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Aussie Mick
Aussie Mick Forum Participant Posts: 4

Hi everyone, Micks my name and I live in Australia. My wife and I have hired a camper for the last 5yrs and are coming back to Germany,  France, Austria,  Hungary,  Italy on the 26th August for 9 weeks. We haven't toured in Autumn b4 so if anyone has any
suggestions for us that would be great. 1st week we are going to Bamberg, Dresden,  Lubeck then to Leeuwarden then into France making our way down to midi pyrenees.  Cheers.  Mick

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  • ValDa
    ValDa Forum Participant Posts: 3,004
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    edited July 2016 #2

    Hi Mick - good to see you on the Caravan Club forum too!

    Have a good trip.

  • DianneT
    DianneT Forum Participant Posts: 521
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    edited July 2016 #3

     

    Hi Mick, Have a look on my website
    here
    mainly for Germany and Austria. Any questions just ask.

    DianneT

  • Oldgirl and Staffy
    Oldgirl and Staffy Forum Participant Posts: 414
    edited July 2016 #4

    Hi Aussie Mick.  If you are an experienced motorhomer you will probably know about ACSI and their reduced rates for off season.  If not, have a look

    HERE
      

    One thing I would say is that if you visit France after mid September, check your chosen site is still open.  Many of them close mid to the end of September although if you are in a motorhome you will still have plenty of
    aires available across France. 

  • Arrivakids
    Arrivakids Forum Participant Posts: 214
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    edited August 2016 #5

    Hi Mick and welcome great to have an Aussie on here , so jealous that you have so many weeks travelling . Have a  fantastic trip . There are so many on here who have lots of experience and will help you out with any questions you may have .

    I have  a  Friend who lives in Adelaide she was over here last month and she stayed with me . She wants me and hubby to go over next year we are undecided at yet .

  • Bob North
    Bob North Forum Participant Posts: 57
    edited December 2016 #6

    Hi Mick.

    Four years ago now, the missus and I rocked up in London cashed up to actually buy a car (Subaru Forester) and an 18' caravan.

    That year, in 2013, we cut our teeth to UK camping, enjoying the exercise, going back in 2014 to Spain and Portugal for three months and catching up with Pommie mates we'd made friends with the year before.

    2015 saw us enjoying time once more camping at rallies in various locations around Britain, also taking in northern Italy at a rally there.

    Basically, the time we spent there was fantastic.

    My missus begged me almost to keep coming back each year, catching up with the great people we'd got to know there, but our daughter has decided to go to Canada to live and work so now we are gearing up to spend up to six months each year there instead.

    If you're going back and forth to Britain and Europe for a couple of months or longer each year, the cheaper option may be to buy over there and just store the rig at a depot . . . . about $1000 a year to do so.

    Anyhow mate, you're the best one to know your own particular set of circumstances and be the best judge, but it worked out for us.

    In the three years we spent up to six months each time there, we ended up selling our rig for $7,500 less what we paid for it  . . . . . so accomodation for the six months was about $2,500 a time + costs.

  • cabcar
    cabcar Forum Participant Posts: 25
    edited December 2016 #7

    Hi  Aussie Mick, you weren't by any chance the Mick from Australia that the wife and I had the privilege to meet in Belcastle, Aveyron, France.in June this year.