In 1901, the first dedicated caravanning club was established. īy the turn of the century, caravanning for leisure had become an increasingly popular activity. This moved the Duke of Newcastle to commission his own caravan, The Bohemian. He travelled around the British countryside in it and later wrote a book documenting his travels in 1885 called The Gentleman Gypsy. It was an 18-foot (5.5 m) design, based upon their Bible Wagons, used by travelling preachers in America's Wild West. William Gordon Stables, a popular author of teenage adventure fiction, who ordered a "gentleman's caravan". The world's first leisure trailer was built by the Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works in 1880 for Dr. Samuel White Baker purchased an actual Gypsy caravan in Britain and shipped it to Cyprus for his tour in 1879. In Europe, the origins of travel trailers and caravanning can be traced back to the travelling Romani people, and showmen who spent most of their lives in horse-drawn caravans. Travel trailers are used principally in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Construction of the solid-wall trailers can be made of metal or fiberglass. However, in some countries campers are restricted to designated sites for which fees are payable.Ĭaravans vary from basic models which may be little more than a tent on wheels to those containing several rooms with all the furniture and furnishings and equipment of a home. It provides the means for people to have their own home on a journey or a vacation, without relying on a motel or hotel, and enables them to stay in places where none is available. A caravan, travel trailer, camper, tourer or camper trailer is a trailer towed behind a road vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a tent (although there are fold-down trailer tents).
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