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We bought our FC in 2006 for when it was just 11 months old and saved £1,095 off the RRP in the process. We were lucky because the seller had gone to great lengths to have full electrics fitted professionally -  which brought it almost to Pennine Sterling standards. We've since spent an additional £600 or thereabouts purchasing 2 x matching awning extentions, inner tents, a pair of bed skirts and a matching wardrobe unit.

The very same model as ours with all the extras would now cost £7505! The base price shot up from £4595 to £5595 in one season!!!!!.

As much as I love our FC, I really don't think I could justify paying that sort of money. The reason we looked at a FC in the first place was because it was within our budget. I really wanted a caravan but £3500 didn't afford us the standard of van that I would be happy with (what can I say, I'm fussy!).

What's with the price hikes?

when looking in to buying our TT we looked at the cost at renting statics for all six of us to go away in a static for a week on a haven site ( kids love it) we would have paid the cost of our TT in 2 years woth of hoildays and still have the TT for weekend use. Hubby once looked at the cost of going to Grece for a week in school hoildays, it would cost a lot more than it cost us to buy our TT so when you look at it like that its still a cheap holiday for us

opps must have clicked twice

I was just saying to DH yesterday that two weeks holiday at a camping and caravanning club site doesn't cost as much as one week in a static caravan or poky little holiday apartment.  Plus with an FC you have the added bonus of going whereever you want whenever you want and having a different view every morning if you want - all for the same price as one week!

Sunfleur