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Hello all, I am new to the site and will soon be new to "camping".

We have just sold our static caravan and when the dosh comes through will be looking for a trailer tent.

 Any help or suggestions on what to look out for would be greatly appreciated. we are on a limited budget of about £2000.

Another quick question, what sort of storage do trailer tents have? will I need to stuff the car and roof box to get all our gear in or will most of it fit in the trailer? (we have 2 kids)

Thanks in advance

Thanks for the reply mzzy, I've been looking through the site reviews,I cant wait to get a TT and try it out

 ROLL ON SUMMER

Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 04/4/2010

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....Most of them are capable of holding all your gear.

Until you discover the "must have" piece of equipment and the need to coordinate everything. You then read on here of yet another piece of equipment and that is acquired.
Suddenly you are looking for a larger trailer or car or both.

Welcome to the world of the continually poor

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Hi

We went for a Cabanon trailer tent and have always thought it was a good choice. My mum calls it the portable bungalow!!!! It happily fits 2 adults 3 children and 2 dogs plus if it rains we usually end up with half the campsite children in watching a DVD!!

Happy searching

Alison

We have spotted a Raclet Marathon and are going to see it at the weekend, its about 3 years old and has only been used half a dozen times (according to the owner) its up for £800

Is there any way of telling the age? like a car vin plate or similar?

From what I can find out its rated as a pretty good one to buy, has anybody had or still got one of these? and are there any points to look out for before I buy?

I have already started making a mental list of all the things I just have to have

Go for a Dandy you can't beat them

Warm, Dry and easy theres a Dandy Destiny on ebay at the moment I have one and there the dogs, good luck

Quote: Originally posted by mzzy on 03/4/2010

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Most of them are capable of holding all your gear.

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Hohoho.....not in my experience. I've got a big trailer well with side boxes in my conway ie more storage than most and I still end up with the boot of the car full of kit. And I'm well known on here for being a bit of a minimalist, lol.