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19/11/2017 at 2:49pm
Location: East Herts
Outfit: 1992 Elddis Wisp 450CT + X Trail
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My view is that a campervan is best for continual touring, but beds need to be made up every night, and converted back to seats for the daytime. It can be used as an everyday vehicle too, so you don't need a car.
A motorhome offers more comfort than a campervan, and often beds can be left made up. Standing headroom throughout too. Great for touring, but the disadvantage is that you don't have a vehicle for running about when on a site, unless you don't mind using the motorhome for that too, but then you may have problems parking in some places.
A caravan has the advantage that if you want to stay on a site for several days or even a week or two, you don't need to pack everything up when you want to go exploring, shopping, etc. You just use the car.
We are retired too and have a car and caravan. Both of them are old, but they do us just fine. We are a bit concerned about forthcoming legislation though, as our car is both old (17 years) and a diesel, but we can't afford to change it. Another advantage of a caravan is that if you are able to keep it at home it costs nothing while it is not being used, unlike a campervan or motorhome that have to be kept taxed and MOT'd all the time, unless you can park them on private land and have another car for use when you are not on holiday.
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20/11/2017 at 2:29pm
Location: West Yorkshire
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Whichever way you choose there are pros and cons.
Caravan: on site you have your car with you to use as normal
Mhome: on site you will have to pack everything away before setting off for the day, unless you plan to carry and use bikes, scooters or tow a small car.
Caravan: set up time may lead to longer stays and strict use of sites.
Mhome: easier to move from site to site and free overnight parking in many places abroad. Better for on the move touring
Caravan: apart from damp checking, storage not really an issue, even for long periods
Mhome: Like your car, regular use is better, for brakes, air con units, seals etc.
Caravan: if you needs change or you want something else/better, cost to change the unit will be less, though you may have to have a beefier towcar than you you may strictly need day to day.
Mhome: generally a lot more expensive as unit, especially like for like on size
Caravan: serving is one stop
Mhome: may be body service via caravan workshop; cab unit via it own manufacturer i.e. two stop
Its quite a hard decision, but I think Tangos points are very valid at this time of fuel uncertainty, as even euro5 engines didn't appear till late 2009. I would certainly avoid any diesel before euro 5
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