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Quote: Originally posted by Ulti-Mates on 23/5/2010

Our van is in storage so we always try and get all the jobs done ready for the next trip out.

Mr UM

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We can manage 30mins to hitch up if in a rush lol, such as needing to get back home quickly to sort out an emergency ect. We have a safety check list and find that it helps a lot with who does what and when, but we have been caravanning since the early 80s on and off, and now theres just the two of us we find the van stays much more clean and tidy inside anyway, and when it comes to hitching up we dont have the distractions of young children around us anymore, so its much quicker.

Julia

Quote: Originally posted by seamonster on 23/5/2010

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2hrs seems to be our best, from waking up to driving away. We'll probably become more efficient as we go on, I guess...

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Packing up to leave home can take from 20 minutes to hours, depending on the stuff still in the unit from before. Packing up for site moves is about an hour without awning. Packing up to come home is a little longer.

Worst part is packing up to go away from home when her in doors comes up with another box or bag of essential equipment just as you have got the lid on the top box down, folding camper door closed or the boot stuffed full. This is usually just as you think you have finished. I have started putting an empty box in now, just to make sure I have enough space.

Quote: Originally posted by colinlob on 24/5/2010

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Worst part is packing up to go away from home when her in doors comes up with another box or bag of essential equipment just as you have got the lid on the top box down, folding camper door closed or the boot stuffed full. This is usually just as you think you have finished. I have started putting an empty box in now, just to make sure I have enough space.

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Taking that all the 'caravan stuff' is kept in the caravan apart from a handful of things.  I usually pack 'my' essential (awning and other bits) in the car a couple of days before we go.  Then I show my wife and daughter the car and say, '...that the space left, you can take what you want if you can get it in!'