And another newbie with questions
Hello we have just joined the club and are picking up our new to us caravan tomorrow an Elldis Odyessy 544 2009 .
So we are looking for various items , we are able to get 10% discount from the dealer .
With the caravan show coming up what sort of deals are likely to be available and would it be worth holding on and going g to the show yo pick stuff up
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Hello and welcome to CT and our hobby.
As tempting as it maybe to use your 10% discount don't go mad - everything made for caravan use has a much larger premium attached 😂.
Work out what you need, be mindful of weight because off payload, and price via online comparrisions and then decide. I had my eye on Correlle crockery, pricey but not melamine, when someone in CT gave heads up for some similar IKEA crockery at 50p each saving of £60+ as an example.
A low wattage travel kettle is often much cheaper than a caravan shop one etc etc.
I've not been to a show but have been round stalls at The National, so much looks so good and useful plus expensive. So many of us have cupboards/sheds/garages full of such items 😂😂. If you go leave your wallet somewhere so you have time to reconsider the purchase while you fetch it and be very firm with yourselves 🤣🤣
But get away asap, make lists whilst you're away, you've got everything you need indoors for a trip! Test it out locally or even your drive if the forecast winds are blowing, you can pop back for anything you've forgotten 😉 and make sure everything works.
Enjoy
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I would have thought your dealer would have given you a "starter pack" with your c/van,but as Bakers posted do not go OTT with the Discount? we, as probably plenty more, have numerous "we need one of them"items in our spare room/garage gathering dust,,so just use it and then find out as you go and think *do i want it" and then "do i need it?"
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We go to the show every year ,often some good deals from the big retailers . So i’d Go to the show with an empty boot and a full wallet 😉👌
That said the best thing with the show is your able to browse all the stuff and you can compare one with another on the day .
You can allways search online after you’ve selected 👍
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Half the fun in having a new caravan is in buying the bits that you need to fill it; or so my wife tells me.
My job apparently is fitting all the discarded bargains into the garden shed.
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I think we all get swept up with enthusiastic buys only to find that we only ever used the left handed noodle soup spoon once, before consigned to the shed.
Part of the fun is finding out what you need, finding a forum where you will get conflicting replies, then making an informed wrong choice
Happy travelling
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Hi Lff64, I hope you've had a spare 10 minutes to browse thro the van's HANDBOOK !! & found a safe & obvious place to store it -- IN THE ' Van !! it's no good it sitting by your recliner in your conservatory when your out in the wilds & your heating's just gone pffft and it's minus plenty in the sh sh shower room
. That apart some good advice already gone your way such as :--First break on a site fairly close to home, then you can easily pop back for those little things you've not so much forgotten but more likely never even thought of such as oven glove, decent bottle opener etc etc. { or just a decent bottle or three
?}As for the "Must Have" list much stuff you've already got probably -- you cook, eat, sleep, wash etc at home I suppose but 25 metre Electric Hook-Up cable is a Must, {unless you're intending to "Wild Camp" all the time
} decent sturdy caravan steps, fresh & waste ( grey) water containers etc etc etc.When you get on site first few times be a "Curtain Twitcher" and see how other folk manage but don't forget to TALK TO 'EM !! They'll soon be popping round to show you their own little bits 'n bobs to make life easier believe me !!
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Dammit, I've even forgotten to ask whereabouts you live
.Caravan show at N.E.C. Birmingham is great for a stroll with a notebook & pen while your c/cards are having a rest at home. But it can be a long slog of a day if you live in Cornwall or Durham never mind Thurso
so don't forget there will be another similar one along in February so you can practise your driving in the snow, hail, fog etc 0 -
The Internet is a wonerful thing that lets you search for the bargain item you are looking at at the show now that you know what it is called - just to be sure you can't get it a lot cheaper somewhere else!
Lots of fun to be had in first real trip. Such as three bottles of lovely wine and no cork screw! (there is actually a work round for that . . . !)
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