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When my wife and I started dating my In-laws had a travel trailer and I thought it was not really camping as I had always done tents as a scout. That was until the time at 2 o'clock in the morning when the storm had blown through the campground and all of the tent campers were packing up blown-down wet tents and gear, and I was laying in the bunk nice and dry. I decided 'Hey, maybe this really IS camping!!' LOL

The lightweight fiberglass small trailers may be a good option. There are also some good fiberglass top pop-ups that are pretty solid. Just make sure your minivan tow rating is not exceeded.

And, I will tell you it starts with a pop-up and ends up with a motorhome. We went from a 19' trailer, to a 26' trailer, to a 29' trailer, then on to a motorhome with slide-outs and all the bells and whistles. We just sold that one and are travel-homeless, but will bet once I retire we will be back into it again.