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[omega3000]

I did see an advert to hire a motorhome and it was £350 a week , the motorhome was a good size and pretty new so i guess it would be an idea to hire one first and see how we like it . Like you say once its been bought tax and insured it will be a fair wack 

[omega3000]

This being just one example

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hire-Motorhome-you-holiday-and-travel-you-want-/300711692680?pt=UK_Tickets_Travel_Accommodation_ET&hash=item4603d04988

[Andy B]

I did see an advert to hire a motorhome  ..... so i guess it would be an idea to hire one first and see how we like it .  .....

Good idea. As also suggested, you need to visit various layouts of motorhome to see if you like them. You need a fairly big motorhome to give you the same amount of room inside that you would have with a caravan.

[henryd]

I am hoping to take my father in laws camper to France this year,we are hoping to travel around a fair bit and he offered us the chance to try it out,its a 28 foot bessacar on a 2.8td Fiat chassis.I am quite looking forward to it after many years of caravanning to see if we like it.

[omega3000]

I am hoping to take my father in laws camper to France this year,we are hoping to travel around a fair bit and he offered us the chance to try it out,its a 28 foot bessacar on a 2.8td Fiat chassis.I am quite looking forward to it after many years of caravanning to see if we like it.

Do you need a hgv licence to drive that 

[henryd]

I am hoping to take my father in laws camper to France this year,we are hoping to travel around a fair bit and he offered us the chance to try it out,its a 28 foot bessacar on a 2.8td Fiat chassis.I am quite looking forward to it after many years of caravanning to see if we like it.

Do you need a hgv licence to drive that 

No,its a normal car license,28 foot sounds quite big but thats 10ft less than my disco with our caravan on the back

[omega3000]

Cant see a problem with transport from camp site if this is fitted 

[bored bigyin54]

You can't beat a tent when in the middle of the night, the temperature drops, a howling gales gets up and it starts raining cats and dogs, you want a pee, and the toilet block is a hundred yards away across the camp site that's turned into a swamp.

Tent every time 

Thank goodness I've got a caravan 

and me keep your tents to cold

[bored bigyin54]

Unless you're going to use it a lot, I can't see the point of either!
Both have serious but entirely different downsides.

 Caravans have to be towed to site, which compromises the journey there quite badly.

 Motorhomes require you to pack up every time you need transport, and I cannot see the attraction of driving halfway acrosss the country just to sit on a campsite for a few days! Plus, you have another vehicle to pay for, and it's only good for sleeping in; a properly converted one is no use as a van, even if it started off as one.

Buying either isn't cheap, and you need somewhere to keep it, which is damned costly.

Surely the best way to decide if either is for you is to rent a motorhome for a few days, and use it for the sort of trip that you have in mind. Personally, when you add up all the costs and problems then hotels or decent B&Bs are the way to go.

As for camping, I hate it. That's based on several years summer holidays as a kid when it was enjoyable, and 2or 3 weekends at selected shows over the last 14 years. I only camp at those because they're normally held in the middle of nowhere, and the 'socialising' -the real reason for going- continues into the early hours and makes driving impossible.

caravans are not that costly you can get them from £400 up as for storage cost nothing if you got a garden . and you cant stay in a hotel for 14 days for £200 for two people

[tunnie]

You can't beat a tent when in the middle of the night, the temperature drops, a howling gales gets up and it starts raining cats and dogs, you want a pee, and the toilet block is a hundred yards away across the camp site that's turned into a swamp.

Tent every time 

Thank goodness I've got a caravan 

and me keep your tents to cold

Least when I get up in my tent in the morning, I don't have to empty a box of my own shite!

That would put me off my cornflakes 

[Lazydocker]

You can't beat a tent when in the middle of the night, the temperature drops, a howling gales gets up and it starts raining cats and dogs, you want a pee, and the toilet block is a hundred yards away across the camp site that's turned into a swamp.

Tent every time 

Thank goodness I've got a caravan 

and me keep your tents to cold

Least when I get up in my tent in the morning, I don't have to empty a box of my own shite!

That would put me off my cornflakes 

Neither do I in the caravan Just because you have a caravan doesn't mean you have to use the cassette toilet

Anyway... It's an age old debate that there is no correct answer for. I prefer the caravan for some things, tent for others

[kevinminton]

In addition to the differences already mentioned, caravans have an advantage on sloping and/or windy sites - such as north Scotland. Caravan has two wheels & four legs - so it's fairly easy to find a level or put one wheel on a mini ramp to get a cross-level. Then put the stabiliser legs down & you're secure.

Motorhome is on four wheels - you can spend ages trying to get it level cross ways & fore -n -aft. Then you don't get the view you want, and you're cross ways to the wind. Because you're still on suspension, it rocks around when the wind blows. And when people get in & out, etc.

But some motorhomes can be great for getting 8x4 sheets of ply home from B&Q. And going out for the day.

HTH

K

[omega3000]

You can't beat a tent when in the middle of the night, the temperature drops, a howling gales gets up and it starts raining cats and dogs, you want a pee, and the toilet block is a hundred yards away across the camp site that's turned into a swamp.

Tent every time 

Thank goodness I've got a caravan 

and me keep your tents to cold

Least when I get up in my tent in the morning, I don't have to empty a box of my own shite!

That would put me off my cornflakes 

Neither do I in the caravan Just because you have a caravan doesn't mean you have to use the cassette toilet

Anyway... It's an age old debate that there is no correct answer for. I prefer the caravan for some things, tent for others

Whats a cassette toilet  not up with the van talk just yet 

[Kevin Wood]

Whats a cassette toilet  not up with the van talk just yet 

Plastic box with a hole in the top. Starts off full of that rancid blue chemical loo stuff, then goes rapidly downhill as you use it.

[Entwood]

Whats a cassette toilet  not up with the van talk just yet 

Plastic box with a hole in the top. Starts off full of that rancid blue chemical loo stuff, then goes rapidly downhill as you use it.

I sincerely hope not .......