Go Camping in Style with a Trailer Tent

March 1, 2010 by anthony coburn  
Filed under Family Camping Tents

While campers and RV’s are often the item of choice for those who like to travel and camp out, trailer tents and their cousin, the folding tent, are gaining in use and popularity. While trailer tents and folding tents naturally are not as luxurious as many camper are nowadays, they do have their own unique advantages, the most obvious ones being that they are way cheaper to buy and way cheaper to maintain than campers and RV’s are.

You can find a number of good brands of trailer tents on the market today - Cabano, Sunncamp, and Trigano are pretty good brands, and there are others too. You can get either a small, medium sized or large trailer tent, depending on how many people you will be camping in it.

If you are looking to buy a cheap trailer tent, then checking the internet might be a good idea. You can find a number of sites that sell second hand trailer tents, which naturally cost a fair bit less than buying a new one would. The only disadvantage in this is that you are likely to get less of a selection; if you try to order one at peak camping seasons you could easily find that they are out of stock.

If you want something that is a bit fancier and grander than the trailer tent, then you can consider a folding tent. Like trailer tents, they come in small and large sizes and different medium sizes in between. However, the larger size folding tents offer drainage, sinks, electricity, heaters, and other useful amenities.

It goes without saying, however, that what you get will likely depend on how often you plan to actually go camping, how big or small your family is, how much of a budget you have to spend, as well as your particular likes and tastes. You should always check around a fair bit to make sure you are getting the best deal for the best price, before you buy either a trailer tent or folding camper.

One final thing on trailer tents and folding tents is that they are not anywhere near as hard to put up as most traditional tents are. Naturally, since there are different brands and different types of trailer tents and folding tents you would not set them up all the same way, but generally speaking, they are quite easy for anyone to set up and not only that, but they are made from stronger material than traditional tents (look for one that says it is made from Ten Cate). You do not have to worry about leaks if it rains with a trailer tent.

Roger camps regularly in a Trailer Tent and prefers Conway Trailer Tents for their ease of use and durability.