Time to Sell Up
Well the time has come to sell our Caravan, due to work commitments etc we have only been away for 10 nights in the last two years coupled with my car due for change this year has finally made my mind up. has been a blast for the last 10 years though.
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I stopped for about 3 years as well Sell in 2002. Lost my wife in 1996, Started running a singles group 1998, and met a lady who became my partner in 2000 having been a friend for 2 years. I was able to take 12 weeks off work, she was initially out of work and had taken early retirement from teaching due to ill health, for the next two years we went away with the singles group for holidays abroad, road trips, weekends etc and were still able to get 8 weeks in the caravan. Then she started work again and her leave gave us 2 x 2 weeks holidays abroad, An odd week abroad and a handful of long weekends so no time for caravanning as well as a couple. In 2004 Fliss moved in with me and in 2005 I persuaded her that she could afford to retire again and in 2005 we bought a car and caravan, I reduced to a 4 day working week and we were able to get away 10 weeks of the year and still have long weekends with friends. In 2008 I took early retirement and now we are away and caravanning 17 weeks of the year.
So, like me, you may return to the fold. Good luck
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"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven". Looking back over the past quarter century, there have been different phases of our holidays/leisure activities. You will doubtless find the same.
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Best wishes from me too Sell. Perhaps we'll see you back on here in the future, perhaps having crossed over to the "Dark Side".
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We had a similar discussion a few years back, regarding use.
So out of the box thinking and the caravan went on a seasonal pitch. Beauty of this apart from the obvious is arrival time restrictions, there aren't any, or booking, come and go as you please, which then makes the caravan fit around other commitments.
Our usage went skywards, best thing we have ever done.
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Thank you all for your kind words, have had a busy last 10 months, both of us hit 60 so have had 2 weeks in Mexico, 1 week in Turkey, 1 week in New York and 1 week in Spain to celebrate which has contributed to us not using the van. Will we be back watch this space.
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Good luck with your decision.
We sold our motorhome around this time last year due to lack of use. I lasted around 3 months and couldn't cope with nothing on the driveway to get away in, even though we hadn't used the motorhome much. We ended up buying a small, light, cheapish two berth caravan that costs us very little to keep on the drive but gets us away if we want to. We've got a week away booked for later this year and 3 weekends so far.
Once it's in the blood some find it very difficult to kick the habit
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We decided last year to sell after 45 years of touring. Site fees too expensive, Insurance, servicing etc too expensive. Depreciation huge. Doing less away days. Now found we had a week Half Board in hotel in Lakes during December for £199 each.Now cottage in Anglesey for £250 per week. No contest as to value for monies. Also less hassle with parking, silly club rules uncontrolled dogs and moaning members.
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This is something that we have been discussing lately. We have volunteered to help our daughter by looking after grandson 2 afternoons per week, other grandparents will also do 2 afternoons, and on Fridays she hopes to have a half day.
This will of course curtail our long caravan tours, and when we can get away we will probably have added hassle if we want to tour abroad. We could of course take him with us!
So far we have booked 2x4 week trips in UK, and hope for a few weeks in September/October too, but keeping a van to use it only maybe 10 weeks per year may not be sensible.
The jury is still out.
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Hi, I am looking to sell my motorhome and have been given a quote by a company www.buymymotorhome.com. Has anyone heard of them? Are they a legit company. They said they will come through, inspect the vehicle and transfer money before they drive it away?
Thanks for any help
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They have their office on a business park on south western edge of Mansfield. Google Earth shows 10 MH's parked up there. Looks like a kosher outfit but I bet they won't offer top dollar. Probably a bit like WeBuyAnyCar type of operation. Will nit-pick at the smallest scratch.
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Sold ours through Autotrader. Very helpful web site and tips for making advert. Despite us being in a remote area, plenty of interest and sold quickly. Got £7K more than dealers were offering. Well worth the effort and plenty of advice to watch out for scammers, how to receive payment etc.
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Yes I had to make this decision about 5yrs ago. Hardly used the van like you. Still look when vans are towed and feel I would like another ,but to be realistic not viable. Still come back on here for a browse and reminisce
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Sometimes you just know it's the right time. We had been caravanning for 35 years and had recently bought our best caravan ever. Then together we just decided it was just getting too much hassle, collection from storage, getting it on the drive to pack etc, towing. So we bought the static. Picked our site very carefully, happy to always go to a place we love and is very different from where we live. Have never regretted it, just wish we had done it a few years sooner. Think we had just got into a mind set of this is how we holiday, sometimes it's worth trying something a bit different, it worked for us. ( still like to browse here for a catchup sometimes though)
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Haven’t been on here to post for about 3 years as we sold our tourer then. We enjoyed going on mini tours ( if you will) of about 3-4 weeks at a time usually stopping at sites for an average of about 4-5 days. However problems with my spine started to take a toll and the hitching & pitching started to become too troublesome and spoiling the pleasure of touring.
So we sold our caravan ( via autotrader) and became static ‘van owners. As our home from home is just under an hour and a half from our bricks & mortar home we manage to trip back and forth on a very regular basis.
If your particular piece of kit ( touring/static caravan or motorhome) is just sitting there not getting used then it’s time to re-evaluate and decide whether it’s time to sell up & move on with no regrets but lots of happy memories. And perhaps you might find another way to make even more happy memories in other ways that open up.
I wish SELL all the best for the future and my he find those happy memories to file away on a very regular basis.
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