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Written by guest 21 May 2012 16 Comments

A while back, I confessed my love for cabin porn, a great way to virtually escape from the city. I’m also a a sucker for vintage campers and great scenery, and having your own camper makes glamping in style so much easier. Whether you’re a crafty travelette with the ability to pimp your own camper, just looking for inspiration or are a vinage fan – these 10 gorgeous campers are bound to make you wanna go camping right away!

1. Teardrop camper

Photo: Thomas J. Story for Sunset Magazine

With this camper it was love at first sight! The only problem is the lack of shower and bathroom opportunities.

2. Volkswagen Camper Van

Photo: David Naylor

The VW camper van is the classic choice for retro lovers, and has me dreaming of surfing holidays and chilling with your best friends. I’d love to rent one of these on my next surf trip to Portugal.

3. Pimped-out camper

Photo via Cottage Hill blog

If you cannot find or afford the camper of your dreams, what about pimping an old trailer? Cottage Hill shows you some great styles for your camper. And here is a guide to how to restore your own trailer.

4. Back to the beach camper

Photo: VintageTrailerCrazy.com

This 1968 Airstream Tradewind is another silver beauty for sale over at VintageTrailerCrazy, a dangerous dangerous site that makes me want to buy vintage trailers.

5. The opera mobile suite

This one is not technically a camper and it’s not vintage, but it’s so pretty that I’ll let it pass. It looks like the Sydney opera house on wheels. Find more info here.

6. Vintage cupcake trailer

Cupcakes, weddings and a vintage trailer – could it get any better? Enjoy cupcakes have found the perfect concept serving cupcakes at events out of their vintage Shasta trailer.

7. The coca-cola camper

Photo: VintageTrailerCrazy.com

If you’re a coca-cola fan, then I guess this is your dream trailer. In any case, this makes me want to put on red lip stick, high heels and drink coke from a glass bottle.

8. Vintage gypsy trailer

This beauty is for sale over at Ebay, the 1975 Shasta trailer has been made into a gypsy caravan store.

9. The perfectly colored trailer

Photo via Cote de Texas

I have no idea what type of trailer this is, but the color and shape are gorgeous. If you happen to know the name of this model, shout it out!

10. Shasta mini trailer

Photo via blondegotblues

This is so cute! It is like a baby-trailer.

This is it for our trailer love. If you have any favorites to share, let us know in the comments.

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Kathrine Opshaug Bakke, editor at Travelettes from 2009 to 2013, wrote this post. Originating from Norway, she has been living in Berlin, Lisbon, and Stockholm the past 6 years.

She loves cities with imperfect facades, photography, traveling by bike, vintage hunting, and everything that comes with cheese. Follow her visual diary at anchoredpaperplane.com.

Tags: camping, glamping, trailer

16 Comments »

Vi@Travel Tips said:

The first one is very quite, but it is not very practical in rainy time. Except you don’t mind to go straight to the bed with all your wet and dirty shoes and clothes.

# 21 May 2012 at 2:09 pm

kathrine said:

True, but it is incredibly cute – and I guess you could travel to a camp site with those facilities if it’s rainy.

# 22 May 2012 at 3:32 am

Erin said:

Re: #9 – I’m pretty sure that’s a Boler trailer.

# 24 May 2012 at 5:12 am

kathrine said:

Thanks Erin!

# 30 May 2012 at 9:00 am

Susan said:

I am pretty certain that #9 is a Boler travel trailer.

# 5 June 2012 at 7:33 pm

Susan said:

Oops, failed to read the previous comments before posting mine

# 5 June 2012 at 7:35 pm

Julia said:

What about those bicycle camping trailer? I always wanted to build one of those myself. Just imagine combing biking, travelling and camping. It is a dream come true.

# 19 June 2012 at 2:28 pm

kathrine said:

@julia, yes – those are gorgeous! katja actually wrote a post about the camper biker a while back. have a look at it here: http://www.travelettes.net/the-camper-bike/

# 20 June 2012 at 5:33 am

LediaJ - Healthy Beauty said:

They’re all so cute!! <3

# 26 June 2012 at 1:37 pm

KimB said:

The Blue green camper looks like a scamp. Very cute!

# 26 July 2012 at 9:07 am

Scott said:

You should check out the Compact Camping Concepts Explorer Box and Dinoot trailers. Both are compact, budget friendly DIY camping trailers

# 1 August 2012 at 2:10 pm

adamr said:

just got home from a 4000 mile road trip, and the only vehicles we saw broken down by the side of the road were VW campers. don’t let the cute looks deceive you: they are expensive to maintain and will never be reliable enough that you can leave your tools at home. A vintage trailer is a far better idea! The Opera camper is fantastic – thank you for posting it! happy travels – A

# 6 August 2012 at 5:35 pm

Nspdx said:

Thanks for the great pix! adamr, while it is true that old VW busses are not the most dependable, I had a 1978 Westfalia for 11 years and took many 4000 mile road trips! It is true that I more than a few times had unplanned adventures due to the old Bus, but I met lots of great folks and had some of the best adventures of my life thanks to that old girl breaking down. Seriously. But alas, I sold her this spring because I have a baby now and want to keep the family safe. I am in the process of repairing a 1968 KIT lo-liner travel trailer. Looking forward to the new experiences of the travel trailer life!

# 13 September 2012 at 8:45 pm

Gerry said:

Just to confirm, Number 9 is definitely a Boler made in Earlton Ontario Canada. I was one of the people who worked there at the time. They are hard to miss.

Gerry

# 11 March 2013 at 1:53 pm