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Caravans are cheaper, no tax no MOT,cheap insurance often more spacious and easier to store.
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My sister and her husband had a quite lovely motorhome they bought new.
As said in earlier posts, it was seldom used, and residing in Germany, a set of winter tyres were required, not to mention the German regulations regarding such vehicles. I can't list what they were, only that they were over and above UK requirements. As with any second hand vehicle, they took quite a hit on the resale value. Lovely to tour about in though. |
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I grew up with using both a caravan and a camper van. Each have pros and cons.
As other have said the packing up to go out is a big draw back of a motorhome/camper van over a caravan but it does depend on how you will use it. Consider the sites you will stay on so you can decide on the facilities you need in your motorhome. How long will you stay in one place as the fridge size may be important A day out a the "beach", camper van wins. Staying on a site and walking/cycling/bus to and from the site, camper van wins. Going further afield from the site, caravan wins Cost, caravan wins speak to other owners at the supermarkets see what they have to say macafee2 |
As has been said, you see many motor homes towing small cars on A-frames. What’s the point? They are towing (so may as well have a caravan). They have a small car to use while away (why not use your comfortable tow-car?). Compromised living accommodation, unless huge (caravan is purpose built), VED for a possibly under-used vehicle (zero for caravan) and again as has been said, overall cost.
Oh, and I’m a disinterested party, I neither have nor particularly want either! |
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I have a caravan, I have always had one and I'm away in it right now. I like the fact that I can park it up on site and go off for the day in the car, which I can park in centres as normal. I could not do that with an equivalent sized motorhome, plus the constant packing everything up everytime I wanted to go anywhere. There is one on the site at the moment, with two adults, two teens, packing up, going out, unpacking when the get back.
I would consider a motorhome, but for constant touring - staying somewhere different each night and wild camping. They are perfect for that, much handier than a tug + caravan. |
As has been stated already there are pros and cons to owning both, we used to have a six berth caravan which suited us when the kids were younger but now its just the two of us we just book a site for a couple of nights and off we go as for packing things up it depends on what you need, most things are kept in their respective cupboards and drawers you can be ready to roll in ten minutes. If you do a bit of research on where to park its not to bad if you need to go shopping, our motorhome is 7.5 metres long I have parked in supermarket car parks you just need to make sure you park where you cant get trapped in. if you look on local council websites you can find out if they have motorhome friendly parking. If you look around you can find some highly specked motor homes for reasonable money. BUT you need to check for damp with a meter as this is a costly repair.
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