Motorhomes with Transverse Bed
Hi Everyone
Searching for help from you experts. Been a member for a good few years as we have had a Bailey Unicorn Valencia for years but we have just sold it and as my husband has retired from the fire service we are getting a motorhome. We have 4 Frenchie dogs (mad I know!) and the layout we have thought would suit us best is a bed over the garage and we could then use this space to put the dog crate in etc. The thing I am massively struggling with is that all I can find is an Autotrial 4 berth but it only has two seat belts? I am looking up to 40k but would like a little less.
Anyone out there that could help me get rid of my headache!! lol
Tracy 
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Tracy, go on the Practical Motorhome website, find the reviews and this will enable you to search for what you want. Many of the 'fixed bed with garage' will be of continental build and with limited lounging space unless you go for a long van. The layout suits the continentals more than the Brits who often prefer rear lounges.
For a quick look, search on second hand Hymers and you should find some examples.
If you are new to motorhoming, please do your research, especially about payload and vehicle weights [less of an issue if you have a C1 driving licence entitlement which seems likely]. There are a few dedicated motorhome forum sites which also give good advice; Motorhome Matters is free and is linked to Warner publications' Out & About Live website. which has numerous advice articles.
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Can't really help you with ideas Tracy but I'm sure there must be some designs out there. I find the over garage beds a bit claustrophobic, check the head room, there are some where you can't sit up in bed.
If you come unstuck we also take a largish metal dog crate, we collapse it and put it in waterproof bags and stick it under the van. A bit of a nuisance but so far it has been ok.
Hope someone else might know of suitable motorhomes.
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Thank you I will certainly go on those sights and have a search around. I do think they are so few and far between though!!! Perhaps Im searching for the impossible.
WE have always taken the cage in for the two dogs but thought it would be a bit much for 4 of them!?!?
Brue - how do you travel with your dog/s then? In the cage as well?
Thank you for your replies though so kind.
Tracy
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Which one have you got BoleroBoy? I can't tell by the pic?
Also it would be useful to have the 4 seat belts as we would at some point take family away with us. However it is only for me and my husband and the dogs. So trying to think of every eventuality but its not the end of the world if we didn't.
thanks for your time.
T
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Our two dogs used to travel in the same cage. Now getting a bit old and grumpy just one uses the cage, the other I have on a harness near me. Then we fold the metal cage up on site, cover it in waterproof bags and push it under the van. We only use it for travelling. We have previously used a fabric cage which was very good and much easier to fold away.
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