I don't know whether this will help you but we started off with a trailer tent. We loved it but there were still a lot of niggly things that we didn't love lol. Especially the setting up in pouring rain!
So we got a cheapy caravan to see if we'd like that more and we certainly did even though it didn't have a toilet or hot running water. So our next caravan was a 6 berth with hot running water and a toilet. We loved her.
I love the extra space that the awning gives us so we always put that up which can take a while but if it is pouring with rain we don't have to rush to get it up. And we could leave it until the next day if we wanted.
We store our 'van at home so we pack everything into it's place, though a lot of it is washed, aired and put back for next time, then when we get on site all we have to do is put the awning up and put away the heavy stuff.
It takes a few minutes to connect the ehu, put the waste water hog down, fill the aquaroll and turn on the gas. Our kids are old enough to really help out with this and putting the awning up so it doesn't take us a few minutes. But one person could do all of that (not the awning) on their own.
Dh does most of the towing but i can tow if he needs me to and its nowhere near as bad as you imagine.
If you were to get a caravan you could easily forego the awning. We managed with our 2nd caravan without the awning for 7 days. It's really a luxury item rather than a necessity. I store everything in the awning that i don't want in the 'van. And my son prefers to sleep out there. If you utilise all the storage in the 'van you can live without the awning.
hth
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Topic: Caravan?
