Camping with a tent trailer (known also as a pop-up) offers advantages that you cannot get from a tent, travel trailer, or RV. Flexible walls and big-screened windows provide an airy and open environment akin to a tent.
Tent Trailer Models and Towing
Built on wheels, the tent trailer has a solid off-the-ground floor and hard roof. There are also models like Aliner with hard but collapsible sides. Visit Coleman Trailers, Jayco, Inc. and also Starcraft Tent Trailers to compare models. Other manufacturers include Palomino, Viking and Dutchmen.
Towing most tent trailers requires a well-equipped truck or large SUV, but smaller versions can be towed by most family cars and vans.
Other Benefits of Pop-Ups: Amenities and Low Costs
Purchasing a tent trailer with installed electric brakes, an electric pump, a propane refrigerator is advisable. Renting a tent trailer for a short camping trip before you buy can help you decide what is best for you.
Insurance coverage for tent trailers is also less expensive than for other types of campers. A tent trailer's low profile and lightweight construction also provides good gas mileage.
Despite the amenities, camping with a tent trailer is still camping. Once at your campsite, you must assemble it, rain or shine, and fold it up before you leave. If you want more earthly comforts than a tent will provide, but you don’t want the cost and hassles of a travel trailer, tent trailers are a great way to go.
Tent Trailer Models and Towing
Built on wheels, the tent trailer has a solid off-the-ground floor and hard roof. There are also models like Aliner with hard but collapsible sides. Visit Coleman Trailers, Jayco, Inc. and also Starcraft Tent Trailers to compare models. Other manufacturers include Palomino, Viking and Dutchmen.
Towing most tent trailers requires a well-equipped truck or large SUV, but smaller versions can be towed by most family cars and vans.
Other Benefits of Pop-Ups: Amenities and Low Costs
Purchasing a tent trailer with installed electric brakes, an electric pump, a propane refrigerator is advisable. Renting a tent trailer for a short camping trip before you buy can help you decide what is best for you.
Insurance coverage for tent trailers is also less expensive than for other types of campers. A tent trailer's low profile and lightweight construction also provides good gas mileage.
Despite the amenities, camping with a tent trailer is still camping. Once at your campsite, you must assemble it, rain or shine, and fold it up before you leave. If you want more earthly comforts than a tent will provide, but you don’t want the cost and hassles of a travel trailer, tent trailers are a great way to go.
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