I would have laughed at you.
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