Just back from the Scottish Caravan show and am unable to find any caravan with the layout I am looking for!
I don't want fixed beds or an end washroom, what I want is the traditional layout I had from a few years back with two full length bunks at the front,a centre washroom, and an up and down single bunk arrangement running across the rear end.(with a rear window)
The nearest I could find was a Cruach Torrin 525 with the rear converting to a lower double but I need something a little shorter!
It seems to me that it is Hobson's choice,fixed beds or long caravan.
Victor Meldrew moment coming on!!!!
Lunar are bringing out a new Quasar (464 I think) that will have the layout you are looking for. Think its being launched at the NEC show later this month.
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Iain
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A Sprite Musketeer EB has 3 transverse bunks and the Elddis Avante 464 has 2. We quite liked this layout too (we are a couple, no kids) but sadly the bunks always seem to be too short and narrow - made for kids - plus we only want 2 bunks - giving more headroom - each with it's own window. It just seems to be a really sensible layout as it doesn't waste too much space on a huge fixed bed !
Caravan Finder is very good for looking at different model/layouts etc.
i didnt see one caravan layout i would have exchanged my old coachman for, they are getting tighter walking spaces and smaller sitting spaces to accomodate more kitchen and wardrope space ,i couldnt see any caravan with large sitting areas they were all too small,the caravans i did see with bunks seemed to have tiny bunks wouldnt do kids about 9 or 10,did see lots of kids jumping on beds etc with no disipline from parents !!!,anyway only van i saw was as iian said the quasar it seemed more family orientated but i still thought tight for sitting space you cant lie in bed all the time!
We are after a caravan with a nice big kitchen, no fixed bed and no rear bathroom. We only ever use the bathroom for night weeing, and use site facilities for everything else, so why waste space in a 'van? For me, living space is everything. When we went to the Manchester show there was very little that suited our needs, and when we spoke to the sales reps about no rear bathroom, no fixed bed, they had a look that said "Will not compute."
our shower is now a wardrobe with a folding door, i use one of those spring loaded poles with suckers added to the ends, works great
bought it at a D.I.Y. shop they come in different sizes mine was the small size, adjusted by screwing one pole in or out
We had a look round some vans last weekend (not lookign to replace just haveing a nosey)
I could only see one that I would swap our for and that was a Compass (can't remeber it's name) It was, however, £18,000 (with a special edition being nearly £24,000.
It's been a good few years since we looked around at different vans. I thought I liked fixed beds until I actually saw them properly - they take all the living space away which is not good with children.
There was so much in some of them that I got to thinking if lots of it was left out it would not only make the price come down but be less weight to tow.
Quote: Originally posted by alan29 on 06/2/2011We are after a caravan with a nice big kitchen, no fixed bed and no rear bathroom. ...
Would a Lunar Stellar be big enough for you? See here
They are lovely, but we would like to be able to take the grandkid away, and the Stellar is strictly 2 up only. But it has the best kitchen I havew ever seen in a caravan.
Thanks all you like minded folks, I began to wonder if it was just me being awkward.
Do the manufacturers actually try to be individual, or do they just follow the trend?
Next moan, why is nearly every popular outfit made in a boring sterile white? although I have noticed silver Swifts and a few motorhomes with coloured panels.
There were some new Sterlings that weren't white when I was looking
I'm quite a fan of the european type van - I like Hymer's and Adria's and the like much better than the UK market vans.
if you are spending over £18k you will need better advice than from here !
18k ~ 4 holidays a year you will need to look at having it for well over 60 holidays/trips to justify the costs involved or trade it in a couple of years and accept the loss.
caravan breaks are by design created to be cost effective and fun.
fuel fees storage depreciation insurance and time all add to the issue.
Quote: Originally posted by D Mansworth on 07/2/2011
if you are spending over £18k you will need better advice than from here !
18k ~ 4 holidays a year you will need to look at having it for well over 60 holidays/trips to justify the costs involved or trade it in a couple of years and accept the loss.
caravan breaks are by design created to be cost effective and fun.
fuel fees storage depreciation insurance and time all add to the issue.
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You are so right. We have looked at changing our 3 year old van but decided we could have a lot of caravan and other holidays for the cost of exchange which would be £10k. We use our van a lot in the better weather but not enough to take that amount out of our savings. It does have to be reasonably cost effective particularly as the cost of fuel is ever increasing. You can go a long way on £10k!!!!