You're never too young for a caravan, if you've ever spent a night in a tent, then a night in a caravan... You'd be a complete and utter liar to say you prefer the tent.
From an early age I've always had a van to sleep in at beaches, shows etc But in the last couple of years me and a couple of mates have got hold of a 16ft Silhouhette... She's a beauty, end kitchen. Ahem. Basically if I free camp it's a bivvy and a fire, anything else it's a van of some kind.
F**k the haters. They can get wet and wild, I like it caravan stylin' ;D
(to make amends for this blatant caravan love, I'd just like to state I was part of a team who broke the caravan speed towing record a number of years ago. We dragged that sucker kicking and screaming up to 128mph)