Bringing a US RV to UK?

wheelingit
wheelingit Forum Participant Posts: 1
edited July 2015 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

Hi All,

We're considering shipping a motorhome from US to UK over the next few years, and I have a few questions:

1/ Size 

I know sizes are very different in UK (compared to here). We are looking to downsize our current palatial 40foot RV to a more reasonable 25-feet (~7.6 meters) size. In your experience is that size do-able for most of Europe or might we run into problems?

2/ Pets

We travel with 3 pets (2 cats and a dog) and will have pet passports for all of them. Is there a limit to how many pets you can have at campsites in EU?

3/ Are we crazy?

Does it make sense to drive a US-based RV in Europe or would you all recommend buying one locally instead? I believe we have to get UK residency (and UK drivers license?) to buy in UK. I am Danish and my sister lives in UK so this should be possible, but
I'm not clear on the details of what it would take to establish residency & get the license. Thoughts?

I have many more questions, but think this is enough to start with. Thanks so much in advance for your thoughts and comments.

Nina