Buying a family caravan is a unique purchase; one that if you choose wisely will bring you years of fantastic touring and great memories.

The Practical Caravan Awards 2025 are here to help, as our expert judging panel have used our collective years of experience within the industry to pick out the best caravan for families.

The best caravans provide space and comfort for all occupants, so everyone can enjoy their tour. This will be particularly important in a family tourer, with the practicalities of day-to-day life catered for.

Highly commended at the Practical Caravan Awards 2025:
Elddis Avanté 840
• Price: £32,499
• Berths: 6
• MTPLM: 1748kg
• MIRO: 1568kg
• Payload: 180kg
• Shipping length: 8.19m
• Width: 2.44m
Reason for buying:
• Great family layout, plenty of room for everyone

The 8ft-wide Avante has always proved a popular recommendation for a family caravan. That’s not just because it has clearly defined areas for different family members – a corner bed for mum and dad at the back, a large side dinette that makes into a double for two kids, and then two parallel settees in the front lounge that can be single beds for more privacy-minded children or can be made into a double with slats.

It’s also because that double dinette is situated bang slap next to the kitchen, and so makes a perfect place for a family meal, while still leaving the front lounge free for adults or those not eating to relax in.
The kitchen has good workspace, and although you only get a corner washroom, it should be large enough for two family members to be in at one time.

This season the whole Avante range has been given an upgrade, with a new exterior shape to bring them into line with the much more upmarket Crusader range. So your family caravan really won’t show anything that smacks of being budget.

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