| Trailer tents have significant advantages over ordinary | | | | you along for the ride. That is why you need a special |
| tents because they are packed away in a small trailer | | | | trailer that specially fitted to haul a tent along with other |
| and taken wherever you want to go attached to the | | | | camping materials. |
| back of your car. Trailer tents are best described as a | | | | When you're ready to camp, you just unfold the tent |
| cross between a tent and a caravan and, | | | | from its position where it was stashed away and laid |
| consequently, their real advantages are twofold. Firstly, | | | | securely inside the trailer and set it up atop the trailer |
| they offer a very significant increase in home | | | | so that people can actually camp out in the trailer with |
| comforts over a traditional tent and, secondly, they | | | | the tent covering them. This is why trailer tents are |
| offer hugely increased storage space both inside the | | | | often described as folding campers. The trailer itself |
| tent as well as in transit. | | | | forms a solid base for the tent and offers fixed beds |
| In transit you can even store excess camping or gear | | | | based on the trailer too. |
| on top of the trailer and have a complete camping | | | | As opposed to a campervan, this leaves your car |
| set-up as opposed to having a single tent that you | | | | available to drive around while the tent was set up like |
| have to carry around in the back of your car, boot or | | | | this. |
| even on the backseat! | | | | Some accessories for trailer tents that can be |
| A trailer tent is really two items in one with a trailer that | | | | attached to the trailer include cooler racks, water |
| comes bundled with a tent. The tent fits away snugly | | | | racks, kitchenette tops, half bed extensions, storage |
| in the bottom of the trailer, and then you can use the | | | | covers, spare tyres with mounts, aluminum ramps, |
| top of the trailer to haul a lot more equipment. This also | | | | propane racks, boat bars, small awnings, large awnings, |
| leaves the boot of your car and perhaps also your | | | | lantern posts, jumping jack tent carpets, safety bars, |
| roof rack for additional storage. | | | | and tables. These accessories really make a trailer |
| This in itself is a significant advantage because no one | | | | tent the option to go with. All of these parts can be |
| ever goes camping with just a tent. There is usually so | | | | attached to your trailer tent, and they can increase its |
| much other gear with a camping trip that you need a | | | | usefulness, utility, and comfort dramatically. |
| trailer to haul it all. It is like taking a separate house with | | | | |