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We've been discussing whether or not to sell our caravan, our kids have other interests now & we'll need the space it sits on to park yet another car when our youngest starts driving so the decision to pack up has been made.

We now need to work out whether to advertise everything as a complete package or to advertise it all seperately. Everything has to go but how best to do it is the question.

The caravan is a Bailey Pageant Provence series 7, three years old in May complete with a Mover serviced by the supplying dealer from new & in perfect condition. The awning is a Dorema Senator Lux in Blue/Grey with the fibre glass frame complete with two tall annexes with sleeping inners. If it goes as a package, all the water/waste containers & a gas bottle can go with it along with the hook up lead.

How & where would you advertise it, as a package or seperate it? I'll put an ad or ads in the free ads on here but it'll need advertising elsewhere too.

BB

Indeed we went down the same path when our children became teenagers in the late 90s, sold up a 3yr old caravan which we loved, in order to give them a chance to see more of the world by taking package holidays. It wasnt long before we regretted the decision and missed our lovely caravan deeply.

By this time we had used the cash we made from the sale to upgrade from the gas guzzler of a 4x4 we owned at the time, to a new 'supermini' a Honda Jazz, so no chance of towing much else with that, other than a camping trailer, so it wasnt long before we had got a tow bar fitted and had been out and set ourselves up for tent camping once more.

5 years Later, children starting to fly the nest, and OH retired, and we were soon finding ourselves down at the caravan dealers looking for a suitable lightweight van to be towed by our new Honda Civic, and that is the one we still own today, so I entirely agree, think long and hard before you sell up as you may regret it afterwards, and its suprising how quickly children can decide to fledge the nest and take their newly aquired car with them! 

Julia

Can't you keep it in storage? Doesn't have to be expensive (well, I don't think so, have been to quite a few CLs/CSs where vans are stored). As others have said, it seems a drastic decision which you may come to regret.

Anne

It's clear that all us commenters here are such fans of caravanning that we are appalled at someone wanting to give it up!!   

However, if you are selling, I would recommend selling it all as a package.  We have just sold our caravan (because we bought a new one).  We sold it on Gumtree and got full asking price.  We included the awning, the awning carpet, the step, an (empty) gas bottle and an aquaroll and wastemaster.  The family who have bought it are new to caravanning (they have tented before) and I actually get pleasure from the thought we have set these nice folk up ready to go as caravanners. 

We are the same as bev+jon, since our children gave up coming with us we have used the 'van more than ever! More weekends away ,couldn't do weekends away with kids as they have paper rounds. Now eldest is at uni and youngest loves having the house to herself!

We never considered having to give up our caravan but good luck with the sale of yours.