FAQs
Modern touring caravans are built to be a viable home away from home and, as such, come packed-full of many modern conveniences and features that make the touring experience a pleasant one.
While features naturally differ between models and manufacturers, there are many that tend to be staples of touring caravans. These include:
- Solar power: Touring caravans come equipped with solar panels to ensure a more reliable power supply both while on the go and stationary.
- High-capacity batteries: The range of touring caravans sold at Freestyle RVs use high-capacity batteries, such as 100Ah high-discharge, 200Ah high-discharge, and AGM deep-cycle batteries.
- Air conditioning: To ensure comfort while journeying Australia’s varied climates, touring caravans come equipped with reverse cycle air conditioners.
- Water: Extensive water storage is a notable feature for touring caravans, with many holding 100 to 200 (or more) litres of drinking water, as well as grey water tanks. They also tend to include gas or electric hot water systems for showers and other hot water needs.
- Other common features: These include installed refrigerators, entertainment solutions with the inclusion of TVs and/or Bluetooth sound systems, devoted seating and eating areas, and multiple beds suitable for families or groups.
Absolutely. Whether you’re embarking on a trip around Australia or you’re just looking to enjoy a one or two-day journey, touring caravans are designed for prolonged adventures. By design, they offer an exceptional degree of comfort and a home away from home.
With solar panels, large water tanks, long-lasting batteries, and a broad feature set of modern conveniences and comforts, a touring caravan is the perfect companion for your long-term journeying needs. If you need help deciding on the best touring caravan for your journey, get in touch.
While touring caravans are fantastic choices for long road trips, it’s important to note that they’re designed to be driven on traditional bitumen or concrete roads and well-maintained gravel roads. If you’re looking for an ideal RV for an offroad journey, caravans that are semi offroad or fully offroad are the far more preferable choice.
The good news is that there are plenty of semi offroad and offroad caravans that boast many of the modern comforts and conveniences that touring caravans do. So, if you’re looking to hit the back trails or rough terrain, you’ll certainly find an option that suits.
To take a closer look at the floorplans available for the range of touring caravans we sell at Freestyle RVs, you can navigate to individual manufacturing brands such as Great Aussie Caravans, select the model you’re interested in, and click ‘Explore’. From there, you’ll be able to view the various floorplans.
Alternatively, you can also download brochures from our website. You can find this option on almost any page of our website, situated in the expandable menu on the right-hand side of the screen (on desktop) or at the footer under ‘Resources’ on both desktop and mobile.
Yes, in general pop-top touring caravans are a suitable choice for families. A pop-top caravan features a roof that can be raised or lowered for greater vertical space and headroom.
With this design, the roof stays lowered while driving, which also provides greater aerodynamics than full-height roofs; and then the roof can be heightened when stationary so you have more space when relaxing at a campsite or RV park.
Ultimately, deciding on a pop-top touring caravan is a personal choice to consider based on what you and your family are comfortable with. Below is a list of some pros and cons to account for regarding a pop-top vs full-height caravan.
- Towing aerodynamics (pro): Given pop-top caravans have a roof that lowers for transit, you’ll typically experience better towing aerodynamics than with a full-height caravan.
- Parking/storage (pro): Pop-tops can be more garage-friendly as they’ll fit lower heights more than a full-height caravan.
- Setup time (con): Raising and lowering a pop-top roof takes time, whereas a full-height caravan is always ready to go as is.
- Internal space and storage (con): Given pop-tops sit lower than full-height caravan roofs when lowered, it limits internal space, especially cabinet and vertical storage space.
- Weight (pro): Given pop-top roofs are usually made of a material such as canvas, they result in a lighter weight caravan, which can improve manoeuvrability and fuel efficiency.
- Weather insulation (con): By the same token, given pop-top roofs are made with canvas-like materials, it does mean more heat can leak out and impact overall insulation from external weather conditions when stacked up against a full-height caravan.