Best Luxury Travel Trailers
Best Luxury Travel Trailers – Today’s caravans are nothing like the one that may have been parked in your family’s driveway when you were younger.
Not only do they look good, but they’re also designed and engineered to deliver all the creature comforts of home.
Advances in both technology and material also mean we’ve reached the point where there’s a trailer for practically every kind of camper, regardless of what vehicle they drive (even if it’s a compact SUV).
Before picking yours, you’ll need to identify what type best fits your needs.
If you’re in the market for a luxury travel trailer, there are three main options to consider:
Best Luxury Travel Trailers – Types of Travel Trailers
Classic Travel Trailer
The classic travel trailer has been the go-to pick for adventurers and families for decades for a reason.
Stretching anywhere from 20 to 30 feet in length, these vehicles cram in everything you need while you’re away from home, including a bedroom, kitchenette, dining area that can be converted into another sleeping area, and a bathroom.
You will need a full-size SUV or heavy-duty truck for towing and a power source once you get to your destination—although solar-assisted power systems may allow for temporary off-the-grid operation—but if you can find both, you’re ready to camp in comfort.
Pros: Comes equipped with everything you need, and can sleep a large group of people
Cons: You’ll need something to tow it and keep it running.
Fifth Wheel
The Fifth Wheel is like a standard trailer, only bigger and better.
These mammoth vehicles can stretch up to 45 feet in length and have a hitch that mounts onto the center of the bed of the towing vehicle (which makes for a smoother and more comfortable ride).
All that space is put to good use, too. Your average fifth wheel is likely to include a full-size kitchen, a full-size dining and entertainment area, a full-size bedroom or two, and a full-size bathroom.
What more could you need on a camping trip, aside from a power source to keep everything running?
Pros: So well-stocked that they are basically smooth-riding homes on wheels.
Cons: You’ll need something really big to tow it, and off-the-grid functionality will be limited at best.
Best Luxury Travel Trailers – Micro Trailer
As the name implies, micro trailers are just like standard travel trailers, only smaller.
Much smaller, in fact, with few measuring more than 14 feet end to end.
The pint-size footprint (and low curb weight) of these caravans means that they’re usually only large enough to sleep two adults, and some key features, like a kitchenette or bathroom, are either done away with completely or moved to the outside of the vehicle.
What they lack in features, they more than make up for in convenience.
Not only are micro campers easier to maneuver and park, but they can even be towed by smaller vehicles like a crossover or even an EV.
Pros: Easier to maneuver than larger caravans and can be towed by a greater range of vehicles.
Cons: Can rarely sleep more than two adults and may lack features that some consider vital.
Best Luxury Travel Trailers – LivingVehicle HD30
To get a good understanding of how far travel trailers have come over the decades, all you need to do is look at the Living Vehicle lineup. The Santa Barbara-based company’s boxy trailers are basically luxe apartments you can take on the road.
Our current favorite is the HD30 (the smaller HD24 is also worth your time), which comes with all the amenities you could need at the campground—and then some.
The model’s fourth generation, which starts at $399,995, measures 30 feet end-to-end, more than enough for a giant bedroom, kitchen, entertainment area that can be converted into a guest room, and a bathroom with a full-size shower.
The main sleeping area is so big that it has room for a king-size bed and a combination washer/dryer. If that wasn’t enough, the top-of-the-line Pro variant, which starts at $442,375, has a solar-assisted power system that can keep the whole trailer running for more than a month off the grid.
Bowlus Endless Highways Performance Edition
It may not be the most famous shiny caravan maker—that would be Airstream—but Bowlus is the company that gave us the first riveted travel trailer.
The company, which was revived in 2014, knows not to mess with a good thing, so its well-regarded trailers, the Endless Highways Performance Edition—look just like those it produced in the 1930s, only bigger and with better materials (think: alclad aluminum for the exterior and birchwood for the interior).
Despite its classic look, the $225,000 trailer has all the conveniences you expect in 2022, including heat and air-conditioning systems, a WiFi modem and plenty of outlets for charging all your smart devices.
Best of all, though, might be a lithium iron phosphate that gives you the ability to live off the grid for two peaceful weeks.
If you’re an animal lover, there’s also the Terra Firma, which features a bunch of Fido-friendly features like a built-in food bowl, pet bed and remote temperature control system.
Airstream Globetrotter
One brand leaps to mind when most of us think about travel trailers—Airstream. Its iconic aluminum-sided caravans have been instrumental in popularizing road trips and camping in the US for decades.
One need only look at the company’s Globetrotter model to see why: In addition to looking beautiful, the silver-covered caravan is packed with creature comforts to keep you traveling comfortably.
It’s not the brand’s largest model—that would be the flagship Classic—but it’s available with one of six different floor plans, each of which has room for a spacious entertainment area (that can sleep up to four adults).
Inside you’ll find a full-featured kitchen, half-bathroom, shower and sizable bedroom with either a queen-sized bed or two twins.
As you would expect from Airstream, the amenities are top-rate, too, like Franke faucets in the kitchen and bathroom, stainless steel appliances, Quietstream climate control system and multiple LG LED TVs.
The Globetrotter starts at $120,000.
If it doesn’t fit the bill, the brand has plenty of other models to choose from, including collaboration editions like the extra-homey Pottery Barn Edition or their ultra-rare Supreme edition.
Best Luxury Travel Trailers – AC Future AI-THt
AC Future’s debut model, the AI-THt, isn’t so much a trailer as it is a Transformer on wheels.
The futuristic caravan, which will start at $158,000 when it goes on sale later this year, features two slide-out sections, in the front and rear.
When fully expanded, the vehicle offers over 350 square feet of interior space, a truly incredible figure for an RV of any type.
All that room means the AI-THt has everything you could need to feel comfortable at the campground, including a spacious kitchen, dining area, bathroom, and main bedroom.
Add in AI-powered smart features, multi-zone high-capacity HVAC, and a solar-assisted power system that can charge the towing vehicle, and it’s little wonder this is one of the most exciting trailers in years.
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