Storage Abroad
What are the pros and cons of storage abroad? What is the typical cost?
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If you live a long way from a ferry port, if you are paying high ferry fees for the caravan, if you find towing to be a chore, if you are paying through the nose for storage in the UK, if you never use your caravan in UK, if you are willing to use a different caravan insurer rather than this Club, if you want your caravan towed on to a pitch and set up for you, if you are happy to keep going to the same place to collect your caravan.....then store it overseas.
But we don't because our situation is different from all those things.
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The OH and I calculated if we had two hols in France a year we would save in excess of £300. We stored nearly 300 mls from Dieppe so that means we cut ourselves off from northern France because we then had to go 300 mls to collect van,300 mls back to Normandy,300
mls back to storage 300 mls back to Dieppe. We left our van abroad June 2015 brought it back to UK June 2016. Plus whilst in France you cannot use it for the impromptu trip on home soil.You wont know until you try.0 -
As Eurotraveller's post - all those reasons are why we store in France. We've done so for ten years or more - and recently were paying 240 euros, but we're now storing in the Ardeche area and paying 180 euros a year - and included in that they will bring
it out of storage and tow it to a pitch on the site, where you can choose to stay, or pick it up and take it on elsewhere.There's an additional 'Pro' for us: It's under cover and is less likely to suffer deterioration due to the weather. Another pro is that it's cheaper to get to the caravan, using the autoroute if you're not
towing because you pay less in tolls and use less fuel. Our insurance is cheaper this year, than a quote for keeping it in England too. We insure with Towergate.However, the cons are definitely there. You have to find and pay for hotels on the way up and down, you have to organise meals on route, which were always available 'in the fridge', you don't have your own toilet with you on journeys so stops take longer.
The caravan is sometimes where you don't want to be - so you tend to find you do holiday further south because of an inbuilt reluctance to go north again! But if you're a southern France lover, like us, than that might be a Pro rather than a Con!We chose the Ardeche area because both my sons love it there - and we can ring up, put the caravan on site, and they can fly down and use it with their partners, friends and family. It's near enough to our 'place in the sun' to get to within a couple of
hours, so we can impulsively go off in the caravan somewhere, with just one phone call - no ferry to book, no overnight hotels, just 'let's have a change of scenery' and we can be in Provence by late afternoon!0 -
Thank you for all your contributions. Our thoughts turned to storage in France as we seem to only have one British break each year and often that is to make use of the caravan as we pay £500 to store it in England. At a Royan site (which we love) they charge
£220 (outside) and offer the same service as ValDa mentions. I think we would probably go over the water more if the cost was less. Having three grown up kids, with partners, I had not thought of using it as a family holiday home. That would make it very advantageous.
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Thank you for all your contributions. Our thoughts turned to storage in France as we seem to only have one British break each year and often that is to make use of the caravan as we pay £500 to store it in England. At a Royan site (which we love) they charge
£220 (outside) and offer the same service as ValDa mentions. I think we would probably go over the water more if the cost was less. Having three grown up kids, with partners, I had not thought of using it as a family holiday home. That would make it very advantageous.
Is there any effect on Insurance / Breakdown etc?Our insurance covers use by friends and family, but not for letting. We have ADAC breakdown cover, which covers the car in the UK and Europe annually, and the caravan whenever we are towing it. The site insurance will cover them moving it to and
from a pitch for you, so the ultimate answer is for us: 'None at all'.0 -
UKCampsite.co.uk has a list in its campsite search facility of dozens and dozens of campsites in France offering storage. One British owned campsite we checked out in Brittany this summer was offering indoor covered storage for 300 euros a year including insurance - about £250 at current rates of exchange.
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Hi All,
Does anyone have any experience with the following company?
https://www.caravanstallinginfrankrijk.nl/en/caravan-storages/department/var/frejus/
It is dutch company offering storage in France, mulitple locations.
Frejus 415 Euros pa or Montoison Valence 375 Euros pa.
Curios to know who people are using in Var area of France
Thanks
Michael
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