Does Caravanning have an image problem
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I don't think it's quite as a bad an image as going on a cruise, we felt positively young when we tried one. Even in good hotels we felt young, the trouble is we're all heading the same way. I read on here somewhere that the average visiting vanner is retired
with two rescue dogs...?
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Ha ha this thread has made me laugh, my husband came home from work a few days ago absolutely ecstatic that he'd found out that several of his younger work colleagues are all secret caravanners.
We are only just starting our second season and love it. Don't care what anyone else thinks. We are 51 and 55, have already done many cruises and have an extremely safe 2 year old toy poodle.
It seems we fit the demographic perfectly.
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Based upon off the cuff remarks by others, its pretty negative, wealthy old fogies clogging up the roads with their caravans that pay no tax etc etc
I'm an old fogie and because I decided to join a works pension I still have to pay tax which some people (not most of the old fogies) don't seem to know.
Mike
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The image I hate, is a caravan on a club site,that has never been washed for many a month... I love the image of old caravans on club sites. Many of the things that make this country great, other folks will be negative about
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Based upon off the cuff remarks by others, its pretty negative, wealthy old fogies clogging up the roads with their
caravans that pay no tax etc etcI'm an old fogie and because I decided to join a works pension I still have to pay tax which some people (not most of the old fogies) don't seem to know.
Mike
I think it meant road tax.
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Based upon off the cuff remarks by others, its pretty negative, wealthy old fogies clogging up the roads with their
caravans that pay no tax etc etcI'm an old fogie and because I decided to join a works pension I still have to pay tax which some people (not most of the old fogies) don't seem to know.
Mike
I think it meant road tax.
...But also we do put more tax into the coffers with the extra fuel we use
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I don't think it's quite as a bad an image as going on a cruise, we felt positively young when we tried one. Even in good hotels we felt young, the trouble is we're all heading the same way. I read on here somewhere that the average visiting vanner is retired with two rescue dogs...?
..One normally for us,next still looking for us
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Not that this is my view of course, (!) but I think my sister meant what some refer to as an old man's dog ie a Labrador or similar
Write your comments here...
ha, yep labs an old duffers dog. Get a working cocker that will keep you fit and young. Unless the little sod kills you off through over work and mental frustration firs
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I don't think it's quite as a bad an image as going on a cruise, we felt positively young when we tried one. Even in good hotels we felt young, the trouble is we're all heading the same way. I read on here somewhere that the average visiting
vanner is retired with two rescue dogs...?....ah, depends who you cruise with, Brue....
we do plenty of cruises and, yes, sometimes we fell 'younger than average'.....but we dont do Saga.....
we just tried Celebrity Cruises (they get fantastic reviews) and they were great....an American company and there were plenty of folk the same age as our kids, all together having a very laid back, great time....
no 'parking to the peg' with that cruise line
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Who cares if caravanning has an image problem. We love our caravan and the view from it is often much more scenic than what the best hotels can offer. We would still opt for this type of holiday even if we won the lottery. I'm happy to have an 'image problem'
for the joy this hobby gives me!
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Who cares if caravanning has an image problem. We love our caravan and the view from it is often much more scenic than what the best hotels can offer. We would still opt for this type of holiday even if we won the lottery. I'm happy to have an 'image problem'
for the joy this hobby gives me!.At the end of the day it is the others who are losing out not us.
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This business of caravans holding up traffic is a fallacy. It's invariably a solo motorist, more often than not a Nissan Micra, that is clogging up proceedings.
How very dare you Cyber! I have driven a Micra for years and never held anyone up. Back to image then.
Ah but you're probably lacking the CSMA badge and flat cap.
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I don't think it's quite as a bad an image as going on a cruise, we felt positively young when we tried one. Even in good hotels we felt young, the trouble is we're all heading the same way. I read on here somewhere that the average visiting
vanner is retired with two rescue dogs...?....ah, depends who you cruise with, Brue....
we do plenty of cruises and, yes, sometimes we fell 'younger than average'.....but we dont do Saga.....
we just tried Celebrity Cruises (they get fantastic reviews) and they were great....an American company and there were plenty of folk the same age as our kids, all together having a very laid back, great time....
no 'parking to the peg' with that cruise line
We have been on two Saga cruises and apart from the price they were wonderful, made us feel really young but we met lots of lovely folk even if a bit older than us. They were so good that we are really suspicious of others that are usually half the price
We use their insurances but, alas, not yet their cruises..
..David, Im sure they're great, but we'd be surely underage i reckon.....
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When we where looking for a new house 2 years ago, twice we saw a bungalow we liked but the neibours said if we where to park caravan on the front it would spoil their view, the second one would only be blocked if they stood on the doorstep, they said that
they got another one moved from over their, Nasty Pratts0 -
When we where looking for a new house 2 years ago, twice we saw a bungalow we liked but the neibours said if we where to park caravan on the front it would spoil their view, the second one would only be blocked if they stood on the doorstep, they said that
they got another one moved from over their, Nasty PrattsIn general unless their is a planning regulation there is not a lot the neighbours can do about it.
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When we where looking for a new house 2 years ago, twice we saw a bungalow we liked but the neibours said if we where to park caravan on the front it would spoil their view, the second one would only be blocked if they stood on the doorstep, they said that
they got another one moved from over their, Nasty PrattsIn general unless their is a planning regulation there is not a lot the neighbours can do about it.
However, both attitudes are unlikely to endear caravanning to the uninitiated. Maybe the neighbours were right to object? Who the hell wants a big white box blocking their view? Nothing to do with attitudes to caravaning in general, just about maybe the
impact of the vans on the neighbourhood?There is a no vans planning reg on my estate, and I think it is correct.
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