Caravan, Camping & Motorhome Show 2016 Highlights

This is the first time we’ve managed to get down to the NEC for the Caravan, Camping & Motorohome show, and we weren’t disappointed. Read on to see some of our highlights from the 2016 show.

Occupying a colossal 5 halls of the NEC, it’s a dream day out for anyone who is remotely interested in camping or caravanning. We thoroughly enjoyed our day out, and found a never ending number of things to drool over.

Fabulous Ready Camp safari tent holidays

The glamping village was lovely, featuring tents from our friends at FieldCandy and Ready Camp, as well as Lotus Belle Tents and impressive ensuite glamping pods from Wigwam Holidays.

Outside the 5m Lotus Belle

Inside the 5m Lotus Bell

The round windows in the Lotus Belle

Ensuite Glamping Pod from Wigwam Holidays

There was an excellent range of tents on display from well known manufacturers like Vango, Outwell, Coleman and Kampa.

Inside the Kampa Hayling 4 Air

The 2016 award winning Outwell Montana 6SA

There were also a great selection of tents from PJ Outdoors from brands I’d not come across before, including Zempire, Westfield Outdoors and Outdoor Revolution.

The Impressive Zempire Aerodome tent

Inside the Zempire Aerodome

Internal structure of the Zempire Aerodome

We liked the Zempire range of tents a lot

The majority of tents we looked at were air beam style tents as the trend for inflatable tents continues; and there were quite a few polycotton tents on display too, like this Outwell Harrier 6 SATC.

The new Polycotton Outwell Harrier 6 Smart Air

External features of the Outwell Harrier 6

Sturdy inflatable beam structure

Polycotton tents like this are increasing in popularity

Internal design features

Two new Outwell Smart Air Polycotton tents, the Harrier 6 is on the right

The sheer variety of caravans and motorhomes on show was impressive, and since last staying in a trailer tent in the early 90’s, it was fantastic to see just how far they have come in terms of design and comfort.

Holtkamper Tent Trailer

The Mini Silver 290 Micro Caravan

Inside the Mini Silver 290

It was a great day out, with loads to do for all the family; we particularly liked the acorn shy and the incredible world record breaking, Lego caravan built for last years’ Motorohome & Caravan Show.

Gorgeous retro VW Campervans for hire

There were show only offers to be had, particularly on the tents and camping accessories we looked at, and I had to drag myself away before buying yet more camping gear.

Colman camping lantern

Coleman Bungee camp chairs

Deluxe Kampa kitchen unit

Coleman Kickback Camp Chair

Gorgeous Bamboo topped camp table from Outwell

Corner camp unit

Outwell hanging tent light

We loved the quirky design of the Coleman Fastpitch Air Valdes 4, which features something we’ve not seen in a tent before; an actual opening door. We particularly liked the introduction by some tent manufacturers (including Coleman), of extreme black-out sleeping areas.

Blackout bedrooms inside some new Coleman tents

New Coleman FastPitch Air Valdez 4 tent

The tents on show, were mainly medium to large tents, aimed at family buyers and weekend campers wanting space. I’ve been to tent shows before, and have never seen such a big variety.

If you are planning to buy your first family tent or wanting to upgrade, the show is a great place to see loads of model in once place. Likewise, though we’ve not featured many, for caravan and motorhome buyers, the show offers the opportunity to see an exceptional range.