Caravan to Motohome
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You, and others have found your happy place, it’s a bit different to ours, but nothing wrong with either🙂
Good research and a list of essentials v desirables are a good start to any move from caravan to MH, and vice versa, and these will differ depending on personal likes, dislikes and circumstances. We tour very differently with caravan.
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We switched from a Bailey Unicorn Cadiz to a 6.94 m Hymer coach built in 2019 after several years of research. We tour as much in the UK as over there and decided there was no way we would be happy with the space provided by a PVC. We did consider the almost identical model to the one we purchased at 6.5 m but I could not get the drivers seat far enough back to be comfortable. Something to be wary of if you have long legs.
We tend to spend between two and four nights on a site and look for those with good walking direct from the site or good public transport links to what we want to visit. Even when we had a caravan and spent a week at a site we preferred not to use the car if at all possible. Generally the MH stays put for the duration, although occasionally we take it off site to visit something not accessible in any other way. Such as the Castle of Mey and Dunnet head last year and various National Trust places on other occasions. A bit of research and occasionally a phone call is worthwhile to check on parking. We tend to shop for food when in transit between sites. There is normally plenty of parking away from the store front, although whilst we fit between the lines we do require two spaces lengthwise, or somewhere we can overhang. Often, particularly in holiday areas, there is a small gaggle of MH’s in a corner.The above suits us and we have really enjoyed our MH. We don’t regret changing and won’t be going back to a caravan ever. However, as you can see from the comments, others do things differently. There is no right or wrong, just what is best for you.
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Poptop sleeping-waking up to seeing feeding Deer not 10’ from the camper, they never think to look up. . .Stuff that dreams are made of D👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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We have always been motorhome campers.
For 13 years we have had 5.4 metre long PVCs, before that slightly bigger coachbuilts. We have travelled 500 miles into the Arctic circle and to the south of Europe. We have been able to park in "ordinary" car spaces. Saved a fortune on ferry costs (especially in Scandinavia) and returned good mpg. We adopt a relatively minimalist packing style. We have a wind out awning (sunshade) but absolutely nothing that doesn't pack inside our van.
This style of downsizing is very liberating but it won't suit everybody. As to travelling off site with a motorhome you tend to travel A-B-C-D as opposed to A-B-A-C-A-D etc. We can however quite readily mobilise our small van for off site trips.
So this is just a plea to consider and perhaps explore going small. You don't need much of the expendables you may have in a caravan, e.g. water containers. awning, etc etc.
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old thread this one!
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True, but a perennial question?
David
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Yes indeed -perennial question…and perennial mistakes made, as people spend a great deal of money buying a motorhome or campervan which turns out to be wrong for them . Hire before buy - to see what sort of motorhome is suitable, and to test a totally different way of touring is sensible - but rarely mentioned .
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indeed an ongoing conundrum for those making the change, either way. I just pointed out that the initial OP was from a couple of years ago, and hopefully they will have now found their ideal outfit. 😁
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