Caravans

[super-niall]

Originally Posted by Cyrus

Exactly, before you buy one just sit down with a pen and paper and work out how many days away you will get a year "A". Then work out how much the caravan will stand to loose in value over a year, plus the cost of insurance, plus the cost of any storage, plus the cost of site fees "B". then divide B by A and imagine what sort of a hotel you can get at that price per night.

For example

Nights away in a year: 25

loss of value on a caravan (usually 15% a year, 20 in the first): £3000

insurance: £500

Storage: £1000 (going off the cheap example in the post)

site fees: £25 per night (forgetting gas, electric, people) 25x25 = £625

so total cost is: £4630

divided by 25 = £185.20 per night.

Imagine what sort of a holiday you could have spending £185.20 a night? and non of them make you empty a barrel of your own shit and piss each morning, or make you clean your own room, or make you join a club of utter and complete wankers, no one will hate you for been on the road holding up miles of traffic, its better on the environment, its better for everyone. For the love of god don't do it to your self and the rest of the world.


ps campers are soo cool



really?

just pay for a late checkout time.

/\ Is the correct answer.

I've never understood why anyone would want a caravan like, shit loads of hassle when you are meant to be enjoying yourself. This time next week I'll have arrived on holiday on a nice warm island after spending a few hours getting pissed at Newcastle airport. Alternatively I could spend four hours packing up a shoe box to annoy umpteen thousand drivers while I hump it half way across the country to sit in the pissing rain and have bacon sarnies every morning and say 'hello' to the same old grumpy fuckwits you get on campsites.

Oh but it's all about the outdoors.

[admwil]

Originally Posted by superdougle

looking to buy a new car to tow a caravan looking at a qashqai maybe, what are the requirements to tow a caravan i've heard it is 80% the kerb weight or something like that can any one enlighten me oh wise smb

Kia Sportage mate

[King Niall]

Originally Posted by Cyrus

Exactly, before you buy one just sit down with a pen and paper and work out how many days away you will get a year "A". Then work out how much the caravan will stand to loose in value over a year, plus the cost of insurance, plus the cost of any storage, plus the cost of site fees "B". then divide B by A and imagine what sort of a hotel you can get at that price per night.

For example

Nights away in a year: 25

loss of value on a caravan (usually 15% a year, 20 in the first): £3000

insurance: £500

Storage: £1000 (going off the cheap example in the post)
nah example quoted was for a seasonal pitch--ie he paid a grand to eave it on all season for tha so no nightly fee to pay.
Cheaper than I pay over the Lakes where I also leave it for winter storage
site fees: £25 per night (forgetting gas, electric, people) 25x25 = £625

so total cost is: £4630

divided by 25 = £185.20 per night.

Imagine what sort of a holiday you could have spending £185.20 a night? and non of them make you empty a barrel of your own shit and piss each morning, or make you clean your own room, or make you join a club of utter and complete wankers, no one will hate you for been on the road holding up miles of traffic, its better on the environment, its better for everyone. For the love of god don't do it to your self and the rest of the world.


ps campers are soo cool



really?

just pay for a late checkout time.

nah the example you quoted was a grand for a seasonal pitch which is the fee for the season with no nightly fee. Cheaper than I pay over the Lakes where I also leave it for winter storage

[Tom the Pom]

Miss my caravan I had in the UK so much. Had a Swift Challenger and it was the dogs. Now in Oz and simply don't have time to use a van much. Will do when I get back to Melbourne though, some great sites over here

[The Mole]

Originally Posted by superdougle

looking to buy a new car to tow a caravan looking at a qashqai maybe, what are the requirements to tow a caravan i've heard it is 80% the kerb weight or something like that can any one enlighten me oh wise smb

Nissan Navara marra. It will defo pull the skin off a rice pudding

[Eccles]

The beds in caravans are never long enough for me.

Originally Posted by The Mole

Nissan Navara marra. It will defo pull the skin off a rice pudding

Aren't they called Pathfinder?

[Heeeed the Ball]

Originally Posted by Eccles

The beds in caravans are never long enough for me.

The modern vans have island beds, big doubles you can walk round

[Cyrus]

Originally Posted by Heeeed the Ball

The modern vans have island beds, big doubles you can walk round

so do hotels?

Been serious now and trying to understand someone else's point of view, so not wanting to rip into anyone who is pro-caravan, but ..... I get camping, walking into the hills pitching a tent, the feeling of isolation and freedom. I even get families going camping on a site as its cheap as chips and great for young kids.

I just don't get whole caravaning scene, but it must have something to it as its a multi-million pound industry and the clubs seem to still have enough people wanting to join and the pitches on sites are busy, SO please tell me why?

[The Mole]

Originally Posted by Eccles

The beds in caravans are never long enough for me.


Aren't they called Pathfinder?

They are basically the same car, but the Navara is classed as a light Goods Vehicle and is therefore cheaper to tax by about half