Buying a Caravan or Motorhome…
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- We have an informal chat with two couples who share their caravan & motorhome experiences. If you're thinking about buying a caravan or motorhome, this video shares their insights and hopefully you'll find it helpful. Huge thanks to Stuart, Cathy, Nick & Karen for sharing their personal experiences.
Music: www.purple-pla...
Our Contact Details;
Website: www.carefreecaravanning.co.uk
email: info@carefreecaravanning.co.uk
facebook: Carefree Caravanning
twitter: @CarefreeCarava1
Instagram: #carefreecaravanning
Camera equipment used:
Samsung Galaxy S8: amzn.to/2VBqSY3
Samsung Galaxy S10: amzn.to/2LDOCvJ
GoPro Hero 7 Black: amzn.to/2WUg7Bl
Phone Camera Tripod Mount: amzn.to/2LX1axw
Lavalier Microphones: amzn.to/2VvWaQ0
Mic Headset Splitter: amzn.to/2WMStqx
EDUTIGE Dual Microphone: amzn.to/2JeA7dY
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, you will not incur any additional costs.
Hi Keith we are at our favourite camp site Eye Ketteleby lakes and the couple you interviewed are here I’m amongst film stars 😂 😀
Hi Ken, Hope you have a fabulous weekend, please say a big Hello to them from us 😀 Are they giving autographs yet? 😆 Sending best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
Great advice as always....look forward to the next one x
Many thanks for watching Paolo, sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
Hi Keith and Michele. My name is Susan Roberts live in christchurch New Zealand, I have been watching all your videos on TH-cam for 2 months now and am really finding them informative. We are waiting for our pegasus messina grande to be made then shipped to us it is getting made this month. I particularly liked your advice on storage, motor movers and seeing your pitches you stay at. We belong to the NZMCA and thoroughly enjoy staying at the sites available to us. Keep up the good work. Will keep watching you both all the time
Hi Susan, Welcome to our channel & many thanks for your kind words. We’re delighted you’re finding our videos helpful. Congratulations on your new caravan, it’s such an exciting time for you, we wish you many happy travels & adventures when she arrives in New Zealand. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
Great vlog with some fantastic advice...cannot wait for part 2 ..👍🏼
Many thanks for watching Niall, part 2 is that we’ve now bought a motorhome 😀 Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
Enjoyed this, we have friends who have moved from MH to Caravaning. They are both in their 70 is and find the caravan easier. We will stay with our caravan .
Many thanks for watching Wendy & thanks for sharing this, it’s always interesting to hear other people’s experiences. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
We have our 26ft caravan but we have noticed we couldn't get to some areas because caravan is to big
We have decided to have campervan made which we will able to get to areas where we can't use caravan
Husband happy because it will have same luxury as in caravan and still able to have sky for football on 32" 12volt TV
Shower with seperate toilet I insisted and full cooker and full fridge freezer
Won't get rid of caravan as we are still going to be using it and when get tired of towing we will have it sited
Many thanks for watching Tina & for sharing your experience, very interesting to hear. Good luck with your camper van, wishing you happy travels, take care, Keith & Michele.
Really interesting discussion. We’ve had both over the years and prefer the caravan but everyone has their choice for preference. Cheers, Oliver
Hi Oliver, Many thanks for watching, totally agree, it’s a personal choice. We definitely prefer caravanning at the moment but never say never 😀 Sending our best wishes to you all, Keith & Michele.
Another superb video guys. What wonderful people and so down to earth. Please send them our best wishes and congratulations on there contribution to this really good insight. Love to you both. Xx
Many thanks for your lovely words Elaine, We’ll be sure to pass on your best wishes, they’re an absolutely wonderful group of people, it’s a pleasure for us to have them as friends that we’ve met on our caravanning journey ♥️ Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele x
What a nice family and good to see Christina out and about another good Vlog
Hi @daveferguson6910 Many thanks for your kind words ❤️ Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele xxx
Hi Keith and Michele. Excellent vlog with a different and interesting take on a very topical subject. We have a varied caravan/motorhome "history" going back a while, and it was really interesting to hear from others about their "journey" and how they arrived at the decisions they took about leisure vehicles. This was an original and clever video which we really enjoyed, and which many potential newbies could benefit from. Well done both. Thank you. George and Trish - CaravanningMacs
Hi George & Trish, Many thanks for watching & for your kind words. We’re delighted you enjoyed our video & found it interesting. Sending our best wishes to you both, Keith & Michele.
Hi Michele Hi Keith.
Great video as always, so interesting and informative. Looks like you have made some good friends, they all seem such lovely people.
My better half and me hope to meet and make friends just like that one day.
Thanks again for all the clips. Take care and stay safe.
Jeff,
Hi Jeff, Many thanks for your kind words, we’re delighted you enjoyed our video. Those Guys are absolutely wonderful people, it’s always great fun when we meet up with them….they’re a bad influence alcohol wise though 😆 Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
Hi. Another good video. But I did notice in your video the caravan your filming in has the jockey wheel up off the ground having been caravaning for about 14 years I've always left the jockey wheel down to help take the weight off the corner steadies.
Hi Eddy, A very valid point, however, this particular caravan has a self levelling system fitted with increased support to the underfloor area, allowing the heavy duty corner steadies to fully support the weight of the caravan. We agree that caravans without this system should have the jockey wheel down for extra support. Many thanks for watching, sending our best wishes, Keith & Michele.
Hj Keith and Michele...Very interesting discussion...we thought about buying a camper van...but we looked at the new Bailey Phoenix + caravan yesterday and loved it..so we bought it....maybe a camper van next time..loving your channel..
Hi Enzo, Huge Congratulations 🎉🍾🥂🥳 That’s fantastic news 😀 We’re delighted for you both! Many thanks for watching, sending our best wishes to you, happy travels, Keith & Michele.
We are part of the new generation joining, our family in our early 30s with a young son and just acquired our first caravan, but we can’t take her out until mid june as we are waiting for my partner to complete his B+E course, we were actually lucky to get on the B+E course before August, most places are fully booked up!
Hi Emily, Huge congratulations on your first caravan & a big welcome to the caravan community 😀 Good luck with the course, wishing you many happy travels & adventures in the future, Keith & Michele.
Thanks Keith and Michele (and friends) for another informative video.
We bought our first caravan yesterday (a second hand 2015 Swift Elegance 580) after exploring both options of motorhome or caravan. We decided that a caravan offered us so much more for our money and this was our reason for choosing one.
We have been trawling through many TH-cam videos to try and absorb as much information and as many tips as we can in preparation for our new adventures and yours we have found to be amongst our favourites, so thank you for all you do, for beginners like us, your videos are invaluable.
We collect our van in a few weeks and are excited and nervous at the same time but we are sure that once we've been out on a few trips, we will love it!
Many thanks again and we hope our paths may cross one day.
All the best, Garry & Jennie x.
Hi Gary & Jennie, Huge congratulations on your new caravan 🥳 It’s such an exciting time for you! Welcome to our channel, we’re delighted you’re enjoying our videos & finding them helpful. Wishing you both many happy travels & adventures in the future, Keith & Michele.
That was a fantastic video, I love watching you both so so helpful, I'm new to caravanning I brought mine last December and I have to honestly say I love it, been away in my van now two times and watched a lot of your videos and learnt so much, also my parents are caravanners so I'm lucky in that respect, my advice to anyone that's new to it to be like me buy a second hand caravan and you'll absolutely love it
Many thanks again Martin 👍👍
Hi Martin, Congratulations on your caravan, it’s great to hear that you’ve been able to get away. Many thanks for watching & sharing your advice, wishing you safe & happy travels, Keith & Michele.
Thank you for a nice vlog :) In order to save on gas from CalorGas, I have invested in Safefill 7.5 and 10 kg gas cylinders, the cost of buying gas cylinders is high, but legalization is for 10 years, A small gas cylinder of 7.5 kg Safefill has already saved me £ 148 (5 refueled times since 2020) for a large gas cylinder of 10 kg Safefill 105GBP (refueled twice since 2021). The downside of the caravan, there is not always a place on the road in the parking lot to stop. Plus a caravan, I leave everything at the campsite and go sightseeing in a normal car ;)
Many thanks for sharing your experience MrPiotrTDi, it’s always great to hear other people’s views 👍🏻 Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
Another great, easy to understand video. Im sure this will help a lot of people make the right choice for them. Keep up the good work 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Many thanks for your kind words Chris & your continued support. Sending our best wishes to you both, Keith & Michele.
Just sold our motorhome for a caravan. The cost of tax, insurance and maintenance and MOT of a motorhome as it is basically a very expensive vehicle and then to have to tow another vehicle on an A frame which incurs all the costs above again was crazy. To have your car and a home from home caravan is a no brainer. Packing up the motorhome just to go out for the day was a real hassle.
Many thanks for sharing your experience Ian, it’s always great to hear other people’s views. Wishing you many happy travels in your caravan, Keith & Michele.
We have a standard width caravan but I think we are going to get an 8 foot wide one, In bed last night Angie said she would love an extra 6 inches !
Ooh Er … Matron….
Many thanks for watching Nigel 😀But will Angie be happy towing an extra 6 inches! 😆 Sending our best wishes to you both, Keith & Michele.
😀😂😆
Excellent Vlog both of you ..
Well balanced opinions and presentation.
Covered most aspects of both modes.
Well done
Howard & Sandra x
PS: lack of calor propane up here in NW - can’t find any anywhere - don’t leave yourself short
Many thanks for watching Howard & Sandra, we’re so pleased you enjoyed our video, your opinion is always appreciated 🤗 Interesting to hear there’s still a shortage of gas 🤔 Sending our best wishes to you both, Keith & Michele x
Yay it’s my mum and dad !!!!
Hi Sam, It’s lovely to hear from you, your Mum & Dad are absolutely amazing 😍 They’re famous now…been recognised at the site they’re staying at! We’ve heard all about you…don’t worry, it’s all good 😜 Many thanks for watching, sending our love & best wishes, Keith & Michele x
Great discussions. Thank you! Well we've tried so much in the leisure dept. We have had 5 caravans and 2 narrow boats and now have realised that we wanted to return to the freedom of caravans/motorhomes. So we've sold our boat which we found quite restrictive in the distance we could travel as we both still work full time. We have bought a new to us 2007 motorhome and are absolutely thrilled with it. We are using it frequently, are travelling further distances and just find it easier than a caravan. We have no desire to tow and if we end up wanting that we will probably return to a caravan. So far we haven't felt at all restricted as to where we can go and our motorhome is 7.34m long. Just plan ahead. Either choice it's a fab outdoor, independent way of life which we love!! Still love a foreign break though and are lucky to have both....covid allowing. ...
Congratulations on your motorhome J Allin, we’re delighted for you. Lovely to hear your experiences, wishing you many happy travels, Keith & Michele.
Now that was an interesting discussion 😀😀
Many thanks for watching Kaz & Pete, we’re delighted you enjoyed our video. Sending our best wishes to you both, Keith & Michele.
Wise words chaps. I’ve just been through the decision process with one of my brothers. He’s bought a Bailey Caravan and loves it. Having moved on from a VW camper van he’s had for years.
Many thanks for watching Chris, Delighted to hear your brother is happy with his decision 👍🏻 Sending our best wishes, Keith & Michele.
Hi Keith & Michele we have just watched your video on this wet and cold day 🌂🥶 haha and you covered all the things we looked at when we were ready to by a caravan.We went for a caravan for us is we love going out and about once we have set up.At this time a motor home is not for us.But as time go’s on we may look at motorhomes.You guy’s have the same problem as us here in New Zealand 🇳🇿 there is a big shortage of new Caravan’s for people to get there hands on some dealers say up to eight months to a year.So this has pushed the price of secondhand caravans out the roof because we can not travel overseas so people are travelling around NZ.We have said to people that are looking at caravanning is to go secondhand first to see if it is for them and if it is then go for it.We are looking at getting away this weekend as the weather is looking good we need the time out haha working hard out this last couple of months you guy’s are looking well keep up with the great 👍 videos cheers for now from Craig & Wendy.
Hi Craig & Wendy, Lovely to hear from you guys, hope you’re both well & thank you for sharing your news from New Zealand. Wishing you a fabulous trip away this weekend, hope you have a wonderful time & the weather is kind ☀️ Sending our best wishes to you both, Keith & Michele.
An interesting discussion. We had a motorhome but changed to a caravan for the flexibility of having the car; at 7.5m the Moho was not ideal for trips out as parking can be difficult in peak season. The balanced experiences of both types of van are explained well by you all and would certainly help anyone in their research whilst considering their options.
Many thanks for sharing your experience Adrian, always interesting to hear other people’s point of view. We’re delighted you enjoyed watching, sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
Great video guys. Thank you. I’m about to buy my first motorhome after having rented several many years ago. After the seclusion of lockdown provided me with a taste of what life might be like in retirement (!) I decided to sell up and travel, so I’ll be living in the motorhome full-time. After several weeks of researching online I opted for a Bailey 79-4I (unseen). I’ve been agonising over two things: Firstly whether to fit the Gaslow system in place of Calor. After listening to your comments I’ve made my mind up. Gaslow it is. Secondly, whether to fit lithium leisure batteries. I’m still working, so power for my laptop and WiFi (I’ve yet to decide on a mobile WiFi system) are paramount if I decide to spend any length of time off-grid. The Bailey comes with a 100 watt solar panel so I’ve decided to compromise for the time being and buy a Bluetti AC200P with its own solar panel and see how I get on. Delivery of the new Bailey has been pushed back to the end of July. Fingers crossed now because it’s all tied in with the sale of the house! Once again… many thanks… you now have a new Subscriber!
Hi Peter, Thank you for subscribing & welcome to our channel. WOW!!! Your upcoming plans are so exciting! Sincerely hope everything goes smoothly for you & you get everything sorted. Sending you our best wishes, look forward to hear how you get on, Keith & Michele.
@@keithandmichele Thanks. Friends and family are polarised. Some think I'm completely mad and have lost my mind... others say I'm 'living the dream'. Kind regards. Pete
A very interesting vlog and nice to hear two different sides of the coin. Certainly made us stop and think about which way is best for us, having owned in the past caravans and trailer tents ( Dandy ). the video has given us a few more questions to answer . One thing is clear to us we do not want to go under canvass when you are young OK . But as you get older you need your creature comforts .
Many thanks for watching Ian, we’re delighted you enjoyed our video & you found it helpful. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele
Thank you very much for the vidéo Keith and Michelle for a very intersting talk about caravane or motor home. For me it Will Always bé caravane !!!!
Big kisses to you both from France 👏👏👏😘
Many thanks for watching Gaetan & for your continued support, sending all our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele xxx
Great Vlog Keith and Michelle well presented with some interesting points and honest advice from Stuart, Cathy and Nick, Karen. Its made us want a Buccaneer Cruiser! Looks like a stunning Caravan, we've just started our channel please take a look and any advice would be welcome!
Hi Shack & Jen, Many thanks for watching, we’re delighted you enjoyed our video. The Buccaneer is beautiful! Absolutely stunning caravan. Wishing you good luck & every success with your channel, take care & happy travels, Keith & Michele.
Something young caravaners will have to look into the weight of the car and caravan anyone who passed their driving test after Jan 1997 can only drive and tow unto 3,500 KG which can put a limit on the caravan. This sadly is a legal requirement and they will have to do a B+E licence. Something I gladly that i looked into and was aware of when buying our caravan. plus leaving plenty of Weight for anything additional that we had to bring. Happy Camping
Many thanks for your contribution Edward, great advice 👍🏻 Sending best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
So why did you swap from caravans to motorhomes? We are thinking about swapping love motorhomes but when you get on site and you wanna go for a meal what do you do. You seen a nice restaurant out and it may be 10 or 15 miles away what do you do?
Hi Kevin, Our motorhome is still fairly new to us & we’ve only had a couple of short trips so far. It will be interesting to see how we get on this year after a few more holidays & we’ll definitely be vlogging the comparison when we’ve had a bit more experience. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
Motorhome all day long...!
Many thanks for watching Don. Sending our best wishes, Keith & Michele
Caravan every time 👍 or camper vans 🚐 motor homes not welcome anywhere in car parks
Many thanks for watching Brendan & sharing your thoughts. Yes, parking can be an issue, so the route & destinations must be planned in advance & obviously making use of the local transport services. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.
Adult only? Interesting..