Campers

Choosing between truck campers and pop up campers

Truck campers and pop up campers (also known as a car camper) make business travel easier and often less expensive. Size, price and features all factor into which campers work best for which businesses. Learn about the advantages of each model before choosing a camper or fleet of campers.

Whether you want a camper for a car, like a pop up camper, or a camper for a truck, commonly called a truck camper, a little research before you make your final choice helps you make the best selection for your business. Using the three questions below as a guide will get you started.

1. What kinds of new or used campers can you find?

2. Which campers fit your needs the best?

3. Where can you get new or used campers?

 

Look at available campers for sale

Before you can choose you should compare campers for price, size, and ease of transport and use. Don't worry right now about finding a camper close to your business; concern yourself instead with browsing the market for all new and used campers for sale. You can narrow your search by location and price later.
Try: RVTrader has listings for new and used campers across the United States. You can find used truck campers as well as used pop up campers; they also have a used RV Buyer's Guide. Sundown Online has an RV site that lists used campers and has a feature that lets you sort by size, so you can advance directly to pop up campers and truck campers by looking for the smallest size campers.

Test campers you think might fit your needs

Before making your decision, you have a responsibility to try out the merchandise. You don't want to buy a truck camper only to learn that your tallest employees travel better in a pop up camper.
Try: Rent a pop up camper before you buy. You can rent pop up campers at RVRentalsofAmerica.com. If you want a truck camper, you may not be able to rent one but you can find an RV show through LCMC. These shows let you explore the latest models.

Buy campers locally

Your Internet search for RVs and campers probably yielded campers for sale from Alaska to Key West, but now that you're prepared to buy you should probably make the purchase close to where you live and work.
Try: If you want to buy a new camper, Traveling USA breaks down dealers by state. For used RV campers, RVs.com lets you search by location, price, size and model.

 

• There aren't many places that let you rent truck campers, but don't let that dissuade you from buying one. It may seem brazen, but pay a visit to your local campground and talk to the people you see using truck campers. Most campers love to talk about their vehicle of choice and may even invite you in to take a look.

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