Advertisement
Message Forums |
|
 Topic: Leaving caravan in storage in Spain
|
  |
Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
22/9/2016 at 7:46am
Location: West - North Yorkshire
Outfit: Swift Speedbird 490 Mondeo Estate
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 19/10/2004 Diamond Member 
Forum Posts: 18741
| Site Reviews Total: | 30 |
|
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0  |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 1  |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2018: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 4 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2018: | 0 |
|
We don't store in Spain, but in France, in the Ardeche in southern France, and our storage is less than half the cost of yours, (180 euros a year) and it costs nothing to tow to site. The site is somewhere we enjoy spending time, but they're equally happy for us to tow it elsewhere if we want to tour.
You'll need insurance of course - check the costs with your insurers. Depending on the company it may cost more or less than you would pay to store at home. Check that your insurers provide 'repatriation' in the event of an accident that you would rather have repaired at home by a dealer you know.
If you don't have a towbar already then how do you tow currently? Of course if you don't have a towbar then you won't be able to use the caravan anywhere other than sites local to your storage depot. We still love touring, so would feel a bit 'stuck' if we had to keep going back to the same site/area each holiday.
It will still cost you to get there, and you will need overnight hotels en-route if you take your own car. I don't know where you live in England, but we generally stay overnight with our son in London, and then somewhere in France, but adding in the cost of even a cheap hotel, and a meal for two people en-route in each direction, will add to your travel costs as it always costs more to eat out than to make your own food in the caravan. If you need more than one overnight stop then obviously costs rise again.
We can also fly down to a nearby airport and hire a car, which if you get really cheap flights and car hire can be cheaper for two people than a ferry crossing, fuel and hotels.
Another thing to think about is servicing/warranty issues. We used to be able to get ours done by a mobile caravan engineer, but he only visits specific sites and now we'll have to service the van ourselves. My husband is an engineer so will be able to manage this himself.
I think you'll find that the savings are not quite as much as you hope once you've factored in the added costs of staying overnight - but good luck. We've been storing ours in France for about ten years now.
Post last edited on 22/09/2016 07:52:45
|
22/9/2016 at 8:24pm
Location: Luton
Outfit: Bailey & Peugoet
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 24/8/2004 Standard Member
Forum Posts: 98
| Site Reviews Total: | 4 |
|
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2018: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2018: | 0 |
|
I live in Luton which is only a 2 hour drive to the tunnel. As I work at Vauxhall, I change my fleet car every 6 months & have the option of adding a tow bar for £30 per month, which I currently do.
We usually take it easy driving down to Spain when towing, stopping twice on the way down, so weighing up the costs of 1 night at a Formula 1 against 2 nights at a campsite, it won't be massively higher.
My son works at the local airport so can get us standby tickets to Barcelona, where we can either hire a car or catch a train to within 10 miles of our campsite, and the campsite provides a shuttle service if required. We'd take this option for the week after Whitsun. We'll be driving down in the summer.
The campsite has everything we want from a holiday; large supermarket, restaurant, entertainment, pub & it's directly on the beach. If we every get fed up with it, we'll just move to another site with similar storage facilities nearby.
Thanks for your replies, even though our storage is more expensive, you have made my mind up, Spanish storage it is then.
|
Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
|
|
9380 Visitors online !
Free UKCampsite.co.uk Window Sticker - Recommend to Friend - Add a Missing Campsite
[Message Forums]
[Caravan Sites & Camping]
[Company Listings]
[Features / Advice]
[Virtual Brochure]
[Shop!]
[Reception]
[Competitions]
[Caravans & Motorhomes For Sale]
[Event Diary]
[Contact Us]
[Tent Reviews]
Please note we are not responsible for the content of external sites & any reviews represent the author's personal view only. Please report any error here. You may view our privacy and cookie policy and terms and conditions here. All copyrights & other intellectual property rights in the design and content of this web site are reserved to the UKCampsite.co.uk © 1999 - 2024 |
Advertisement
|
|
|
via mobile 23/8/2020 at 2:56pm
