Storage in motorhome for child car seats
Hi,
We have just joined as we are looking for an entry motorhome. We hired one to see if we enjoyed the experience and it had a garage under the fixed rear double. This was useful to stow away the two kids' car seats (they are bulky as kids are only young).
Is there anywhere else suitable for hiding these seats in different layouts? Thought it would make sense to ask people with experience!
Thanks
Alison
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Same as last poster , also you can get to places for the kids you could not with a motorhome
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Garage is the best place when not in use and ignore the caravanners MH is much more flexible especially if you travel in EU
. Also garage is handy to take bikes, scooters and a whole lot of other stuff you will likely need when taking kids away. I doubt you would get one of the car seats for young kids under any seats etc, you may under an island bed layout but it would be tight and dont forget you need storage for all the other stuff you take such as food, clothes, food, crockery, cutlery etc..0 -
In a small van, maybe a campervan you could either store them in waterproof covers under the van or use a small pop up type tent and store them in there. When members of my family used a van with two young children they used a spare storage tent or on longer stays they used an awning. There's usually a solution!
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Depending on layout, the cab might be suitable for storage of things like the kiddy seats when on site.
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If you decide on a motor caravan?and are thinking of going into mainland Europe, If not going out of this country ,make sure it is not too big, if,the front seats are not being used during the day use them ,or you could have a back box fitted on the rear to store them there (as well as some other light things)
With small children a motor caravan has not the room size for length of a caravan and you also can leave the seats in the car ready for instant use as is the car
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Perhaps what you need to do is to take one of the car seats to a dealers and have a wander around the different layouts to look for possibilities of where they could be stored. Assuming that when living in the motorhome, as opposed to actually driving, they could just sit on top of the unused bunks. In sleeping configuration if you have to slide a section out to make up the bed they could perhaps go there. No doubt the cab seats will be turned round into the habitation area and as TW suggest there could well be room for storage behind the seats.
David
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I have always found the overcab bed a useful storage space for larger bulky items. At bedtime you could transfer them elsewhere, perhaps onto the front seats.
Brue's idea is a good one and works well as long as you are not continually on the move.
Lots of people use the shower cubicles for storage and use the on site facilities for ablutions.
peedee
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Wow, thanks for all the messages, really helpful.
We had considered both caravan and MH with my parents who will be sharing with us (and they were previously caravanners), but for various reasons on both sides that I won't bore you with we have decided to go for MH hence the trial run.
I shall discuss further with the hubby some of the different ideas.
Thanks
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Good Luck in your looking, they are not cheap, so take your time looking, mistakes are expensive to rectify. Involve your parents if they too will be using it. (Obvious). We have a smallish Motorhome with a shower which had not been used much, except for storage...however with the Covid problem we will ONLY be using it, and not the site facilities.So have bought an outside storage tent, usually used for storing bikes, to put our 'stuff' in. One would be perfect for storing child seats in when not in use.
Try www. caveinnovations.com
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