We got a crossover a few years ago and it was a traverse. While it was nice, there was little trunk space. Everyone’s backpacks had to stay at their feet on the drive to my sisters and thankfully our luggage was carry on size/overhead compartment otherwise it wouldn’t fit back there. There were 6 of us-my mom, DH, myself and our 3 kids. They upgraded us from a 7 seater mini van since all the ones they showed us smelled like smoke. I didn’t consider it an upgrade when there were 7 of us going to the beach with 7 chairs, cooler, boogie boards, etc...
Last April, we again rented the 7 seater van, DH forgot to click skip the counter so we went in and happy people we were said sure let’s upgrade to an 8 seater van for $100 more. Well there weren’t any so they upgraded us for free and brought out a Ford Explorer, I think, it seared 8. The lady in the garage tried to argue with me when I said there was no trunk space and said “you can put the seat down”. Well let’s see, there will be 7 of us going to th beach, a few days 8 and if I put the seat down we all won’t fit. So they upgraded us even more to a Yukon xl...so we just rented that for this April. We loved all the room! Especially not having to stuff all the chairs in the back.