New Age travelers are persons who often espouse
New Age and
hippie beliefs, and travel between
music festivals and fairs, in order to live in a community with others who hold similar beliefs. Their transport and homes consist of vans, lorries, buses, cars, and caravans converted into
mobile homes. They also make use of improvised
bender tents,
tipis and
yurts. "New Age" travelers largely originated in 1980s and early 1990s Britain. , a small number continue to travel in the country, and cultural groupings with similar composition have also manifested themselves in other countries, such as
New Zealand.