Honda Odyssey EX-L or Touring: which trim fits Egg Harbor Township families?

Choose the Honda Odyssey EX-L if your family wants the Odyssey’s core comfort and safety at the lower price. Choose the Touring if your family takes long drives and wants the rear-seat entertainment, CabinWatch and built-in navigation. Boardwalk Honda in Egg Harbor Township sells both.

Both trims share the same 280 hp V6, 10-speed automatic and 8-seat layout. The differences come down to rear-seat entertainment, navigation and price.

Keep reading below, then schedule a test drive in Egg Harbor Township. Bringing your own numbers to the lot settles this faster than any spec sheet.

Choose the Honda Odyssey EX-L for daily driving, the Touring for road trips

The EX-L suits a family whose driving is mostly close to home. The Touring suits a family that takes the van on longer trips, because its 12.8-inch rear entertainment screen, CabinWatch rear seat monitor and Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation come standard on the Touring (Honda Odyssey Features & Specs, 2026).

Daily driving favors the EX-L. It has the same 280 hp V6, eight seats and Honda Sensing driver-assistive features as the Touring, at a lower starting price. For school runs, errands and the commute, those are the features a family uses most.

Road trips favor the Touring. The rear screen gives second- and third-row passengers their own display, and CabinWatch lets the driver check on the back seats. Navigation with voice recognition and HD Digital Traffic plans the route.

Test drives can be reserved online or by phone at Boardwalk Honda, so you can try the trims on the road before you decide.

What does the Honda Odyssey Touring add over the EX-L?

The Touring adds the rear screen, navigation and monitor covered above, plus a set of extras the EX-L does not list as standard. Honda’s feature guide includes multi-zone audio, an HDMI interface, a Wi-Fi hotspot capability and integrated sunshades for the second and third rows (Honda Motor Co., 2026).

Charging gets an upgrade too. The Touring has 3.0-amp USB-C ports at the front console, in the second row and in the third row, plus a 2.5-amp USB-A port in the center console. It also adds a 115-volt, 150-watt power outlet at the front.

The Touring rolls on 19-inch silver-painted alloy wheels (Honda Info Center, 2026). The EX-L comes with 18-inch machine-finished alloys (Honda Odyssey Features & Specs, 2026).

What do the Honda Odyssey EX-L and Touring have in common?

Both trims run the same 280 hp, 3.5-liter V6 with a 10-speed automatic transmission, and both seat eight (Honda Odyssey Features & Specs, 2026).

Magic Slide second-row seats with armrests and a walk-in feature are standard on both trims. Honda Sensing driver-assistive features are standard on both as well (Honda Odyssey Features & Specs, 2026).

CabinTalk comes on every trim (Honda, 2026). The warranty is the same across the Odyssey line: 3 years or 36,000 miles basic, 5 years or 60,000 miles powertrain, and 5 years with no mileage limit for corrosion (Honda, 2026).

Because the engine, seating, safety basics and warranty match, the trim choice comes down to comfort and entertainment extras.

How much more does the Honda Odyssey Touring cost than the EX-L?

The Touring starts higher than the EX-L on Honda’s own price list, and at that starting price it crosses a New Jersey surcharge line.

Honda lists the 2026 starting MSRP at $42,795 for the EX-L and $47,495 for the Touring (Honda Configurator, 2026). Both trims carry the same EPA rating, so fuel economy does not separate them.

New Jersey’s Luxury and Fuel-Inefficient Vehicle Surcharge adds a one-time 0.4% fee to new passenger cars with a sales price of at least $45,000 (New Jersey Division of Taxation, 2026). Hypothetically, a Touring sold at its $47,495 starting price would carry that fee, while an EX-L sold at its $42,795 starting price would not.

A family weighing the two trims is really weighing the rear-seat extras against that higher starting price and the fee.

What do Egg Harbor Township drive times mean for the Odyssey trim you pick?

The Touring’s rear entertainment and CabinWatch matter most on longer drives, so the drive times from Egg Harbor Township show how often a family would use them. Workers in Egg Harbor Township average 23.3 minutes travelling to work (U.S. Census Bureau, 2025).

Daily commutes sit on the EX-L side of the line. A 23.3-minute average is a short trip, and the EX-L’s core comfort and safety cover it.

Trips out of town are where the Touring’s screen earns its place. Travelmath puts the drive from Egg Harbor Township to Philadelphia International Airport at 1 hour, 2 minutes in typical traffic (Travelmath). The drive between New York City and Egg Harbor Township takes 2 hours, 4 minutes (Travelmath).

On each of those trips, the rear screen and CabinWatch get used for the whole drive, not just on the odd weekend.

Odyssey EX-L and Touring price, features and mpg in one table

The EX-L and Touring differ in starting price and rear-seat equipment, and they match on fuel economy and seating (Honda News, 2026).

The rear-seat screen is the main equipment difference. A family that uses it on trips is paying for something it will use, while a family that rarely travels far is paying for a feature it may not need.

When is the Honda Odyssey EX-L or Touring the wrong trim for a family?

The Touring is the wrong trim for a family whose budget stops below its $47,495 starting price.

If the rear screen, CabinWatch and navigation would go unused, the EX-L covers the core Odyssey for less. For a family that drives mostly close to home, the EX-L is the trim to start with at Boardwalk Honda.

A family that wants those extras but cannot reach the Touring’s starting price still has a clear path. Start with the EX-L, then compare the two trims in person.

FAQ

What other Honda Odyssey trims are there besides the EX-L and Touring?

The Odyssey also comes as the Sport and the Elite. Honda lists the Sport at a starting MSRP of $43,895 and the Elite at $51,695 for the 2026 model year.

Honda Odyssey or Honda Pilot: how do seating and cargo space differ?

The Odyssey seats 8, and the Pilot Sport (2WD) seats up to 8. The Odyssey EX-L offers 155.8 cubic feet of maximum cargo room, against 111.8 cubic feet in the Pilot Sport (2WD) (Honda, 2026). Third-row legroom is 38.1 inches in the Odyssey EX-L and 32.5 inches in the Pilot Sport (2WD).

How much can a Honda Odyssey tow?

Honda rates the 2026 Odyssey at a maximum towing capacity of 3,500 pounds. That figure is the same for the EX-L, Sport, Touring and Elite, so the trim does not change what the van can pull. Check the total weight of the trailer and its load against that limit before you hitch up.

How many car seats fit in a Honda Odyssey?

The Odyssey has 8 seats, and LATCH-compatible child seats can be installed in each second- and third-row seat except the third-row center (Honda Odyssey Owner’s Manual, 2026). The owner’s manual warns never to attach two child seats to the same anchor, because in a collision one anchor may not hold two.

What safety ratings has the Honda Odyssey earned?

The 2026 Honda Odyssey carries a 5 out of 5 star NHTSA overall rating (Edmunds, 2026). Edmunds lists its IIHS small overlap front passenger-side test as Good, and its updated moderate overlap front test as Poor (Edmunds, 2026).

Start your Odyssey shopping at Boardwalk Honda in Egg Harbor Township

Boardwalk Honda, at 6807 Tilton Rd in Egg Harbor Township, sells new Honda, including the Odyssey, Ridgeline, CR-V, Accord, Prologue, Civic, HR-V, Pilot, Passport and Prelude. Our Google record stands at 4.7 stars across 4,565 reviews, and 88 in 100 of those reviews are five-star.

Customers describe the buying process in their own words. In a September 2026 Google review, Sarah wrote: “Zehra is the BEST salesperson!! She was so professional, personable, communicative, and incredibly helpful throughout the entire process. She made everything feel easy and stress-free, and I truly couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Hopefully I won’t have to be back for a while 😂, but if I, or anyone I know, is ever looking for a new vehicle, I know exactly who I’ll be sending them to! I highly recommend Zehra to anyone looking for someone who will make the entire car-buying process as smooth and enjoyable as possible!” That review describes the salesperson and the pace of the process.

To start, you can fill out a secure finance application online, or place a custom factory order for a new Honda with us. Then visit Boardwalk Honda at 6807 Tilton Rd in Egg Harbor Township with your trim choice in mind.

Boardwalk Honda answers this question against the specific vehicle in front of you rather than the model in general. Value your trade and get pre-approved online, then see us at our Egg Harbor Township showroom, or call 609-428-4400.

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