If you’re all about ease when it comes to camping, like many people are, then the French bed layout could be one of the best options for you. This is a fixed bed option, usually at one end of your van, laid lengthways against the wall. It is often placed on the other side to a washroom, making one end of your van look pretty much like an en-suite bedroom, with your living space at the other end of the van.
There are obvious plus points to this – the main one being that you have a beautiful, private sleeping area near your washroom, that doesn’t require any effort to be set up on a daily basis. This means that you can simply focus on enjoying your camping break without thinking about the work that will face you each evening after an enjoyable day.
However, not everyone can put up with the fact that these beds take up so much space all the time. If your van space is limited, you may not want this – and, typically, vans that come with this layout pre-installed tend to be more expensive than other options, as they need to be quite a bit bigger to accommodate the various spaces within the van, meaning that you might decide that despite the convenience, it isn’t quite what you were hoping for when you weigh up the pros and cons.